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Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

IP opens a new mandate in May with Duarte Pitta Ferraz as chairman and Paulo Carmona stepping out of the DGEG to take the CEO seat — replacing Miguel Cruz after his end-2024 term. Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid and the Third Tagus Crossing top the pipeline.
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Implicit Mortgage Rate Slides to 3.077% in April — Three-Year Low as the Euribor Unwinds the March Iran-Conflict Risk Premium, Average Prestação Holds at €404 and Capital em Dívida Climbs to €77,600

Implicit Mortgage Rate Slides to 3.077% in April — Three-Year Low as the Euribor Unwinds the March Iran-Conflict Risk Premium, Average Prestação Holds at €404 and Capital em Dívida Climbs to €77,600

INE's 21 May destaque prints the implicit mortgage rate at 3.077% in April — the lowest single-month figure since March 2023 as the Euribor unwinds the March Iran-conflict risk premium. Average prestação holds at €404 (€207 capital, €197 interest), capital em dívida climbs to €77,600.
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Sines Investment Pipeline Edges Toward 10% of Portuguese GDP as Santiago do Cacém Calls for a Gabinete da Área de Sines Reboot — Housing Reaches €5,000/m² and the A26-A2 Connection Slips to 2028

Sines Investment Pipeline Edges Toward 10% of Portuguese GDP as Santiago do Cacém Calls for a Gabinete da Área de Sines Reboot — Housing Reaches €5,000/m² and the A26-A2 Connection Slips to 2028

ECO's 22 May reportage frames Sines as a 10%-of-GDP investment cluster outpacing public infrastructure: Repsol, Galp and Start Campus anchor the pipeline, Santiago do Cacém projects 15,000 new workers by 2031, two-bedroom rents clear €2,000, the A26-A2 link slips to 2028.
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Empathia's Vitalícia Usufruct-Sale Model Tallies Roughly Forty Contracts and €4 Million of Reintroduced Capital in Its First Portuguese Year — 79.2-Year Average Seller Age and a 31% Headline Discount Sketch the Nua-Propriedade Debut

Empathia's Vitalícia Usufruct-Sale Model Tallies Roughly Forty Contracts and €4 Million of Reintroduced Capital in Its First Portuguese Year — 79.2-Year Average Seller Age and a 31% Headline Discount Sketch the Nua-Propriedade Debut

Empathia wraps its first Portuguese year on the vitalícia usufruct-sale model with ~40 closed contracts, €4M+ reintroduced into the household economy, an average seller age of 79.2 and a 31% discount anchor — set against tightening pension aid and a structurally aging owner-occupier base.
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UGT Bank Unions Mais, SBN and SBC Rebuff the Sector's 2% 2026 Wage Offer as 'Insensibilidade e Ganância' Against a Big-Five €1.279 Billion Q1 Profit Tape — Twenty Signatories Sit at the Negotiating Table, CGD and BCP Outside

UGT Bank Unions Mais, SBN and SBC Rebuff the Sector's 2% 2026 Wage Offer as 'Insensibilidade e Ganância' Against a Big-Five €1.279 Billion Q1 Profit Tape — Twenty Signatories Sit at the Negotiating Table, CGD and BCP Outside

UGT bank unions Mais, SBN and SBC rejected the sector's 2% 2026 wage offer on 23 May as 'insensibilidade e ganância' set against the big-five banks' €1.279 billion Q1 profit tape and 3.3% April inflation — leaving the ~20 ACT signatories without a deal and CGD and BCP outside the agreement.
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