Construction

The housing construction sector showed signs of recovery in the first quarter of 2026, with cement consumption growing 2.2% compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching 960,000 [...]

Text: Chris Graeme; Photos: Joaquim Morgado (Colorshop) Movers and shakers in Lisbon’s real estate sector debated the current state of Portugal’s commercial and residential property market in [...]

Mota-Engil has signed a new contract with Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) worth approximately €114 million for the quadrupling of the track on the section between Contumil and Ermesinde on the [...]

Property owners who are landlords believe that lowering VAT on construction will free up the market but tenants associations argue that the housing crisis cannot be solved solely through tax [...]

Construction costs, which are continuing to rise, are now the main obstacle to the development of new affordable housing in Portugal. This is according to the latest Portuguese Investment [...]

Mota-Engil posted profits of €133 million last year, 9% more than the €123 million recorded in 2024, making it “its best result ever”. In the statement to the CMVM (Portuguese [...]

The Portuguese Parliament has approved slashing VAT to 6% on new residential housing construction projects for affordable housing to help encourage developers to meet pressing demand for housing [...]

Construction costs for new housing registered a year-on-year increase of 4% in December and a rise of 0.9 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the previous month, according to data from the New [...]

Half of the CEOs of 40 construction firms  that took part in the Construction Industry Barometer 2025 survey have given the thumbs down to the government’s public housing policies concludes a [...]

Portugal’s Minister of Infrastructures and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, opened the debate in parliament on Friday (January 9) over a raft of policy propositions aimed at easing Portugal’s chronic [...]