How it is in Umbria
We work in collaboration with nearly 70 estate agents throughout the whole of Umbria and have never found one that charges less than 3% commission. This fee is levied on both the buyer and the seller. A few charge more and I believe that IPN charge 6%! There is a reason why charges are higher than in the UK. The bureaucracy in Italy is legendary and agents do a lot of work between making an offer and the final contract. In addition, foreign buyers are unlikely to speak Italian well (it's a whole new vocabulary when buying a house even if you are nearly fluent), need an Italian fiscal code (codice fiscale) and a bank account, which is all additional work for the agent.
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