Clearing a large part of planning licensing backlog piled up in municipal councils, setting clear rules on timeframes, certificating tacit deferrals, and streamlining and simplifying the hundreds [...]

‘The State of Portugal’s Real Estate Sector’ was the key theme for debate at this year’s Portugal Property Exhibition 2023. It was one of a round of debates organised by SIL Investment Pro [...]

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 [...]

Portugal’s housing minister, Marina Gonçalves admitted this week that municipal rent subsidy programmes can co-exist with government initiatives in this area. Marina Gonçalves (pictured) says [...]

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 [...]

The Portuguese Government approved its controversial forced rental policy for properties that have been empty for at least two years with no signs of utility payments. It has done so despite a [...]

A Portuguese resorts association is the latest to come out on the attack against the Portuguese Government’s ‘More Housing’ policy. The APR (Portuguese Association of Residential Tourism and [...]

A survey has found that 50% of the Portuguese do not believe that the Government’s plan to alleviate the country’s chronic housing shortage will be effective. Around 62% think that the ‘More [...]

The Portuguese Association of Civil Construction and Public Works Industries AICCOPN has rejected the Government’s More Housing package saying it will make the tax regime for the real estate [...]

Lisbon’s City Council’s planning chief has pledged to speed up the time it takes for the municipal council to deal with planning applications, the slowness of which has been a bugbear for over 20 [...]