Rental market

Portugal ranks among the European countries where residents most acutely feel the impact of tourism on housing costs. An estimated annual rent increase of €220 since 2019 places the country among [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Portugal’s government has approved a new set of laws to speed up evictions and unblock inheritances to prevent situations that enable one person to block the distribution of inherited assets [...]

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 [...]

Lisbon is the fifth most expensive city in Europe in which to rent a house according to the UK Economist’s ‘Carrie Bradshaw Index’, an indicator that cross references average rental data with the [...]

The supply of rooms to rent in Portugal saw a significant increase of 79% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 according to a study by Idealista. The number of people [...]