House prices

The Portuguese Government failed to adequately consult local municipal councils when it designed its controversial More Housing package aimed at helping to solve Portugal’s chronic housing [...]

A survey, which canvassed real estate developers about the perceived effects of the Government’s ‘More Housing’ programme unveiled in February, revealed that it would have negative effects on the [...]

House prices in Portugal went up by 1.5% in February, bucking a recent slowdown in prices trend seen in December last year and January this year. According to Confidencial Imobiliário house [...]

All applications for Portugal’s Golden Visa from 16 February this year are to be frozen and any new applications will not be accepted. The decision was taken to avoid a sudden rush to get [...]

A study by NetCredit has revealed that the French, British, Spanish and Germans would have to save less of their average salaries to buy a property in Lisbon than the Portuguese to acquire a [...]

The price of houses increased 10.1% in Lisbon and 17.4% in the third quarter of 2022 like-for-like on 2021. Regarding quarterly variations, house prices enjoyed growth of 2.1% in Lisbon and 1.7% [...]

Analysts at bank BPI says that despite the Portuguese housing market showing a high level of resilience, there may be a housing market price correction of 1.5% in 2023. For 2022 overall, BPI [...]

The Portuguese real estate market continues to be dominated by national buyers, but overseas purchasers now represent 12% of all sales. According to statistics published by the Bank of Portugal [...]

Mortgage demand expected to fall 20-25% Restrictions on mortgages will create more difficulties for Portuguese families who will continue to seek homes outside large cities with poverty [...]

The recent galloping increases in residential house prices in the Lisbon area appears to be slowing according to data for the second quarter released this week. The cooling down was seen in seven [...]