Feb 7, 2024 · Continuing price momentum and strengthened sales expectations set the stage for 2025 The newly-published December 2024 Portuguese Housing Market Survey from RICS and Confidencial Imobiliário (Ci) has highlighted the strength of both prices and transactions volumes in Portugal at the end of last year.

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3 days ago · While demand from tourists remains high, the Portuguese market is also underpinned by healthy domestic growth, as Tarrant Parsons, Head of Market Analytics at RICS, explains: “Portugal’s robust economic growth, driven by strong domestic demand and a booming tourism sector, is expected to persist and outperform the struggling Eurozone this year.

Jan 16, 2025 · Parliament to debate first draft of how to implement Europe’s pact on immigration and asylum. With immigration one of the burning subjects of the day in Portugal, parliament today is debating the national plan for implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum – the first version of which was submitted to Brussels by the previous government.

Sep 17, 2024 · African and South American continents responsible for majority of new residents . The number of foreigners living in Portugal increased by 33.6% in 2023, compared to the previous year, totalling 1,044,606 citizens with a residence permit, according to the Migration and Asylum Report released today.

11 hours ago · Retirees, entrepreneurs and families all weighing up a new life in the sun. Registrations for the upcoming Moving to Portugal Show and Seminars, taking place in London on April 3, 2025, have jumped by 33% since the last show in October 2024. Organisers of the show believe it could have something to do with Portugal’s relative stability, seeming more attractive in comparison to the ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Measure carries over from last government. People who are not resident in Portugal but who have transferred residential property that they own out of the market for short-term rentals – classed as Alojamento Local (AL) under Portugal’s tourism rules – and into that for permanent housing can benefit from tax exemptions on rental income provided for …

Dec 20, 2024 · Pedrógão Pequeno, Casa Adelina in the old market square. In January 2025, Central Region property developer Rural Properties is completing the purchase of two adjoining, three-storey properties near the castle in Sertã, aiming to divide each building into apartments for which the demand is high and current supply is limited.. The two, tired centenary buildings lend themselves to remodelling ...

May 27, 2024 · A record 329,000 residency permits were granted in 2023. For the first time, Portugal’s resident foreign population has surpassed one million, having grown 33% between 2022 and 2023. According to Jornal de Notícias, which cites data from Portugal’s new integration, migration and asylum agency (AIMA), a record of around 329,000 residency permits were attributed last year, a 130% increase ...