November 2020

License to live – The most common confusion

Does this house have a habitation license? This is by far the most asked property question. As many people get confused about the building registrations in Portugal, I decided to shed some light on it for you. First of all, you need to know that there are two different types of building registrations here in Portugal. 1. Urban 2. Rustic On any registered building, the property paperwork also indicates...

The perfect remote location – a Portuguese village

And off I go again, in my car with my working equipment on the passenger seat. My photo camera, drone, contracts, flyers, business cards, phone and a house hunting mind. Another day of property acquisition in the area of Castelo Branco! As I enter village after village on a sunny afternoon during a weekday, I come to realize the villages are almost deserted. Not even 10 years ago, you would still see...

House value in Castelo Branco less than half of the national average

Values ​​of houses for sale in Beja, Portalegre, Guarda or Castelo Branco represent less than half the national average. The regions of Centro and Alentejo have the cheapest houses for sale that can be found on the internet. The analysis is carried out by Imovirtual on the advertisements published in July 2020, among the four districts with the lowest average selling prices are Castelo Branco (121,134...

Never so many foreigners lived in Portugal

Never so many foreigners with a residence permit lived in Portugal. Portugal is currently the official home of more than 590,000 foreign citizens with a valid residence permit - and this is the highest figure since 1976, as shown by data from the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF). The percentage of the foreign population in relation to the total is now around 5.7%, but still remains below the average...

Lockdown Paradise

Portugal is the second safest country in Europe. Portugal is the second most peaceful country of the European Union and the 3rd most peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI). In the last decade the conflicts and crises that emerged begun to decrease, only to be replaced with a new wave of tension and uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and a sharp increase in...

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