Houses, places and the Portuguese property market, written by us

About 197 square metres in Lisbon, at the official median. In Portalegre, a house of 784 m² with a walled garden and a pool. The honest arithmetic of a million.

A defence and technology cluster, a motorway on the national priority list, a railway to Spain, new factories and a university: Portalegre opens a new chapter.

A stitch invented by a student in Roubaix, a cathedral of 1556, cork chimneys, José Régio's crucifixes and wines from the serra: a portrait of Portalegre.

Buying a house no longer leads to a Golden Visa. What remains of the investment permit, what replaced NHR, and how the 2026 nationality law changes the horizon.

Monte, herdade, quinta: the vocabulary, the architecture and the checks that matter before buying a farmhouse in the Alentejo, from the land register to the cork oaks.

Regions, healthcare, visas, the tax on pensions after NHR, the cost of living and whether to rent or buy first: a measured guide to living and retiring in Portugal.

A rice estate, a fishermen's pier on stilts, thatched houses by Aires Mateus and a new planning regime: how to read Comporta and Melides before you buy.

From the palaces of Lapa to the planned streets of Alvalade: eleven Lisbon neighbourhoods read through their buildings, to help you choose where to live.