$1 home deal triggers property stampede in Sambuca, Italy

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(CNN) — Tempted by the deal offering homes for just over $1 in the town of Sambuca on Italy's island of Sicily?
You and everyone else.

Since CNN Travel broke the news about the €1 ($1.14) offer aimed at revitalizing a beautiful but depopulated community, there's been a stampede to buy.

Within 48 hours of the story going live, the town has been inundated with tens of thousands of inquiries from people hoping to grab their piece of the rural Italian dream.

Giuseppe Cacioppo, the town's deputy mayor, says he's excited by the level of interest, but is freaking out.

"This is great, I'm flabbergasted by the response," he says. "I haven't come up for air since the story appeared.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sambuca-sicily-one-euro-home-stampede/index.html?sr=twCNN011819undefined1020AMStory

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[EarthFirst]

1. Hopefully investment firms do not get preferential treatment...

...that they go to genuine families looking at a chance to make a dream a reality and build a community around others with a similar mindset.