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This week in Portugal: Housing prices go up, oil spills sideways, and U.S. is passing around ideological surveys in Portugal
April 14, 2025
This week in Portugal: Housing prices go up, oil spills sideways, and U.S. is passing around ideological surveys in Portugal
This week in Portugal: crime’s down, rent’s up, some Portuguese visas are due to be issued faster, and they might be in high demand soon.
“Prime rents in the cities grew more than 13% in the first half of the year — a faster pace than anywhere else in the
“Ministers have approved the measure of the Mais Habitação program, proposed by the Government, which includes the forced lease of houses that have been vacant
“Average rent in Lisbon is now just over €2,000, while the minimum wage is about €760,” Antonio Fernandes writes in an article looking at people
“And in Northern Europe there is greater youth emancipation: in countries like Sweden, Finland and Denmark, more than 90% of young people between 25 and
“[Catarina Viegas of Climáximo, an anti-capitalist collective], claims rent and property values are particularly affected, as digital nomads gobble up short-term rentals that are all already
Lisbon, Porto, and Cascais are where North Americans are looking most for houses to buy and rent, according to data from idealista cited by TPN.
Can you live earning a Portuguese minimum salary here? Surely, many do? Surely?!