Daniels, 50, of Berkeley, Calif., is one of hundreds of people who've taken advantage of an offer that made news around the ...

Narrator: And that's Gillian, a new homeowner in Sambuca, Sicily, a picturesque town in Italy's countryside in danger of dying out. That is, until the government started selling abandoned homes ...

Sambuca di Sicilia's $1 home scheme, once dominated by American buyers, now sees increasing Italian interest, rejuvenating the town and fostering a revival of rural Italy's abandoned properties.

Now it’s Italians who are snapping up the town’s abandoned homes. “Something weird happened ... ever it was mainly Italians from all over Italy,” Cacioppo tells CNN. Sambuca has placed ...

Italy's small towns may be scenic respites from ... Across the country, quaint villages and rural hamlets have taken to selling their abandoned properties for a single euro or less with the ...