Italian lawyer Giandomenico De Tullio  presents the legal ins and outs of investing in off-plan properties in Italy.

MATERA — Few people in this heart of southern Italy speak English, slow time is the rule, from 3 to 5 pm over late lunch, life seems to stop. Public transport is lacking.

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ROME — Amid growing outrage over IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze’s wild spending on a sprawling villa on Rome’s posh via Appia Antica, IFAD acknowledged Sunday that its Ex