It is in the rental market that attention is focused to mitigate the housing access crisis in Portugal in the short term. And, within the goal of increasing the supply of houses on the market, the Government is committed to giving more incentives to owners to rent their properties, such as reducing income tax to 10% in the tax package and speeding up evictions in case of rent default. As an investor, are you thinking about buying a house to rent or have you already taken that step? Then this information interests you.

For now, the gross profitability of buying a house in Portugal to rent out was 6.2% in the second quarter of 2026, 0.7 percentage points (p.p.) less than in the same period of 2025 (6.9%) and 1 p.p. less than in the second quarter of 2024 (7.2%), according to data from idealista. This means that the risks of this business have also decreased.
This indicator measures the return on investment in housing before taxes, fees, and other expenses. And the fact that it is falling also means that there is less risk in the business for real estate investors and families with high liquidity. In other words, you are more likely to rent the house and even have an appreciation of the property in the future.

This adjustment in the return on investment in the buy-to-rent business in the second quarter of the year was also influenced by price variations. While prices of houses for sale continue to rise - albeit at a slower pace (8.9% in the last year ending in June) - house rents have been falling for several months (-2.4% in June), as shown by the Idealista price index.

Source: Idealista
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