The real estate market has gone through a year of recovery in Sardinia and has grown particularly in the south of the island. 10 percent of investors are non-Sardinians and among these there are many foreigners.

While market values remain unchanged and prices virtually stable, the average time to sell residential properties decreases.

These are the data presented at the Exma in Cagliari by the president of Fimaa Confcommercio Sud Sardegna Marco Mainas who spoke of " record numbers ".

In detail, from January to September 1472 transactions were recorded in Cagliari, in 2021 there were 1433. In the past three quarters, the province of Cagliari counted 3884 transactions, last year in total there were 3978.

The average times for the sale of residential properties are decreasing, even reaching 45 days. 80 percent of buyers apply for a mortgage that covers up to 80 percent of the property's value.

«These are only partial numbers, the definitive ones will be presented next year - underlines Mainas - but we can already say, from a careful analysis, that 2022 will be remembered as a year of record numbers, 90 percent of the properties present are offered by real estate agents, so the closing of the deals was done largely by the professionals of the sector».

As for the clientele , they come from the rest of Italy and from abroad. And he prefers to buy not only in the capital, but also and above all in the various inhabited centers of the old historical province (Villacidro, Gonnosfanadiga, Sulcis Iglesiente and the Gonnesa area are the most followed areas with particular attention).

For example, 45,000 euros is enough for a building in Gonnesa, a single-family house in the center of Gonnosfanadiga can cost 100,000 euros, while a villa with a garden on the provincial road for Sarroch can cost 190,000. The price of an average three-room apartment in the central area of Cagliari, used and in good condition? It can reach 200/230 thousand euros.