Purchase property

We know moving to a new country is no easy task. It can all be a bit overwhelming and you might sometimes need a helping hand to figure things out. With that in mind, we have gathered together 10 tips that will make your life in Portugal a lot easier! 1.

Foreign investment in Portuguese properties has perked up, helping the recovery of the Portuguese real estate sector in recent years.

The luxury real estate market in Portugal continues to grow, under the gaze of domestic and foreign investors. According to the Luxury Estate web portal, average demand in this sector stood at almost three million euro in the first half of 2018.

Much has been said about the importance of foreign investment in the current dynamism of the real estate market in Portugal.

Residence permits are granted in Portugal in exchange for investing in the country. This is one of the main regulatory changes to the ‘golden’ visa regime that came into force on Monday 1st October 2018.

You couldn't ask for a better location than where this Pinhão House is.

Thirty years old, married or in a common-law union, with university-level education.

Many banks ask for a guarantee when granting a loan for the purchase of a house, but there are also certain landlords who ask for one in new leasing contracts.

In recent years, Portugal has enjoyed a growing demand in the real estate market. Here the richest and most famous people buy their homes in search of privacy, beautiful nature and elegant architecture.

This property, very well known in the local area of Almancil in the Algarve region in southern Portugal, between Albufeira and Faro, has literally everything you could want, and for that reason it’s known as 'Número Um’ in Portuguese, Number One. It is situated in a perfect location, right in front

They are called Central and Uptown and are the most recent residential marketing projects in Vilamoura in the Algarve. With these developments, 214 charming new villas and apartments will reach the market in 2020.

London’s got Soho, Lisbon has Príncipe Real. The most LGBTI-friendly district of the Portuguese capital attracts restaurants, shops and entertainment venues as well as residents and investors.

To buy or to rent, that is the question. The answer to this question is in line with an existing reality in Portugal, as people in Portugal prefer to be owners of their properties rather than tenants.

There is a new trend of foreign investment in the Portuguese real estate market that is beginning to gain ground. It comes from across the Atlantic, specifically from the United States of America. Portugal's improved image and reputation is attracting more and more tourists and investors.

More and more property buyers have been purchasing a surprising new kind of typology – vineyards.

Buying a house will always be cheaper than renting in the long run, wherever it is in Portugal, according to accounts based on data from the National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estatística or INE). In the current real estate context of high prices in the rental market, paying of

When choosing where you want to buy a house, in addition to the comfort factor with respect to work or family, we also have to take into account the price per square metre or square foot of housing in the areas we are considering. So what are the cheapest destinations for real estate in Portugal?

To buy or not to buy a house? That is the question. There is always someone trying to work through this dilemma. Should I buy? Should I wait? The decision is never easy.

Buying a house can be a real headache, whether it’s your first time or you’re an old hand.

Buying a home is definitely getting more expensive.

With house prices currently rising in the property market, buyers and investors are looking for cheaper alternatives to purchasing used houses or flats in Portugal.

Buying a house is becoming more and more expensive. Property prices in Portugal rose by 3.8% in the first three months of the year, compared with the last quarter of 2017, making the price 1,748 euro per square metre (m2), or 162 euro per square foot (sq ft), according to the idealista price index.

The real estate market is red-hot in Portugal. Never before have so many houses been sold – 153,292 in 2017, 26,186 more than the previous year (20.6%), and prices are in line with this trend.

Doubting about whether to buy or rent is very common. On one hand, buying a home in Portugal requires a great economic effort, but on the other hand, spending your entire life paying the rent on a house that will never be yours may not be the best option. So how do you decide?

The limitations of the supply of real estate and the increase in prices in the centres of the main cities are pushing many Portuguese families to a life in the outskirts. This is a trend that, according to the real estate agency Century 21, is here to stay.