In Portugal, the average price per square meter of housing for rent was 15.5 euros in December 2023. The Lisbon region registered the highest value at over 18 euros per month. In April 2024, average prices increased in all regions, amounting to a national average of more than 16 euros per square meter. By July 2025, the national average was 16.7 euros, while reaching 19.6 euros in the Lisbon region.

Portugal - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price was 30.30% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Portugal - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, Portugal - Housing cost overburden rate: Tenant, rent at market price reached a record high of 35.80% in December of 2012 and a record low of 17.60% in December of 2010.

Portugal PT: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data was reported at 133.415 Ratio in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 130.465 Ratio for Sep 2024. Portugal PT: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data is updated quarterly, averaging 101.215 Ratio from Mar 1988 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 148 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 133.415 Ratio in Dec 2024 and a record low of 72.752 Ratio in Jun 2013. Portugal PT: Standardised Price-Rent Ratio: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Portugal – Table PT.OECD.AHPI: House Price Index: Seasonally Adjusted: OECD Member: Quarterly. Nominal house prices divided by rent price indices. The long-term average is calculated over the whole period available when the indicator begins after 1980 or after 1980 if the indicator is longer. This value is used as a reference value. The ratio is calculated by dividing the indicator source on this long-term average, and indexed to a reference value equal to 100.

Zone 1, central business district Boavista, had the most expensive office real estate across the different submarkets in Porto, Portugal, in the second quarter of 2025. Occupiers paid a prime rental rate of ** euros per square meter of office space in Zone 1, compared to ** euros per square meter in Zone 7, Maia.

Price to Rent Ratio in Portugal increased to 185.30 in the first quarter of 2025 from 178.57 in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Portugal Price to Rent Ratio.

Companies operating in the third-party real estate industry have had to navigate numerous economic headwinds in recent years, notably rising interest rates, spiralling inflation and muted economic growth. Revenue is projected to sink at a compound annual rate of 0.6% over the five years through 2025, including an estimated jump of 1.2% in 2025 to €207.6 billion, while the average industry profit margin is forecast to reach 35.1%. Amid spiralling inflation, central banks across Europe ratcheted up interest rates, resulting in borrowing costs skyrocketing over the two years through 2023. In residential markets, elevated mortgage rates combined with tightening credit conditions eventually ate into demand, inciting a drop in house prices. Rental markets performed well when house prices were elevated (2021-2023), being the cheaper alternative for cash-strapped buyers. However, even lessors felt the pinch of rising mortgage rates, forcing them to hoist rent prices to cover costs and pricing out potential buyers. This led to a slowdown in rental markets in 2023, weighing on revenue growth. However, this has started to turn around in 2025 as interest rates have been falling across Europe in the two years through 2025, reducing borrowing costs for buyers and boosting property transactions. This has helped revenue to rebound slightly in 2025 as estate agents earn commission from property transactions. Revenue is forecast to swell at a compound annual rate of 3.7% over the five years through 2030 to €249.5 billion. Housing prices are recovering in 2025 as fixed-rate mortgages begin to drop and economic uncertainty subsides, aiding revenue growth in the short term. Over the coming years, PropTech—technology-driven innovations designed to improve and streamline the real estate industry—will force estate agents to adapt, shaking up the traditional real estate sector. A notable application of PropTech is the use of AI and data analytics to predict a home’s future value and speed up the process of retrofitting properties to become more sustainable.

Amsterdam is set to maintain its position as Europe's most expensive city for apartment rentals in 2025, with median costs reaching 2,500 euros per month for a furnished unit. This figure is double the rent in Prague and significantly higher than other major European capitals like Paris, Berlin, and Madrid. The stark difference in rental costs across European cities reflects broader economic trends, housing policies, and the complex interplay between supply and demand in urban centers. Factors driving rental costs across Europe The disparity in rental prices across European cities can be attributed to various factors. In countries like Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, a higher proportion of the population lives in rental housing. This trend contributes to increased demand and potentially higher living costs in these nations. Conversely, many Eastern and Southern European countries have homeownership rates exceeding 90 percent, which may help keep rental prices lower in those regions. Housing affordability and market dynamics The relationship between housing prices and rental rates varies significantly across Europe. As of 2024, countries like Turkey, Iceland, Portugal, and Hungary had the highest house price to rent ratio indices. This indicates a widening gap between property values and rental costs since 2015. The affordability of homeownership versus renting differs greatly among European nations, with some countries experiencing rapid increases in property values that outpace rental growth. These market dynamics influence rental costs and contribute to the diverse rental landscape observed across European cities.

Portugal PT: Rent Price Index: sa data was reported at 133.970 2015=100 in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 132.201 2015=100 for Dec 2024. Portugal PT: Rent Price Index: sa data is updated quarterly, averaging 47.486 2015=100 from Mar 1959 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 265 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 133.970 2015=100 in Mar 2025 and a record low of 0.926 2015=100 in Mar 1959. Portugal PT: Rent Price Index: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Portugal – Table PT.OECD.AHPI: House Price Index: Seasonally Adjusted: OECD Member: Quarterly.

Zone 1, the prime central business district, had the most expensive office real estate across the different submarkets in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2024. Occupiers paid a prime rental rate of **** euros per square meter of office space in Zone 1, compared to ** euros per square meter in Zone 6, the Western Corridor.

In the first quarter of 2025, Portugal, Croatia, and the Netherlands had the highest house price to rent ratio index in Europe. The three countries ranked the highest, with house price to rent indices exceeding *** index points. The house price to rent ratio is an indicator of the affordability of owning housing over renting across European countries, with 2015 used as a base year. The higher the ratio, the more the gap between house prices and rental rates has widened since 2015 when the index amounted to 100. In terms of house price to income ratio, the top three countries were Portugal, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Homeownership in Europe Homeownership varies widely across European countries. In some, such as Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, homeownership is relatively low, with less than ********** of people occupying a dwelling owned by a member of the household. In other countries (Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden), more than **** of people were owner-occupiers with a mortgage. A third group of countries with a high homeownership rate without a housing loan includes many Eastern and South European countries, among which were Serbia, Romania, North Macedonia, Italy, and Bulgaria. Dwellings as a non-financial asset Dwellings, along with structures, land, and intellectual property, are classified as non-financial assets and form an important part of household wealth. Through sale, refinancing, or renting, they can serve as an additional source of income. In 2022, France, Germany, and Norway were the European countries with the highest value of dwellings per capita as a non-financial asset with values between ****** and ****** euros per capita.

Square meter rent for prime retail real estate in Portugal registered the highest value in high street Chiado, in Lisbon, at *** euros in the fourth quarter of 2024. High street Liberdade, in Lisbon, followed with *** monthly euros per square meter. Shopping centers came third, costing *** euros per square meter per month.

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Introduction

Introducing the Portuguese Scripted Monologue Speech Dataset for the Real Estate Domain, a dataset designed to support the development of Portuguese speech recognition and conversational AI technologies tailored for the real estate industry.

Speech Data

This dataset includes over 6,000 high-quality scripted prompt recordings in Portuguese. The speech content reflects a wide range of real estate interactions to help build intelligent, domain-specific customer support systems and speech-enabled tools.

Topic and Scenario Coverage

This dataset captures a broad spectrum of use cases and conversational themes within the real estate sector, such as:

Contextual Depth

Each scripted prompt incorporates key elements to simulate realistic real estate conversations:

Transcription

To ensure precision in model training, each audio recording is paired with a verbatim text transcription:

Metadata

Each data sample is enriched with detailed metadata to enhance usability:

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Prime rents in Lisbon are expected to grow year-on-year between 2024 and 2028, according to a November 2024 forecast. The Portuguese capital, Lisbon, is expected to achieve an annualized rental growth of two percent annually until 2028 – *** percentage points below the average rental growth forecast for the major European markets. In Europe, investing in central city offices had better prospects than developments.

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Portugal, Canada, and the United States were the countries with the highest house price to income ratio in 2024. In all three countries, the index exceeded 130 index points, while the average for all OECD countries stood at 116.2 index points. The index measures the development of housing affordability and is calculated by dividing nominal house price by nominal disposable income per head, with 2015 set as a base year when the index amounted to 100. An index value of 120, for example, would mean that house price growth has outpaced income growth by 20 percent since 2015. How have house prices worldwide changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? House prices started to rise gradually after the global financial crisis (2007–2008), but this trend accelerated with the pandemic. The countries with advanced economies, which usually have mature housing markets, experienced stronger growth than countries with emerging economies. Real house price growth (accounting for inflation) peaked in 2022 and has since lost some of the gain. Although, many countries experienced a decline in house prices, the global house price index shows that property prices in 2023 were still substantially higher than before COVID-19. Renting vs. buying In the past, house prices have grown faster than rents. However, the home affordability has been declining notably, with a direct impact on rental prices. As people struggle to buy a property of their own, they often turn to rental accommodation. This has resulted in a growing demand for rental apartments and soaring rental prices.

In Lisbon, Portugal, the Lisbon city itself registered the highest prime rent per square meter, at **** euros in 2023. Montijo and Alcochete compounded the zone of the city with the highest prime rent increase, going from **** euros in 2021 to * euros in 2022 and to **** euros in 2023. However, this zone was the least expensive in Lisbon.