Housing market

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 [...]

A study from the Bank of Portugal has revealed and confirmed that the successive increase in house prices and rents seen in Portugal since 2017 does not signal a speculative bubble. Rather it [...]

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 [...]

The average cost of renting a property fell 2.9% in May on the previous month in what was the fourth consecutive monthly fall. According to the idealista price index, renting a house cost €16.3 [...]

Cascais was the most expensive municipality in the country for house prices in May, with an average price of €1,350,000 (+0.0% monthly and +10.7% annually), consolidating its position as the main [...]

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 [...]

The demand for homes (apartments and houses) in Portugal registered a year-on-year growth of 150.4% between February and April with March standing out with a year-on-year increase of 173.5%, [...]

Around 11% of homes advertised for rent on idealista during the first quarter of 2026 were on the market for less than 24 hours, according to an analysis by idealista, the real estate marketplace [...]

Foreign investment in the housing market in Lisbon’s Urban Rehabilitation Area (ARU) slowed again in 2025, with a 12% reduction in the number of homes acquired compared to the previous [...]