Current property laws news, rules and analysis for Portugal. This guide brings together 26 source-linked MedRealty stories.
Applications are submitted free of charge and are treated as an urgent matter for six months to nine months. While the checks are underway, the applicant is given a temporary visa …
Read →Key changes concern the expulsion of parents of Portuguese citizens and the detention of children. Now the deportation of foreigners with children is possible only by the decision …
Read →The Agency forecasts GDP growth of 1.7% and is confident about the future. The energy crisis due to the problems in the Strait of Hormuz will hit weakly: local tourists spend money…
Read →The growth is explained by state guarantees for young people under 35 years old. The program subsidized the budget at €1.2 billion, but authorities raised the limit to €2.3 billion…
Read →The city council has decided to start developing new rules for micromobility. The process will take time: current routes will be studied, as well as the opinions of police, operato…
Read →The Ministry of Infrastructure confirmed the details of the European Mobility Weekly. Now passengers who travel only on the railway, do not have to buy expensive intermodal cards. …
Read →The Ocean and Atmospheric Institute assesses hazards in five levels from low to maximum. The forecast affects temperature, humidity, wind speed and precipitation per day. The risks…
Read →Benefits vary by city: about 161 euros in Lisbon, 419 in Porto and 338 in Covale. This will help reduce deductions due to the inability to pay for private housing or lack of space …
Read →In the first half of the year, the portfolio grew by 32%, adding 6.6 billion crowns. More than half of the funds - 60% - went into debt, another 40% in shares from the PSI exchange…
Read →Instead of pathetic exhibitions, there is a living life of artists: one of the galleries works as a workshop with a sunny courtyard, and the owner hides a huge repository with work…
Read →Three years ago, the Portuguese government rewrote residency by investment rules. The main change: direct purchase of real estate no longer gives a residence permit. The foreign pr…
Read →Portugal is preparing for new foreign investment controls that will directly affect those planning to invest in property and business in the country. The European Union is tighteni…
Read →The government has enacted a major overhaul of the rental market. The headline change: abolition of the 2% cap on rent increases when renewing a lease. This restriction had been in…
Read →The region, two hours from Lisbon, has transformed from quiet rural backwater into a magnet for international investors. Unspoilt coastline around Comporta and Melides, historic to…
Read →Nearly half of Americans purchasing Portugal's golden visa describe themselves as investors diversifying their risk exposure. There is no panic or capital flight—simply a mature ap…
Read →Parliament is preparing to reject a proposal from the Chega party to ratify a decree imposing loss of citizenship as an additional punishment for crime. The measure has already bee…
Read →Portugal has nearly completed processing one million migrant regularisation cases, but the final stretch is proving protracted. The specialist agency AIMA, established in mid-2024,…
Read →Despite amendments to citizenship legislation, Portugal's golden visa continues to attract foreign investors. Between January and May 2026, golden visa funds received €283 million—…
Read →The government has abandoned plans for a further reduction in personal income tax in the second half of the year, citing budgetary exhaustion. February storms inflicted significant…
Read →Vale Paraiso Eco-Resort, a 53-hectare development on the Castelo do Bode reservoir, has stalled after attracting millions of euros from foreign investors. Conceived in 2004 but dev…
Read →The majority are holders of golden visas (ARI), who contend that the new rules breach their rights and the expectations they held when obtaining residency status. The complaint has…
Read →Portugal is undergoing a subtle but significant shift in economic geography—and the implications for investors are substantial. For decades, the narrative centred on Lisbon and Por…
Read →Portugal's immigration authority AIMA is drowning in thousands of cases—and if you're planning a move, this directly affects you. As of May 2026, the agency has accumulated so many…
Read →Portuguese real estate is often more than an investment—it represents a life project. Yet many foreign owners give little thought to succession planning until it is too late. If yo…
Read →An hour's drive from Lisbon, the Troia Peninsula operates by a different logic entirely from the Algarve or Cascais. Located in the Alentejo region, Troia offers 15 kilometres of w…
Read →Remote work is becoming an increasingly viable pathway to Europe, with more countries launching digital nomad visas—a trend that has moved from niche offering to mainstream in 2026…
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