Parliament to Debate Major Rental Market Reforms
New legislative proposals aim to strengthen Portugal's rental market through rent controls and tax incentives for landlords.
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Housing market trends, real estate prices, rental policies, and property news in Portugal.
Parliament Tackles the Rental Crisis: Five Parties, Five Very Different Plans
Portugal's housing crisis arrived in parliament on Thursday with a flurry of competing legislative proposals, each reflecting a starkly different vision of how to fix the country's broken rental market. From hard rent caps to tax cuts for landlords,...
Parliament Debates Rent Controls and Landlord Tax Cuts as Housing Crisis Persists
Portuguese lawmakers will debate multiple housing bills this week, including rent control proposals and tax incentives for landlords—signaling renewed urgency as the rental crisis enters its third year.
Inflation Creeps Higher: Food Prices and Rents Squeeze Portuguese Households
Consumer prices rose 2.1% in February as unprocessed food jumped 6.7% and rents climbed 5.2%, placing Portugal above the Eurozone average and squeezing household budgets.
Foreign Investors Pour Record €3.9 Billion Into Portuguese Property
The golden visa may be gone, but international money keeps flowing into Portugal's property market at an accelerating pace. Foreign investors poured €3.9 billion into Portuguese real estate in 2025 — a 10% increase over 2024 and a new...
The Government's Six-Pillar Plan to Fix Portugal's Rental Crisis
For decades, Portugal's rental market has been caught in a paradox: thousands of apartments sit empty while families struggle to find affordable housing. Many landlords simply refuse to rent, fearing non-payment, sluggish eviction processes, and a...
Lisbon Cracks the Global Top Five for Property Growth as Housing Shortage Deepens
Lisbon has climbed into the top five global markets for prime residential capital value growth, according to the latest Savills World Cities Prime Residential Index. The Portuguese capital, which ranked seventh worldwide in 2025, is now forecast to...