How to invest in Sardinia?

Sardinia is a wonderful land, for its natural beauties but also for its people and its culture. When we think about this island, the show offered by the enchanted beaches famous quite everywhere, immediately comes to mind. It is the second largest Mediterranean island and it occupies a special position from a geographical point of view. On an island of this quality, if you wonder how to invest in Sardinia, you will think of the real estate sector in first instance.

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There is no lack of possibilities because the heart of the entire real estate sector is located in the beautiful beaches because they have been preserved. This is the best guarantee too ensure a place in the front raw of a show that will not disappoint, even in decades.

However, the speech that must be made to understand why it is time to speed up for investments in Sardinia, is wider.

It is a fact: an island, with all the benefits that the historical isolation can offer, has the problem of not being reachable as easily as a place on the mainland. When looking more closely, this might be a brake for any investor that could have been thinking about the opportunity to set up a business or to buy a house.

The tourism industry, especially luxury, is not facing this problem and therefore has significantly grown, in the North of the island in particular.

Companies related to technological innovation are experiencing a significant growth on the island. We can mention Tiscali but also many start-ups on the internet, that are more numerous than in any other region of Italy, except in Lombardy.

Usually, transport and connections are essential to allow stable flows of incoming capital and something is changing

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To value an investment, we should normally check the outlook, looking for the best signs of improvement such as trends, big companies which are starting to program investments but also infrastructures.

In Sardinia, there are all these trends simultaneously and this is a solid foundation that suggests that those who invest on the island will have a good income in the future. Let’s see the facts.

Air links

The time required to reach Sardinia is an important point as we have said, as the frequency of the links is. Qatar Airways, by getting 49% of AQA Holdings, laid the foundations for a stylish landing at Olbia Costa Smeralda airport. Qatar Airways has been ranked the best airline in the world. Its expansion plan will help to increase the destinations to the main tourist places of the biggest world capitals. At the moment, with 42 weekly flights, it links Doha to Rome, Venice, Pisa and Milan.

The development of destinations in Sardinia is the natural continuation of this agreement, but it goes further. It’s not just about bringing in a few thousand more tourists, but about drawing attention on the island, with the intention to strengthen all national flights.

Big cruises

Major changes are in sight: the Royal Caribbean has decided to double its presence in Cagliari while  Disney  comes back to an optimal frequency level in Olbia in 2019.

In general, Sardinian ports are on the right track to provide a much better level of service. Costa Cruises has big plans for the port of Olbia Isola Bianca. The Costa Smeralda is a 6,600-passenger ship under construction in Finland and will completely run on natural gas. In addition to this information, there is also the arrival of the very luxurious Silversea, which will stop off in the South as well as in the North of the island.

Roads

The plan of the Sardinia Region – Anas began to bear fruit. 208 million Euros have already been invested in roads redevelopment and further investments have been made to improve the island’s motorway network. 20 major road projects, changing the network in all directions, are coming soon. The total investment is around one billion Euros.

Real estate prices

What has been stated above, allows us to understand the scope of the island’s development in terms of infrastructure. The tourism budget is aimed to grow, and quite greatly.

Therefore, it’s the perfect time to think about an investment on the island. In 2017, the real estate sector recorded an 18% increase compared to 2015, with 12,000 houses sold.

All this, despite the price of houses and villas which are still attractive as they have not yet been affected by trends, which will inevitably happen in the coming years.

Investing in Sardinia, not only in the real estate sector, offers a good outlook. As they say in the financial sector, what matters, are the basis of the trend, very strong.

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