Bologna is the biggest center of universities in the entire Italy: here was founded the very first university in all the western world (year 1088). It receives every year an extraordinary number of students: both Italians and strangers who come mainly to spend their “Erasmus” course here. The best solution for those students who are looking for an apartment in this city is the rent of an accommodation. As for the students, the tourist may find the best solution for their journey in the city thanks to a short rent of a flat. It guarantees at the same time comfort and cheaper prices, especially if compared to the hotel’s ones.

Florence, capital of the region called Toscana, is one of the most fascinating cities of Italy. Here Italian habits, culture and art are expresses by monuments and museums - which are known all over the world thanks to their masterpieces. Downtown is almost closed to the traffic of cars and the local government suggests the bike as the best mean of transportation. Here you will be able to find lots of offers to rent your preferred flat. Tourists and students have always been well-treated under this point and so you should really take into consideration this option that guarantees the best compromise between comfort and costs of the journey.

Naples, third bigger city in Italy, is known for its natural beauty (in which is present also the national park of Vesuvio, the volcano) and thanks to one of the most appreciated receipts of the whole world: the pizza. This city offers thousands of possibilities for a vacation in the seaside or for a journey dedicated to culture. Here is better to try to find an apartment to rent for a short period because the prices are very salty due to the high tourism of the area. Rent a flat will let you save money during the entire vacation and, at the same time, won’t lessen the comfort of being in holydays in the “Belpaese”.

  Milan, center of the world of fashion, is a very interesting city to visit thanks to the high number  of monuments and to the historical value. Moreover the city has plenty of universities that call hundreds of new foreign students every year. Milan is also known as one of the most important economical center in the whole Italy. If you are going to travel to this city, the best suggestion we can give you is to rent an apartment for the entire journey. Actually this solution is the smartest because you are going to find cheaper prices and you won’t have trouble with the location in  the city.

If, after the high school, you decided to come in Italy to start your university here or you took part to an exchange program like the erasmus, you may have some problems concerning the rent of your new apartment. Then you should know that in big cities, which are destination of the majority of the students, you’re going to find a register of advertising dedicated to all the students that are willing to rent a flat. Usually here everybody finds an easy solution to this problem but if something went wrong and your tentatives always fail try to look for the “house of the students”, which is the tipical accomodation of those who didn’t find their own apartment in the city and want to rent a room as soon as possible.

Rome is well-known all over the world because it has been one of the most fascinating cities of all time and because has given the birth to the roman empire. Spend a little period in this city means visit all the most important symbols of the ancient empire like the Anfiteatro Flavio (better known with the name Colosseum). If you intend to join the city for about a week avoiding the high costs of the hotels you should take into consideration the possibility of a short rent in a flat situated in downtown, Trastevere, Vaticano or, if you’re looking for something really cheap, in less-known disctrics. If you’re going to spend just a week end in Rome, don’t worry about booking hotels, choose one more an apartment located in downtown taking advantage of the great promotions offered by the rental companies. This time is going to be enough for you to visit not only the ancient Rome but also the downtown with its famous monuments, old buildings and squares. Choose the short rent even if you’re travelling often because of your job, usually the owners of the flats are very happy to give their own houses to somebody they know and maybe you can get a special treatment!

Finally it’s a sunny morning! It’s the 23th of April, but it doesn’t seems Spring: it has been raining all the last week here in Rome!
The warm sun shining this morning made me happy, and I started thinking about summer and holidays: what’s a perfect holiday?
According to me, a perfect holiday is a relaxing one: you can forget your job and your responsibilities and just rest. But this isn’t an universal idea: everyone has a different “perfect holiday”. First of all you have to choose between seaside, mountains, country or cities of art. Nowadays there are many different solutions for everyone of them.
Seaside is surely a classic destination: swimming in the blue sea refreshing from the muggy weather, playing beach volley with your friends or playing with the sand with kids, or simply sunbathing reading a book are all images that make you feel immediately relaxed.
People who love mountains, on the contrary, think that at the seaside usually it’s too hot, even if there’s the freshness of the sea. If you go to mountains, moreover, you can go for healthy walks, discovering beautiful landscapes.
If you are looking for a cultural holiday, cities of art are exactly what you need: you can visit museums and monuments, and learn a lot about our past. If you’re walking in Rome, between the Coliseum and the St. Peter’s Basilica, or going to Paris, visiting the Louvre and the Tour Eiffel you can “smell the history”.
More and more people during last years chose farm stays and country for their holidays. In this way, you could spend a few days living as a farmer, harvesting fruits and living near animals: you’ll forget about your office, and maybe imagine to be a real farmer!
Whatever idea you have about your next holidays, let’s start arranging them, so you can avoid the last-minute stress and really enjoy your time. If you like last-minute solutions, don’t arrange anything, but let’s start thinking and imagining about your next summer, helped by this shining sun.

If you have a new idea or proposal for an unforgettable holiday, let me know it, commenting this post, I’m waiting for you.

Antonella De Robertis Lombardi

Marketing Department and Blog Administrator

Yourdomus

   Courtesy of Yahoo/Zillow

   Buying real estate is about more than just finding a place to call home. Investing in real estate has become increasingly popular over the last fifty years and has become a common investment vehicle. Although the real estate market has plenty of opportunities for making big gains, buying and owning real estate is a lot more complicated than investing in stocks and bonds.

Speaking about mortgages, for over two years the National Mortgage Complaint Center have been warning that if a very greedy mortgage industry was allowed to continue with ridiculous mortgage products or programs, at some point the entire economy could be put at risk (which happend today). The last two weeks of declines on Wall Street are but one indicator that the self-inflicted damage to the economy has started. According to economy experts, “things are about to get much worse”. Nevertheless there are four simple tips for consumers or industry insiders to prepare for the next turbulent years of record real estate foreclosures and Wall Street mayhem.

1. If you have an “Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage” try to see if your current lender will assist you with a conversion to a more stable fixed rate product. Ridiculous mortgage product should have never been offered to the average consumer and that is why we came to this point with the subprime issues and all that.

2. Homeowners who purchased in 2004, 2005 & 2006 may literally have no ability to refinance their home if they used 100% financing. In many regional or local real estate markets prices have dropped 10% or at best prices are flat. If you do not have to sell your home….. don’t. If you can no longer afford your payment attempt to do a work out with his/her/their lender. For many consumers a “deed in lieu of foreclosure” might be your best option if your lender is not willing or able to do a work out.

3. Home Builders need to get out of the home lending business. Aside from inflating appraisals, homebuilders have been gouging consumers with undisclosed yield spread premiums for years. The mortgage industry is currently being crushed with calls on non-performing loans. Homebuilders could be next. What will homebuilders do when Wall Street comes knocking with pay back provisions for non-performing loans. Appraisal fraud in the home building industry is a massive national problem that has received little to no attention.

4. Consumers with investments along with pension fund advisors need to wake up and examine their portfolio. Wall Street Investment Bankers are largely to blame for much of these problems because they either financed it, or they put the deal together. While much of the mortgage industry is going down the tube, Wall Street Investment Bankers are recording record profits. What is wrong with this picture?

Wall Street was apparently totally shocked these past weeks especially after the Labor Department reported that 63, 000 nonfarm jobs were lost last month….As Reuters points out, the problem is that Wall Street experts had expected that 25,000 positions would actually be added…More and more experts are now saying the U.S. is in a recession, official or not. And, the worst is yet to come. There will be still more foreclosures this year…many more. The credit markets are getting tighter despite Fed action. And, consumer confidence continues to go down. Is this to refer to a subprime mortgage crisis or shoud we just agree that this is a financial crisis, period ?

Sung Un Cho

Business Account (US-Italy) and Blog Administrator

YourDomus

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Our focus is not only to help users to post a valid and visible ad, but we are ready to meet demand and supply especially of students and foreigners willing to re-locate, transfer or even swap home for a vacation. There is no specific target in this business. We collect them all in one place. As for the first week we have received aleady 300 registrations without even budgeting our communication strategies which shows the rapid potential of this incredible site.

What do we offer? The answer is very simple: visibility and market. Do you wonder how other websites became famous or socially entertaining? It is all about visibility and marketing. One spot where people can meet, show, communicate, display…and yeah, display which sounds somewhat like a retail store window, but basically this is all about showing and communicating. We do not ask commissions for any type of transaction, nor we ask for posting private ads. Our business is not on private ads, so we are definitely giving you a FREE service for $0 and this is what we call BARGAIN !!!!! So why not trying and being part of our unique and international spot ?! It is worth it. You may find what you are looking for: offers and demand. Might as well prepare an espresso coffee and start browsing to find myself a better accomodation !

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Sung Un Cho

Business Account (US-Italy) and Blog Administrator

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