Often yes, but it depends a lot on the specific property, the location and the seller's situation. A professional real estate agent should be able to provide you with general achieved price values for neighborhoods and property types so you don't have to negotiate blindly. In general, the average discount nationally is somewhere in the order of 10-15% from the ORIGINAL asking price, which may be different from the CURRENT asking price, i.e. if a property has already been discounted 10% from the original asking price, you might not get further than a 5% discount. A national average means in some cases there won't be a discount or a slight premium will be paid (not so common in Italy yet possible in hot markets like Rome and Milan). In other cases the discount might be 30% or more.