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Marco Moura Marques
May 27, 20244 min read
Financial support for young people when purchasing their first home
Financial support for young people when purchasing their first home
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Marco Moura Marques
May 26, 20243 min read
How to convert a store or office into licensed housing
How to convert a store or office into a licensed house
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Marco Moura Marques
Apr 29, 202410 min read
Housing versus the (new) Government Program: what to expect?
The so-called ‘housing crisis’ in Portugal is not new. Even though public opinion has highlighted it more vehemently only in the last two...
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Alda Vasconcelos
Apr 28, 20248 min read
Urbanistic Simplex - the "road map" for the implementation of your real estate project (part 2)
In part I of this article we saw the main changes introduced to the RJUE (Legal Regime for Urbanization and Building), in a process that...
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Alda Vasconcelos
Mar 26, 202414 min read
Urbanistic Simplex - what changes for technicians, investors and public entities (part 1)
After 3 months since the publication of Decree-Law 10/2024, of January 8th, commonly called “Urbanistic Simplex”, we are now beginning to...
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Marco Moura Marques
Feb 28, 20245 min read
Housing: what measures will be voted on on March 10th?
In Portugal, we are experiencing what, more or less consensual, is called the "housing crisis". Housing prices in Portugal have been...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jan 23, 20242 min read
Real estate market situation - data from Dec 2023
In 2023, the volume of residential property transactions (in mainland Portugal) reached an estimated number (by Confidencial Imobiliário)...
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Marco Moura Marques
Dec 16, 202312 min read
Real estate market situation - data from Sep/Oct 2023
Once again we use credible information shared by Confidencial Imobiliário, to analyze statistical data updated in September (some) and...
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Marco Moura Marques
Oct 22, 20234 min read
Portugal residential real estate market situation – data from August 2023
The residential real estate market has registered a significant slowdown in the volume of transactions, but without significant...
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Marco Moura Marques
Oct 4, 202311 min read
What does it mean to build environmentally conscious buildings?
Lead the sustainable construction revolution now The Urban Jungle Dystopia Marco Moura Marques challenged me to write an article about...
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Marco Moura Marques
Oct 2, 20235 min read
Can the Real Estate Sector Foster the Connection Between Humans and Nature?
In a climate of economic uncertainty and challenges in predicting the trajectory of the real estate market, we are confronted with an...
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Marco Moura Marques
Aug 31, 20239 min read
More Housing: what kind of package is this anyway? (part 2 of 2)
In the first part of this article I listed the measures of Bill 71/XV/1 with a special focus on the promotion of Affordable Housing,...
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Marco Moura Marques
Aug 31, 202310 min read
More Housing: what kind of package is this anyway? (part 1 of 2)
Since the first time - February 16, 2023 - when several measures from the “More Housing” program were made public, it has generated...
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Marco Moura Marques
Aug 30, 20236 min read
Portugal real estate market situation - June 2023 data
Once again I resort to data from the Residential Information System (SIR) of "Confidencial Imobiliário", to summarize quantitatively what...
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Marco Moura Marques
Aug 29, 20236 min read
Non-refundable financial support to promote more sustainable buildings
Yes, you read the title correctly... And you can check here everything you need to know about the “2023 Support Program for More...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jul 18, 20235 min read
Current market environment and future prospects - July 2023
Based on the information provided by Confidencial Imobiliário (CI), and by its Residential Information System (SIR), with data collected...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jul 17, 20238 min read
The pressure on the residential market in Portugal
# Measure well to properly evaluate and decide I begin this article with a bow to the work carried out by Ricardo Guimarães in elevating...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jun 15, 20237 min read
7 questions to ask when hiring a real estate consultant
Many people have already had the need to resort to the professional services of a real estate agency for the sale of their home or...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jun 13, 20235 min read
Why should you use a real estate consultant to sell your property
In the numerous meetings I've held with property owners thinking about selling their home, I've always been very clear and peremptory...
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Marco Moura Marques
Jan 14, 20233 min read
Have you thought about renegotiating your mortgage loan?
If your mortgage loan agreement refers to Euribor as the index of the interest rate to be applied to your loan, then it is because you...
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