Can you buy a house in Lazio for 1 euro?

Some comuni in Lazio have run one-euro schemes. We have 2 on file, of which 1 is open or selling now: Norma (reported open), Patrica (closed). Every scheme comes with a deposit and renovation deadlines, and the renovation is the real price.

Is Lazio losing population?

72% of Lazio's comuni with comparable figures had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and the region's comuni as a whole changed by -1.1%. The steepest declines are almost always in the smallest towns.

Does Lazio qualify for Italy's 7% tax on foreign pensions?

No. The 7% flat tax on foreign pensions applies only to comuni of up to 20,000 people in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily. Lazio is not one of them.

Where are the cheapest houses in Lazio?

In the small inland comuni that are losing people fastest — the list on this page is a good place to start. Genuinely cheap houses come from three places: one-euro schemes, Italian court auctions, and owners selling privately, often with no agent at all.

Lazio · 378 comuni

Moving to Lazio

Lazio is the region around Rome, with hill towns reaching up into the Apennines. Of its 378 comuni, 72% had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019.

This page is for anyone looking at houses for sale in Lazio or thinking of moving there: which towns need people most, the one-euro schemes, and every comune in the region with its own page.

Updated September 2026 · figures from ISTAT

378
comuni: 72%
of them shrinking since 2019: -1.1%
population change, 2019–2025: 50
typical median age

1 euro houses in Lazio

These are the one-euro and cheap-house schemes we have on file in Lazio. Status is what we last confirmed — always read the comune's own notice before you plan around one.

NormaReported open
PatricaClosed

The house is rarely the expensive part. Read what the one-euro houses really cost before bidding on anything.

The towns in Lazio that most need people

Ranked by the Need Index: how fast the town is losing residents and how old its people are. These are where houses sit empty longest, where owners are most willing to sell, and where comuni run schemes to fill them.

1Terelle-20.1% · 278
2Marcetelli-26.4% · 53
3Cittareale-15.6% · 374
4Collegiove-15.7% · 129
5Ascrea-14% · 203
6Accumoli-15.2% · 503
7Posta-13.1% · 535
8Vallepietra-10.9% · 228
9Onano-11.7% · 865
10Varco Sabino-12.2% · 151
11Fiamignano-9% · 1,162
12Vallinfreda-10.1% · 266
13Leonessa-9.9% · 2,051
14Pescorocchiano-9.2% · 1,806
15Amatrice-10% · 2,181

Lazio and the 7% tax

Lazio is outside the zone. The 7% flat tax on foreign pensions applies only in the eight southern regions — the list of qualifying towns is here.

Every comune in Lazio

All 378, by province. Each has its own page with its population trend, median age, scheme status and neighbours.

Moving to Lazio: questions people ask

Can you buy a house in Lazio for 1 euro?: Some comuni in Lazio have run one-euro schemes. We have 2 on file, of which 1 is open or selling now: Norma (reported open), Patrica (closed). Every scheme comes with a deposit and renovation deadlines, and the renovation is the real price.
Is Lazio losing population?: 72% of Lazio's comuni with comparable figures had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and the region's comuni as a whole changed by -1.1%. The steepest declines are almost always in the smallest towns.
Does Lazio qualify for Italy's 7% tax on foreign pensions?: No. The 7% flat tax on foreign pensions applies only to comuni of up to 20,000 people in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily. Lazio is not one of them.
Where are the cheapest houses in Lazio?: In the small inland comuni that are losing people fastest — the list on this page is a good place to start. Genuinely cheap houses come from three places: one-euro schemes, Italian court auctions, and owners selling privately, often with no agent at all.

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