Real Estate

Nelson Rêgo is undoubtedly one of the giants in the Portuguese real estate consultancy landscape. Born into a property development family, he started his own consultancy in 1999 and went on to [...]

The president of the Portuguese Association of Estate Agents and Real Estate Professionals (APEMIP) Luís Lima is to stand down. According to the property magazine Vida Imobiliária, Lima, who has [...]

Portugal’s public ministry has given the green light for the sale of the Herdade do Vale Feitoso estate to Vestein for €20.7 million. The estate was bought in 2004 by the Espírito Santo Group [...]

Portugal’s banks and credit institutions lent a massive €1.3Bn for mortgages in March in what was the highest amount of credit lent since January 2008. According to figures from the Bank of [...]

A British investor has bought the space occupied by Porto’s iconic custard cream tart store Castro for €1.7 million. In a deal supported by Athena Advisers and JLL, it is not clear if the site [...]

The residential sector for the elderly has enjoyed considerable growth over the past five years. According to the Senior Living Report by the real estate consultancy Savills, as average life [...]

Portugal’s Environment minister, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, will open Lisbon Urban Rehabilitation Week on 11 May. The minister will use his speech at the launch of the week-long event to present [...]

ORES, the joint-venture property management investment company has made its first divestment, netting €4.1 million for the sale of a retail premises in Vigo, Spain. Olimpo Real Estate (ORES), a [...]

Kronos Homes has signed contracts for the sale of 40 of the first 81 apartments in its new residential housing project Distrikt in Parque das Nações. The apartments are part of the first building [...]

Amenities, high-speed internet access and a good view top the wish list for people buying in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, says Savills in its latest research on home buying trends in the [...]