Rental housing

Demand for rental housing in Portugal grew by 256.1% between February and April 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year, registering even more significant growth than that observed [...]

Rent prices per square meter increased by 5.1% in March compared to the same month in 2025, 0.1 percentage points less than in February, with all regions registering year-on-year growth, the [...]

Rental house prices in Portugal fell by 1.4% in February compared to the same month of the previous year. According to the idealista price index, renting a house cost €16.2 per square meter [...]

Families in Portugal are continuing to face increasing difficulties in paying the mortgages and rents on their homes. When it comes to rents in Funchal, the amount of income to pay for the home [...]

New housing rental leases in Lisbon reached a plateau and remained stable in Lisbon according to the latest market study by Confidencial Imobiliário. Rental prices charged in new lease agreements [...]

Portugal’s government has agreed a new IMT flat tax of 7.5%  on property for overseas residents who are not domiciled in the country for tax purposes. It is one element of what are certainly the [...]

The price of renting a house in Portugal’s rental market increased by 5.7% in October compared to the same month in 2024. And renting a house cost €17/m2 for the first time. In Lisbon that cost [...]

Portugal’s government has approved reducing VAT on construction to 6% and the creation of Build to Rent contracts with tax benefits. However, the government will put up property transfer tax or [...]

The European Investment Bank is to finance the construction of 12,000 new affordable homes through a €1.3Bn credit line. The announcement was made this week by the Prime Minister, Luís [...]