BUYING INVESTMENT PROPERTY IN PORTUGAL

Lets take a look at the more practical side and look at what you get for your money in this beautiful country.

Real Estate Prices in Portugal

You get an awful lot for your Euro or Pound. For around £60,000 you could buy yourself a nice resale property inland however it would usually need a good deal of renovation. You can buy one bed or studio apartments from around £50,000. £100,000 will secure you a nice house, £125,000 will secure you a nice villa.

Golf complex property is as usual more expensive with luxury villas approaching £200,000! and beyond.

Where to buy in Portugal

It is usually more expensive to buy real estate in coastal resorts of Portugal with the Algarve, in the South being the most popular with choices of purpose built complexes which always have a wide appeal for holiday homes and rentals. You will find the property prices are generally slightly higher than in Spain.

So why buy in Portugal

Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south and bordering Spain to the north and the west, Portugal is perfectly situated for those who like rocky peninsula and rough sea. One of Europe's smallest countries, it has the diversity to match any of its bigger neighbours.

Rivers and forests spread up the valleys between mountains and the dry winds blow on the rockier southern plains.

It's an inexpensive and fascinating country with a long seafaring past, which is pushing forward to catch up with the rest of Europe after forty years of dictatorship.

There's so much to stare and wonder at that many people choose to get a mountain bike and a set of panniers and just cruise through the olive, wine and orange groves of the centre and south and see what they find along the way.

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