Municipalities Depend Increasingly on Property Transfer Tax Revenue
Portuguese town halls are relying more heavily on revenue from the municipal property transfer tax (Imposto Municipal sobre as Transmissões Onerosas de Imóveis or IMT) as housing prices rise. Municipalities with high real estate demand, such as Loulé in the Algarve and Grândola in the Alentejo, have seen transaction taxes make up an expanding portion of local municipal budgets. The tax applies to real estate transactions exceeding statutory thresholds, currently set above €108,792 for residential properties.












