Portuguese property news

After the euphoria of recent years, house prices in Portugal are levelling off, heading towards stabilisation. While Portuguese property prices are still rising, they are doing so at a slower rate.

The Algarve region on Portugal’s south coast, with its excellent weather and superb beaches, is great for holidays and one of the best places to live in Portugal.

This house of the week is a huge, impressive new development in Quinta do Patino, just north of Cascais. Recently finished and with an asking price of 8.35 million euro, this ultramodern, luxury property for sale in Portugal has 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms and lots of luxury details…

If you’re visiting the Portuguese island of Madeira with children, one of the best and most exciting activities you can do is take a ride in one of the Carreiros do Monte, a basket which goes down a toboggan run for 2 kilometres of open road at a breakneck speed of 30 mph.

When you buy or sell a house in Portugal, it’s not obligatory to make a preliminary purchase agreement and it does cost you extra money, but you would be wrong to rule out signing one so quickly.

The Palacete Cedofeita is located in Cedofeita, one of the main arteries in the centre of Porto. Surrounded by green areas, this new private development, where modern design intersects with classic workmanship, is an invitation to a great quality of life and a good neighbourhood.

Portugal is a great destination for foodies, especially seafood lovers. The Portuguese coast supplies some of the freshest fish and seafood in the world and fish is the star of many dishes in the country’s gastronomical scene (surely you have heard about “Bacalhau”).

Braga is one of Portugal’s lesser-known cities, but is incredibly beautiful and more relaxing than Lisbon or Porto.

There's a lot of talk about the Comporta area, and tourism also is gaining ground in the Alcácer do Sal region, located in the heart of the Alentejo coast, Portugal.

The sale of two real estate-tourism assets in Herdade da Comporta for a cost of 158 million euro was one of the major real estate deals in Portugal in 2018, having been completed in November.

The difference between buying a house in Portugal being a resident or not depends on the purpose of the house. If you buy a house to live in Portugal, you are buying a permanent home and are a resident, but if you do not live in Portugal and you buy property there it will count as a second home.

Our house of the week is this fantastic luxury villa in Silves, an exclusive resort town on the Algarve, Portugal.