Court auctions

Property auctions in Sicily

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216
lots with a future auction date
9
provinces
74
villas & country houses
23
standing empty — no eviction needed
−25%
minimum legal bid, below court base price
216 lots shown

Where they actually are

of 216 lots are mapped. The Ministry portal does not provide coordinates for the rest.

The ones people come to Italy for

Villas, farmhouses and country estates

Stone farmhouses, villas with pools, hillside estates — the properties that almost never reach the open market at these prices, because they are sold by a court and not by an agent. 74 of the lots below fall into this category.

Sicily · Agrigento

Canicattì

Piena proprietà per la quota complessiva di 1000/1000 di un complesso immobiliare costituito da diversi corpi di fabbric

€ 745.950Minimum bid · court base price € 994.600
Sicily · Messina

Piraino

Villa singola, della superficie commerciale di 336,00 mq., per la quota di 1/1 di piena proprietà. L'intero edificio svi

€ 525.402Minimum bid · court base price € 700.536
Sicily · Catania

Gravina di Catania

Piena e perfetta proprietà del compendio immobiliare composto di sei villette accorpate in villa bifamiliare ciascuna co

€ 487.125Minimum bid · court base price € 649.500
Sicily · Ragusa

Vittoria

Piena proprietà per l’intero di villa in Vittoria via Marangio n.190, piano S1-T-1, composta da 16,5 vani più servizi, b

€ 404.685Minimum bid · court base price € 539.580
Sicily · Trapani

Marsala

Villetta destinata a civile abitazione, costituita da un salotto con angolo cottura, una camera da letto, un bagno lavan

€ 336.206Minimum bid · court base price € 445.275
Sicily · Catania

Mascalucia

Fabbricato in Mascalucia, Via Nino Martoglio n. 3, nel NCEU al Foglio 15, Part. 877: Sub 2, piano T, Cat. A/7, cl. 2, va

€ 279.057Minimum bid · court base price € 372.075

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bidding closedPreviously unsold · attempt 4VacantFull ownershipVilla / country houseGround floorApartment
Sicily · Messina

Piena proprieta' Villa singola della superficie commerciale di 165 mq, inserita in un'ampia corte di pertinenz

Court base price€ 299.023
Minimum bid€ 224.267
Per square metre€ 1.134/m²
Auction date 25 Sep 2026 16:00
Town Lipari
Floor area 197,8 m²
Full Dossier — € 470technical and legal analysis Quick Check — € 30know in 5 minutes if it's worth it
Official listing ↗
4 days to bidOccupiedFull ownershipVilla / country houseGround floorGarage / parkingApartment
Sicily · Siracusa

Villetta di tipologia bifamiliare, a due piani f.t., con abitazione posta al piano rialzato, garage posto al p

Court base price€ 162.500
Minimum bid€ 121.875
Per square metre€ 1.007/m²
Auction date 29 Sep 2026 10:00
Town Francofonte
Floor area 121 m²
Full Dossier — € 470technical and legal analysis Quick Check — € 30know in 5 minutes if it's worth it
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5 days to bidPreviously unsold · attempt 4Eviction under wayFull ownershipVilla / country houseGround floorSmall villa
Sicily · Palermo

Piena proprietà villetta unifamiliare sita in Carini (PA), contrada Margi, raggiungibile percorrendo una strad

Court base price€ 67.500
Minimum bid€ 50.625
Per square metre€ 311/m²
Auction date 30 Sep 2026 15:15
Town Carini
Floor area 163 m²
Full Dossier — € 470technical and legal analysis Quick Check — € 30know in 5 minutes if it's worth it
Official listing ↗ Map ↗
7 days to bidPreviously unsold · attempt 2OccupiedFull ownershipVilla / country houseBalconyVilla
Sicily · Palermo

piena proprietà della villetta con autorimessa e terreno circostante sita in territorio di Giardinello (PA) c.

Court base price€ 208.875
Minimum bid€ 156.656
Per square metre€ 313/m²
Auction date 2 Oct 2026 16:00
Town Giardinello
Floor area 500 m²
Full Dossier — € 470technical and legal analysis Quick Check — € 30know in 5 minutes if it's worth it
Official listing ↗

The potential return depends on refurbishment costs, which are in the court expert's report. That is what we calculate in our report.

How to read these listings. The court base price is the valuation set by the judge on the basis of an independent expert's report. The minimum bid is the lowest offer the court is legally allowed to accept — 75% of the base price. A lot marked “previously unsold” went to auction before and nobody bid: the price has been cut and competition is usually thinner.

What we don't show you, and why it matters. None of the above tells you whether the building work is authorised, whether the property can legally be brought up to standard, what it will cost, whether anyone is still living there, or how long it will take to get them out. That is all in the court expert's report — typically 60 to 100 pages, in Italian, in technical legal language. Reading it properly is the single thing that separates a bargain from an expensive mistake. That is the report we read for you, for a fixed € 470, delivered in three working days — the same fixed-fee basis British buyers already use for an auction legal pack review. Not sure a lot is worth that yet? The € 30 quick check gives you an automated first read in minutes, so you can rule lots out before paying for a full report. What about photographs? Photographs of the property do exist — inside court filings the portal won't let you download. We retrieve them for you in the Dossier.

Source and accuracy. Data comes from the Portale Vendite Pubbliche of the Italian Ministry of Justice and is refreshed every three hours. It is republished here for information only: always verify each lot on the official listing before acting, and never bid on the basis of this page alone. We are not the seller and we do not run the auction.

What exactly you are buying. Ownership type is shown where the Ministry portal states it. On nearly two thirds of the lots the official summary is too brief to tell: it must be checked in the court report — one of the things we verify in the Dossier. We do not list lots that turn out to be undivided shares, bare ownership or usufructs, nor those a third party has the right to live in — a right of habitation, a matrimonial home assigned by a court: the price is not comparable to that of a whole property and the property cannot be freely used.