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INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE Reads New-Housing Construction Costs Up 5.8% in March 2026 — Labour Component Climbs 8.2% Against a 3.7% Materials Print, the Wedge Widens 1.0 Percentage Points From February and the Index Now Sits 30%-Plus Above the 2021 Base

INE reads the Construction Cost Index for new housing at +5.8% year-on-year in March 2026 — labour climbs 8.2%, materials 3.7%, and the headline wedge widens 1.0pp from February. The labour-cost trajectory is the structural read inside Portugal's housing-affordability calculus.
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Brussels Spring 2026 Forecast for Portugal Lands Wednesday 21 May — The Spring 2025 Baseline Read 2.2% GDP, 0.3% Deficit and 2.0% Inflation, and a Brent-and-Hormuz Quarter Has Reset Almost Every Input

Brussels Spring 2026 Forecast for Portugal Lands Wednesday 21 May — The Spring 2025 Baseline Read 2.2% GDP, 0.3% Deficit and 2.0% Inflation, and a Brent-and-Hormuz Quarter Has Reset Almost Every Input

The European Commission's Spring 2026 Economic Forecast lands Wednesday 21 May. The Spring 2025 baseline read Portugal at 2.2% GDP for 2026, 0.3% deficit, 2.0% inflation, with debt declining off the 93.6% 2024 print. A Brent-and-Hormuz quarter has reset almost every input.
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Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Cascais's 'Free Lunch' Walks Into Porto and Viseu — Pedro Duarte Locks a €20.5 Million Free-Transit Contract for 1 July, Viseu Approves a €1 Million Universal Pass on 8 May and the Tribunal de Contas Becomes the Last Gate

Porto signs a €20.5M/year free-transit contract for residents across the entire AMP, targeting 1 July activation pending Tribunal de Contas visto. Viseu adds a €1M universal pass on 8 May. The Cascais Viver model is going national, one Câmara at a time.
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Despacho 5797/2026 Walks the APA and ICNF Restructuring Into a 28 June Diagnostic Deadline — Gonçalo Matias and Graça Carvalho Promise AI-Driven Licensing and a Pivot From Prior Control to Post-Facto Inspection

Despacho 5797/2026 Walks the APA and ICNF Restructuring Into a 28 June Diagnostic Deadline — Gonçalo Matias and Graça Carvalho Promise AI-Driven Licensing and a Pivot From Prior Control to Post-Facto Inspection

Despacho 5797/2026 opens the inter-ministerial restructuring of APA and ICNF with a 28 June diagnostic deadline. Matias and Graça Carvalho commit to AI-driven licensing and a pivot from prior control to post-facto inspection. Zero, Quercus, WWF and SPEA push back.
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