Chinese investment in property through the Portuguese Government’s Golden Visa scheme fell 60% in the first quarter of this year like-for-like on 2021, to €20.7 million according to Portugal’s [...]

The avalanche of Golden Visa applications expected from property investors to beat the start-of-year deadline to changes which rule out Lisbon, Porto and parts of coastal Algarve has not [...]

Portugal’s Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors has balked at the suggestion that the end of the Golden Visa’s residential property investment path to residency through [...]

While attracting over €6Bn in overseas investment, mostly through property transactions, Portugal’s Golden Visa programme has done little to generate direct employment as a result of either [...]

Property developers have found a creative way to get round restrictions on Golden Visas which will come into force next year. From 1 January, Golden Visa applicants will be unable to apply [...]

Overseas investment from Portugal’s Golden Visa scheme fell 60% in July compared to the same month in 2020 to €22.1 million according to SEF the immigration and borders service. In July, [...]

The Portuguese passport was ranked the sixth most “powerful” in the world among 188 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index. Japan leads the ranking, with the passport that opens most [...]

The postponement of changes to Portugal’s Golden Visa programme has provided a positive benefit in attracting overseas investment according to the real estate consultants Worx. New rules that [...]

Portugal’s real estate sector can expect around €3Bn of investment in 2021 according to the real estate property consultants CBRE. The investment is driven by a robust pipeline of supply, the [...]