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European Commission Pushes Lisbon to Update Imóveis Patrimonial Values Across the IMI Base — Brussels' Country-Specific Recommendation Frames a Recurrent-Tax Pivot Against the IMT Transaction Stack to Unlock Vacant Stock

European Commission Pushes Lisbon to Update Imóveis Patrimonial Values Across the IMI Base — Brussels' Country-Specific Recommendation Frames a Recurrent-Tax Pivot Against the IMT Transaction Stack to Unlock Vacant Stock

The European Commission's 3 June 2026 Country-Specific Recommendation asks Portugal to update the IMI patrimonial values and pivot from IMT transaction tax to recurrent IMI — explicitly to push vacant stock onto the market and ease residential mobility.
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AHP's Summer 2026 Survey Drops the Mercado Nacional Ten Points to 68% of the Top-Three Markets Tape — Brasil Slides to 12%, UK Holds 95% in the Algarve and Half of Hoteleiros See Worse Occupation

AHP's Summer 2026 Survey Drops the Mercado Nacional Ten Points to 68% of the Top-Three Markets Tape — Brasil Slides to 12%, UK Holds 95% in the Algarve and Half of Hoteleiros See Worse Occupation

AHP's 2026 Easter-and-Summer survey of 328 hotel establishments drops the mercado nacional ten percentage points to 68% of hoteleiros' top-three markets, with Brasil falling to 12%, the UK holding 95% in the Algarve and half of hoteleiros pricing in worse summer 2026 occupation.
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