According to O Jornal Economico, the price of housing rose 0.3% in Portugal, to 2,500 euros per square meter, in October, compared to the previous month, according to data from Idealista, but increased in value by 4.8% in terms of annual variation. At the level of district capitals, Guarda led the increases with an appreciation of 4.3%.

Thus, by district capitals, the biggest increase, in October, was for Guarda (4.3%), followed by Castelo Branco (3.9%), Portalegre (3.4%), Santarém (1.8%), Bragança (1.7%), Leiria (1.4%), Funchal (1.1%), Lisbon (1%), Viseu (1%), Beja (0.4%), Aveiro (0.3 %), Braga (0.1%).

There were drops in Vila Real (-3.5%), Setúbal (-1.2%), Évora (-1.1%), Ponta Delgada (-1.1%), Viana do Castelo (-0, 9%), Faro (-0.7%), Porto (-0.5%) and Coimbra (-0.5%).

Lisbon appears as the city where it is most expensive to buy a house at 5,401 euros/m2. This is followed by “Porto (3,392 euros/m2), Funchal (3,105 euros/m2), Faro (2,918 euros/m2), Aveiro (2,411 euros/m2), Setúbal (2,265 euros/m2), Évora (2,003 euros/m2 ), Coimbra (1,827 euros/m2), Viana do Castelo (1,805 euros/m2), Braga (1,748 euros/m2), Ponta Delgada (1,747 euros/m2), Viseu (1,388 euros/m2) and Leiria (1,353 euros/m2) m2), Portalegre (747 euros/m2), Guarda (830 euros/m2), Castelo Branco (844 euros/m2), Beja (941 euros/m2), Bragança (952 euros/m2), Santarém (1,172 euros/m2 ) and Vila Real (1,183 euros/m2)”, highlights Idealista.

By districts/islands, the biggest increase, in October, goes to the island of São Jorge (6.3%), Guarda (3.7%), Pico island (3.5%), Madeira island (2.2 %), Aveiro (1.2%), Castelo Branco (1.1%), Bragança (0.9%), São Miguel island (0.9%), Faial island (0.7%), Santarém (0.6%), Lisbon (0.5%), Vila Real (0.5%), Setúbal (0.4%), Faro (0.3%), Porto (0.2%), island of Porto Santo (0.2%).

In Leiria the price remained the same.

There were drops in Évora (-6.6%), Portalegre (-3.3%), Viana do Castelo (-0.9%), Viseu (-0.9%), Beja (-0.8% ), Coimbra (-0.6%), Terceira island (-0.5%), Braga (-0.2%)

“The ranking of the most expensive districts to buy a house is led by Lisbon (3,841 euros/m2), followed by Faro (3,200 euros/m2), Madeira Island (2,782 euros/m2), Setúbal (2,463 euros/m2), Porto (2,450 euros/m2), Porto Santo island (2,043 euros/m2), Aveiro (1,644 euros/m2), São Miguel island (1,579 euros/m2), Leiria (1,525 euros/m2), Braga (1,511 euros/ m2), Viana do Castelo (1,406 euros/m2), Pico island (1,360 euros/m2), Coimbra (1,358 euros/m2), Faial island (1,276 euros/m2), Évora (1,251 euros/m2), the island of São Jorge (1,125 euros/m2), Terceira island (1,124 euros/m2) and Santarém (1,094 euros/m2), Portalegre (667 euros/m2), Guarda (691 euros/m2), Castelo Branco (771 euros/m2 ), Bragança (874 euros/m2), Vila Real (962 euros/m2), Viseu (1,033 euros/m2) and Beja (1,047 euros/m2)”, says Idealista.

By region, there were increases in October in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (2.2%), Autonomous Region of the Azores (1%), Metropolitan Area of ​​Lisbon (0.6%), North (0.5%), Algarve (0.3%), Center (0.4%), and a drop of 3.1% in Alentejo (-3.1%).

“The Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with 3,503 euros/m2, continues to be the most expensive region to purchase housing, followed by the Algarve (3,200 euros/m2), Autonomous Region of Madeira (2,770 euros/m2) and North (2,054 euros/m2) m2). On the opposite side of the table are the Center (1,367 euros/m2), the Autonomous Region of the Azores (1,390 euros/m2) and Alentejo (1,497 euros/m2) which are the cheapest regions to buy a house”, says Idealista.