Housing market trends, real estate prices, rental policies, and property news in Portugal.
Councils collected 2,146.7 million euros in IMT in 2025, against 583 million in 2015, budget figures show, as house prices rose about 2.6 times. ECO counts almost 17 billion euros from IMT and stamp duty over ten years. What each tax costs a buyer.
Seven developers were allowed to pay 1.39 million euros instead of setting aside affordable homes in central Porto. After a PS complaint, the council may revoke the decision and proposes to end cash compensation altogether.
A home's taxable value does not fall on its own as the building ages, so some owners pay more IMI than a new valuation would give. DECO PROteste advises a simulation first: a revaluation can also raise the bill, and it locks in for three years.
The police inspectorate is examining how the PSP cleared the Rossio and Porto housing camps, and the Prosecutor-General wants Parliament to revisit the 1974 right-of-assembly decree. What the law requires of protesters and police, and how to complain to the IGAI.
The 2027 budget puts Construir Portugal's structural housing investment at 1,061 million euros, down from 2,905 million in 2026. The council rehousing programme 1.º Direito falls by four fifths; rent support sits in a separate line.
About 145 buyers in an alleged off-plan fraud in Palmela want deposits insured and every promissory contract registered. What the Civil Code and land registry already offer a buyer, where the gaps are, and what to check before paying.
Police broke up the housing camps on Lisbon's Rossio and Porto's Praça D. João I at about 2am on Sunday. The PSP counts 31 detained and 11 injured; Porto organisers count 37 injured. What the two sides say, and the court dates ahead.
