Housing crisis

Portugal’s Association of Chartered Accountants (OCC) says that the government’s outline bill to reduce VAT on construction for own permanent housing is “unworkable” as it currently stands. This [...]

Portugal’s parliament approved overall a housing package on Friday aimed at alleviating the country’s chronic housing shortage and accessibility for the middle classes, particularly the young. It [...]

It’s the question on property market analysts’ lips. Can Portugal’s booming property market continue to gain value in 2026 or is a cooling of the market on the cards? It’s a question also being [...]

Portugal’s parliament approved overall a housing package on Friday aimed at alleviating the country’s chronic housing shortage and accessibility for the middle classes, particularly the young. It [...]

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 [...]

Some of Portugal’s most influential bankers were divided over the issue of granting 100% mortgages to the countries’ families and young people. The bankers from Santander, Caixa Geral de [...]

Since Portugal’s new Land Law came into effect in January, only five applications to have land reclassified as suitable for development or economic activities under the new rules have been [...]

Scores of people waited in line on Monday morning outside Portugal’s Institute of Housing and Urban Requalification in Lisbon to take one of 20 tickets made available daily to apply for State [...]

Portugal’s new governor of its central bank, after saying he wouldn’t’ be expressing political opinions, did exactly that in his first public speech since taking office on Friday last week. [...]

The European Investment Bank (EIB), in addition to financing new affordable homes through a €1.3Bn loan, is now looking at a new €1Bn package to do up more than 50,000 homes. In an interview with [...]