Housing crisis

The 13th edition of Lisbon Urban Regeneration Week ended on Friday with around 2,400 attendees. The event, organised by Vida Imobiliário, was held at Lisboa Social Mitra in the city’s latest [...]

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 stock of Portuguese housing available for sale in the last quarter of 2025 decreased by 13% compared to the same period in 2024, according to data analyzed by idealista, the leading real [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

Lisbon, Porto and Faro are now so expensive to buy a residential property that it is almost impossible to buy a property without a mortgage that eats up at least 50% on average income according [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]