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Economy

INE's Q1 2026 Flash Estimate Stops Quarterly Growth at Zero as April Inflation Jumps to 3.4% — Storm Cluster and Iran Conflict Knock 0.2pp Off GDP, Energy Prices Drive Headline CPI Up 0.7pp in a Month

Statistics Portugal's flash estimates for Q1 GDP and April CPI, published Thursday, point to a stalling economy and reaccelerating prices. Quarterly growth is zero, year-on-year growth holds at 2.3%, and headline inflation lifts to 3.4% on the back of an 11.7% energy contribution.

30 April 2026

Economy

INE's March Unemployment Read Holds at 5.8% as the Labour Underutilisation Rate Slips to 9.8% — Employed Population Reaches 5.07 Million, the Highest March Reading in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey Series

INE's provisional March 2026 release leaves the unemployment rate at 5.8% — flat on February, 0.5pp below March 2025 — while labour underutilisation eases to 9.8%. The employed population sits at 5.07 million, the strongest March reading in the LFS series.

30 April 2026

Portugal

Bank Valuation of Portuguese Housing Hits a Record €2,151 per Square Metre in March — INE's Avaliação Bancária Posts +16.5% Year-on-Year, Setúbal Peninsula Apartments Lead With +26.5%

The Instituto Nacional de Estatística published the March 2026 bank-valuation series on 27 April and the headline number is the one most lenders, brokers and prospective buyers will quote for the rest of the quarter — €2,151 per square metre, an...

28 April 2026

Housing

INE's First Freguesia Map of Q1 2025 House Prices Lands With Santo António at €6,819/m² and Parque das Nações Up 22.2% — Marvila Is the Only Big Lisbon Parish in Reverse

INE pegs Santo António at €6,819/m² and Aldoar–Foz–Nevogilde at €3,932/m². Greater Lisbon median is €3,439/m², Greater Porto €2,305, country €2,076. Parque das Nações leads m² growth at 22.2%; only Marvila falls (-10.6%).

24 April 2026

Guides

Living in the Algarve

Where to live in the Algarve, official INE rents and prices by town, healthcare, trains, buses, the toll free A22, water limits, and the seasons.

23 April 2026

Housing

Portugal's Average Mortgage Rate Nudges Up for the First Time Since January 2024 — New Borrowers Now Paying €700 a Month

INE data: Portuguese housing credit rate rose from 3.079% to 3.088% in March — the first uptick in 14 months. Euribor's Middle-East turn is the cause, and it hits new contracts hardest, where the average payment is now €700 (up 15.9% year-on-year).

21 April 2026

News

Rents Climb 5.1% Nationally While Lisbon and Madeira Home Values Retreat — Madeira Tops Regional Rental Table at 6.5%

INE data show per-square-metre rents rose 5.1% year-on-year in March 2026, with Madeira leading at 6.5% and all regions positive. But sale prices diverged — Lisbon fell 0.9% to €5,783/m² and Madeira dropped 1.3% to €4,372/m². Average national rent reached €16.13/m².

21 April 2026