After learning about Italy’s “one euro” homes, 45-year-old Meredith Tabbone decided to bid on one herself. Though bids started at a single euro, she decided to offer £4,400, which is about ...

Meredith Tabbone, 45, forked out 1 euro - roughly 80p - for a home in Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy. She managed to secure herself a steal due to the area's depopulation issue, with homes being ...

Meredith Tabbone, a financial advisor from Chicago, had not even seen the house she had just bought in Italy's Sambuca di ... “Our town is now definitely on the map,” Cacioppo said.

Tabbone bought the property in Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy, for around one euro after she seized the opportunity provided by the region's depopulation crisis, with abandoned houses slipping into ...