Housing crisis

The CEO of Portugal’s development bank Banco Português de Fomento (BPF) said over the weekend that there is no quick fix to solve Portugal’s affordable housing crisis. The development bank has [...]

Data from the Bank of Portugal indicates that in 2025, approximately 26,700 new housing units were completed, compared to 25,300 in 2024 and 23,100 in 2023. These levels are significantly below [...]

The CEO of Portugal’s Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors (APPII) has warned there is a “long road ahead” before the country’s housing market stabilises, ending a continuous cycle [...]

In the first quarter of 2026 only one in every three houses on the market in Portugal were for sale at under €300,000. This is according to the latest market survey from Idealista which reveals [...]

Portugal’s centre right PSD party, which is currently part of the Democratic Alliance coalition government, has presented a proposal to the Portuguese parliament for VAT at 6% on refurbishment [...]

House prices in Portugal rose 10.2% in May compared to the same month in 2025. According to the Idealista Price Index, buying a house cost €3,142 per square meter (euros/m2) at the end of May, [...]

Text: Chris Graeme The CEO of the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors (APPII) has welcomed a new law which provides more stability for developers and builders operating [...]

Portugal’s Ministry of Finances has denied that the State sold off state-owned properties for below market values. The newspaper Público reported this Sunday that the State sold properties below [...]

The former governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, has rejected the argument that the country suffers from a high unemployment rate among young people because of Portugal’s inflexible [...]

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 [...]