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Old terracotta-red buildings and a high rendered wall along the Rua de Campo de Ourique in Lisbon, with cars parked along the kerb in late afternoon sun

Lisbon Plans Around 90 Homes for Posted Nurses, Teachers and Police in the Former Council of Ministers Building

The city expects to take a surface right over the old government headquarters from the state property company Estamo and spend more than 20 million euros converting it, mostly into one-bedroom flats. No date yet.

The Portugal Brief 23 Sep 2026

A pale yellow flower of the invasive ice plant, Carpobrotus edulis, among its fleshy leaves at Cabo da Roca

Invasive Plants and Animals in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the National List, the Pampas Grass and Acacias in Your Garden, the Slider Turtle You Already Own and the Environmental Fines

Pampas grass, ice plant, mimosa, nasturtiums, goldfish and slider turtles are all on Portugal's national invasive list. What Decreto-Lei 92/2019 bans, what to do if you already have one, the Madeira-only asterisk, and fines that run into the tens of thousands.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

A row of tall cream and pink apartment blocks on a wooded hillside on the outskirts of Lisbon, seen across scrubland beside a road

Existing Homes in Portugal Cost 18 Percent More Than a Year Ago, While Buyers With Foreign Tax Addresses Bought 10.3 Percent Fewer

INE's second-quarter House Price Index has the headline rate at 16.5 percent, a second quarter of deceleration, with 40,142 homes sold and new builds rising at 12.3 percent against 18.0 for the existing stock.

The Portugal Brief 22 Sep 2026

An aerial view of a patchwork of narrow cultivated plots divided by red earth tracks on a hillside south of Alte in the Algarve, with greenhouses along one edge

A New Decree Puts a Twenty-Day Clock on BUPi Boundary Corrections, and Silence Now Snaps Your Land to the Public Domain

Decreto Regulamentar n.º 8/2026 took effect on Tuesday, nine days before free rural land registration closes. Miss the twenty-working-day window to correct an overlap with public land and the map is rectified for you, against the state's line.

The Portugal Brief 21 Sep 2026

A row of tall pale residential apartment blocks on the outskirts of Lisbon seen from an empty road, with dry grass and young trees in the foreground

Portugal's Two New Rental Schemes Took Effect on 1 September, and Neither Can Be Used Yet

The decree gave the government 30 days to publish the rules. Four months past that deadline there is still no rent ceiling, so a landlord cannot tell whether a contract qualifies for the tax exemption.

The Portugal Brief 20 Sep 2026

Apartment blocks on a hillside on the outskirts of Lisbon under a clear sky

The Ficha Técnica da Habitação in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Building Datasheet Your Notary Stopped Asking For in 2024, Who Must Still Produce One, and How to Get a Copy From the Câmara

Portugal's building datasheet is still legally required, still holds the only written record of what your home is made of, and since January 2024 nobody hands it to you at the deed. Who must produce one, what is in it, and how to get a copy from the town hall.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

An aerial view of the Asprela university district in Porto, with campus buildings and housing

Five Student Residences in Lisbon and Porto, 883 Beds in All, Pass to a European Fund for a Reported 80 Million Euros

Nido Livensa has sold Nido Carcavelos, Ajuda, Santa Apolónia, Estoril and Asprela to the Ardian Rockfield European Student Accommodation Fund. Eighty million euros has moved and Portugal has exactly the same number of student beds as it had yesterday.

The Portugal Brief 19 Sep 2026

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