Portugal’s banking sector dished out the highest number of mortgages since 2008 with €1.2Bn lent in December 2020 alone, bringing the total for the year to €11.4Bn. They are levels of bank [...]
The branded residences sector has grown 170% over the past 10 years with 590 schemes worldwide representing 76,000 units, with 10 countries planning to receive their first branded residences [...]
It is with great sadness that Essential Business has to announce the passing of Joaquim Pereira de Almeida this week. Joaquim Pereira de Almeida was an instantly recognisable face and a grand, [...]
The Portuguese real estate market performed better than expected in 2020 according to Imovirtual. The big question for 2021, however, is whether the Portuguese housing market will continue to [...]
Portugal house price sales have remained stable despite the Coronavirus pandemic standing at 1.8% on average in December, above prices achieved in February 2020. This is according to Confidencial [...]
Portugal’s commercial real estate sector closed 2020 with an estimated €2.8Bn investment according to consultants Cushman & Wakefield. It represents the third best year ever terms of [...]
Despite the end of the Covid-19 pandemic clearly in sight with the start of vaccination programmes from the New Year, the workplace landscape for some small and medium-size companies may have [...]
Land once occupied by Porto Football Club, which has been abandoned since the Antas stadium was demolished 16 years ago, is to now be redeveloped into over 1000 apartments in a €240 million [...]
Portugal’s residential property market has remained buoyant during the Covid-19 crisis but spending levels have dropped according to the CEO of Portugal Homes, David Poston at a residential real [...]
Three famous UK TV celebrities lost millions of euros in an Algarve property investment that went horribly wrong. Ant and Dec paid €3 million each to purchase property in the Algarve’s The Keys [...]
