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Getting a Portuguese Mortgage as a Foreign Resident in 2026 — The 60-to-90 Per Cent LTV Ladder, the Euribor-Plus-Spread Indexante, the FINE Form, the BdP Stress-Test Premium, and What Actually Lands at the Notarial Escritura

Getting a Portuguese Mortgage as a Foreign Resident in 2026 — The 60-to-90 Per Cent LTV Ladder, the Euribor-Plus-Spread Indexante, the FINE Form, the BdP Stress-Test Premium, and What Actually Lands at the Notarial Escritura

The Portuguese mortgage product — crédito à habitação — is a remarkably standardised instrument. Every bank operates inside the same Banco de Portugal framework, sells the same three rate structures, applies the same documentation list, and signs at...

BUPi Property Registration Stays Free Until 30 September — Then €15 Per Plot, and No Rural Land Sells or Draws EU Funds Without a Georeferenced Map

BUPi Property Registration Stays Free Until 30 September — Then €15 Per Plot, and No Rural Land Sells or Draws EU Funds Without a Georeferenced Map

The countdown has started for foreign owners of rural and mixed property in Portugal. Under Decreto-Lei n.º 87/2026 of 15 April , published last week in the Diário da República , registration of rural ( rústicos ) and mixed ( mistos ) properties at...

Casais Crosses €1 Billion and Splits Into Four — Portugal's 6,000-Employee Construction Group Launches Construction, Industry, Real Estate and Capital Holdings

Casais Crosses €1 Billion and Splits Into Four — Portugal's 6,000-Employee Construction Group Launches Construction, Industry, Real Estate and Capital Holdings

Braga-headquartered Grupo Casais, 6,000 employees in 17 countries, crossed €1 billion in 2025 turnover and is splitting into four SGPS holdings — Construção, Indústria, Imobiliário and Capital — each with its own CEO. Full implementation takes two years.