Rental market

The number of new rental contracts in the first quarter of the year fell at its sharpest rate since the first quarter of 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first three months of the year [...]

The rate of rent increases for accommodation paid by tenants has again slowed for the fifth month running according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) this week. Rents [...]

Buying a house to put on the rental market brought in a gross yield of 7.2% for landlords in the first quarter of the year. This amount was 0.1% below the same period in 2024 but 0.6% greater [...]

Overseas residents outside the European Union are now taking the lead in interest for property acquisitions in Portugal, according to the online estate agency platform Idealista. In it’s recently [...]

The supply of rooms for rent in shared houses increased by 56% in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to an analysis published by Idealista, [...]

One-fifth of landlords in Portugal’s rental market have not updated their rental contracts by the 6.94% agreed with last government, fearing it would drive their tenants to default or to leave. [...]

There is a discrepancy of 30% between the cost of actual rents in Lisbon and the amount that tenants think they’ll have to pay. The average price o rent an apartment in the capital has soared to [...]

The increase in the number of houses for rent on the market, seen as a key to lowering the price of rents, does not seem to be working, with no sign that this goal is being achieved by either the [...]

Despite Lisbon continuing to be one of the most expensive cities to live in Europe, housing rents fell for the second quarter running by 2.2%. The average price per square metre for rented [...]

The maximum increase on rents that landlords can charge tenants has been set at 6.94% for 2024. This percentage has been fixed under the New Urban Rental Regime (NRAU) and the coefficient is the [...]