For anyone who hasn’t yet looked on the website Expats In Italy I can thoroughly recommend it. It is full of very useful information on all sorts of aspects of living in Italy or even of helping the dream of living in Italy along (mine being the second category). I found the lists of estate agents for areas such as Le Marche, Abruzzo, Liguria, etc especially helpful.
Yana
We were looking for a house in Italy for 2 years, we kept changing our minds but finally we have taken the plunge and bought a house in Abruzzo.
Happy hunting. :