Housing

The Portuguese Parliament has approved slashing VAT to 6% on new residential housing construction projects for affordable housing to help encourage developers to meet pressing demand for housing [...]

Some 7,700 homes have already been delivered under the program, which aims to reach 26,000 by June 2026. The government guarantees its commitment and has already rescheduled the RRP (Recovery and [...]

The National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) has rejected issuing a positive report into an outline law from the government that would alter the country’s building and [...]

Construction costs for new housing registered a year-on-year increase of 4% in December and a rise of 0.9 percentage points (p.p.) compared to the previous month, according to data from the New [...]

  No Filters Conference – “Crisis no, but transaction numbers will adjust” Text and Photos: Chris Graeme A snapshot of expectations for Portugal’s residential real estate market for [...]

Lisbon’s mayor, Carlos Moedas is to ask the European Commission if Recovery and Resilience funds can be deployed to build new affordable housing beyond the current execution deadline. The mayor [...]

The number of Portuguese taking out mortgages through banks in 2025 hit a 20-year high according to data released this Thursday by the Bank of Portugal with housing loans growing 10.2% last year, [...]

Half of the CEOs of 40 construction firms  that took part in the Construction Industry Barometer 2025 survey have given the thumbs down to the government’s public housing policies concludes a [...]

Portugal’s Association of Chartered Accountants (OCC) says that the government’s outline bill to reduce VAT on construction for own permanent housing is “unworkable” as it currently stands. This [...]

Portugal’s parliament approved overall a housing package on Friday aimed at alleviating the country’s chronic housing shortage and accessibility for the middle classes, particularly the young. It [...]