Guides
Understanding Usufruct (Usufruto) in Portugal
What a usufruct is in Portugal, who pays IMI and repairs, how long it lasts, how bare ownership is valued for tax, and what to check before you sign or buy.
Housing
Housing market trends, real estate prices, rental policies, and property news in Portugal.
News
New-Home Construction Costs Slowed to 6.8 Percent in July, With Copper Wire Up 25 Percent and Not a Single Material Cheaper Than a Year Ago
INE's ICCHN eased 0.6 points on the previous month, and for the first time this year labour and materials contributed equally at 3.4 percentage points each. The month-on-month change was zero. PVC pipe is up 20 percent and bitumen 15.
Property
The Tax Authority Has Emailed 33,381 Landlords About Contracts Its Own System Still Calls Active, and Gives Them Until 30 September to Reply
Each contract is registered on the Portal das Financas as active, non-renewable and past its end date. Some owners say they closed them years ago, and the tax authority concedes a lag between selecting the list and sending the alerts.
News
Brussels Wants a Single European Test for When a City May Curb Short-Term Lets, and It Carves Your Own Home Out of It
The Affordable Housing Act, presented Wednesday, sets common criteria for housing-pressure zones and requires authorities to show short-term letting worsens supply or prices. A main residence is explicitly excluded.
News
The European Investment Bank Will Put 1.5 Billion Euros Behind Portuguese Social Housing, and the First 500 Million Was Signed on Monday
The first phase targets 50,000 homes built or rehabilitated under 1.o Direito, the IHRU programme for people in undignified housing. The government says it covers the social responses left outside the Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Housing
Portugal Scrapped Its Old Affordable-Rent Programme on 1 September, and the Replacement Still Cannot Be Used: the Rent Ceilings Were Due by 19 June and the IHRU Platform Is Not Live
Decreto-Lei 97/2026 offers landlords a full IRS and IRC exemption on accessible rents. It also gave the government 30 days to publish the portaria fixing the maximum rent by typology. That deadline was 19 June, and neither the order nor the platform exists.
Housing
A Music Festival Offers Six People Living in a Disused Lisbon School Four Nights in a Holiday Rental
The Festival Iminente runs at the former Escola Industrial Afonso Domingues in Marvila from 17 to 20 September. Six people live there. The same six who were counted in July, which suggests none took the council's Housing First offer.