# Italian judicial rulings on mortgage law

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> Updated: 2026-09-21T07:00:00.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2.

The Italian Court of Cassation has issued rulings addressing different legal aspects of mortgage validity and calculation.

In one decision, the Court’s United Sections established a ‘symmetry principle’ for usury litigation. This mandate requires that both the contractual interest rate and the anti-usury threshold be calculated using the same methodology to ensure a valid comparison, preventing lower courts from applying different criteria to each side.

In a separate ruling regarding bankruptcy proceedings, the First Civil Section addressed the validity of mortgage privileges. The Court declared an appeal inadmissible after a judge excluded a mortgage privilege due to ‘objective uncertainty’ regarding the identity of the secured property, noting discrepancies between building and cadastral data.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-21: Corte di Cassazione rules on mortgage nullity in bankruptcy

The Italian Court of Cassation upheld the exclusion of a mortgage privilege in a bankruptcy case due to unidentifiable property data and cadastral discrepancies.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/corte-di-cassazione-rules-on-mortgage-nullity-in-bankruptcy

### 2026-09-17: Cassazione establishes symmetry principle for mortgage usury calculations

Italy's Supreme Court has ruled that contractual interest rates and anti-usury thresholds must be calculated using identical methodologies to ensure legal symmetry in mortgage litigation.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/cassazione-establishes-symmetry-principle-for-mortgage-usury-calculations

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