Around 11% of homes advertised for rent on idealista during the first quarter of 2026 were on the market for less than 24 hours, according to an analysis by idealista, the real estate marketplace [...]
The Iberian Peninsula is consolidating its position as one of the most attractive regions in Europe for retail investment, according to JLL data. Portugal and Spain together registered €1,384 [...]
The Supreme Administrative Court (STA) has upheld the decision that sided with the Bank of Portugal in transferring more than €2 billion in senior bonds from Novobanco to BES (“bad bank”) in [...]
Border control at Porto airport recorded waiting times exceeding two hours, admitted the Public Security Police (PSP), which nevertheless has rejected reports of six-hour waits. The PSP stated [...]
PaRK International School (PaRK IS) has launched the first edition of its Internship Programme, securing 78 student placements with some of Portugal’s most respected organisations in what is [...]
Foreign investment in the housing market in Lisbon’s Urban Rehabilitation Area (ARU) slowed again in 2025, with a 12% reduction in the number of homes acquired compared to the previous [...]
Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento is to ask parliament to present ideas for jacking up VAT in the hospitality sector. Joaquim Miranda Sarmento had voiced his opposition to [...]
Chinese cars are making great inroads on Portugal’s roads – quite literally with over 30,000 currently circulating. A few years ago, seeing a Chinese car in Portugal was like finding a [...]
Supply of housing for sale in Portugal falls 14% in 1Q of 2026 Portugal’s chronic housing shortage is getting worse not better despite a raft of government-led incentives. The supply of housing [...]
The property development company Libertas has invested €25 million in Seixal on the South bank of Lisbon’s River Tagus by converting a former cork processing factory into a hotel. The former [...]
