Rents saw a slight increase (0.5%) in the third quarter of 2026, up 1.8% year-on-year.

The average rent in Italy stands at €14.6/m². Turin is surging, hitting a record €13.5/m² per month, while Rome (1.9%) and Milan (0.9%) are also seeing increases. According to the latest report from a major real estate portal, the third quarter of 2026 appears to mark a shift in the rental market: rental rates are slowing significantly—a cooling effect that may be linked to the steady return of properties to the market. With annual growth of 1.8%, rents are now trailing behind general inflation—which hit 3.3% in August—signaling a possible normalization in real terms, a trend already seen in some major markets. The coming quarters will reveal whether this is a structural trend or merely a pause in the growth cycle. Rents rose in 59% of the provincial capitals monitored (55 out of 94). Trends across major rental markets are mixed: there were sharp increases in Genoa (7.3%), Turin (5.6%), Bologna (2.1%), Rome (1.9%), Palermo (1.3%), and Florence (1.1%); Milan (0.9%) grew more slowly, while Bari (-0.1%) and Naples (-0.4%) saw slight declines.