The real estate market dynamics in Portugal is recovering and has already increased significantly on last year’s figures. According to the Portuguese Real Estate Professionals and Brokers Association (APEMIP) it is estimated that there will be a 30% increase in real estate sales by 2017.
At present, Portugal is in a unique position to offer political and social stability to foreign investors. Being an important factor is not the only one - the recovery of the real estate sector would not be possible without the reduction of interest rates on mortgages that are historically low - according to the National Statistics Institute (INE) the interest rate on housing loans are continuously decreasing for the past 13 months (the lowest value since 2009), which encourages the Portuguese buyer. In addition to these rates, spreads are also being successively cut, which implies not only a reduction of existing credit charges but also an improvement in the conditions for new operation (8 national banks have minimum spread margins below 2 %).