Lisbon has moved to reverse its long-standing restrictions on short-term rentals, allowing new licences. Read STRz for more.

The new proposals yet to be finalized may achieve the opposite effect, reducing short-term rental inventory in the long run while pushing rental prices up. The government should be cautious given ...

Four out of ten tourists who come to Portugal stay in Airbnb-style short-term rentals, according to a new study from tourist rental association ALEP and the Nova School of Business and Economics. But ...

In the second quarter of 2025, each house available for rent received an average of 17 enquiries, a 43% drop from the same period in 2024. Portalegre is the city with the highest demand for rental ...

Brits heading on Portugal holidays should take note that the country is launching a crackdown on Airbnbs and other holiday lets in a bid to tackle the country's housing crisis, it has been reported.