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In 2025, the national real estate market saw record-breaking activity with 169,812 properties sold, driven by a 17.6% surge in prices and significant interest from foreign buyers.
Housing prices have risen to levels that many describe as obscene, driven by a mix of constrained local supply, strong demand, low borrowing costs and investor activity. The resulting price inflation has undermined affordability, altered living choices and intensified regional disparities in property markets. Policy responses and planning changes will be central to cool inflation and expand accommodation options in affected areas.
House prices accelerated in half of the 24 most populous municipalities in the third quarter, with Coimbra and Setúbal recording the largest increases, figures published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) show. According to the national statistics body, among the 24 municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants the following stand out...
Data from the National Statistics Institute (INE)
Property prices in metropolitan and tourist regions are on average seven times higher than in other parts of the country.
Presidential candidate Catarina Martins today held a housing debate in Porto and listened to the frustrations of several residents who attended the 'Laboratory of Happiness', voicing complaints about house prices and the city's gentrification.
Pressure on Portugal's housing market intensified in the third quarter of 2025, with house prices rising 17.7% year-on-year.
Several regions of the country have been able to attract workers, but this is also affecting housing costs.
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Home News Portugal property prices reach record price Portugal property prices reach record price Bank valuations of houses accelerated by 18. 4% last month, reaching a new record of 2,060 per square metre.
