According to the Times “a two-bedroom renovated apartment in a hilltop town in Cortona, Tuscany, is on the market for €300,000″
Similar Article on The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/05/31/pitaly131.xml
“But those who dream of owning an Italian farmhouse in Tuscany will find the prices far from romantic. In sought-after parts of the region (so-called Chiantishire, for example) and even in neighbouring Umbria, an average four-bedroom, stone farmhouse can cost about €1.2 million.”
Good deals on the colline Pisane - still according the Telegraph:
“The hilly countryside south-east of Pisa is less “discovered” than other parts of Tuscany, but is still a viable option for culture vultures, as it is less than an hour away from Castiglioncello, Forte dei Marmi, Florence and Lucca.”
So here we are…