Nowadays, it’s very common to see references to Family Offices, especially when it comes to investments or the organization of families with the most assets and their management. The investment market has changed since the last crisis, capital is now located in Family Offices and Funds instead of the usual banks, as they offer a different Independence and are more controllable than than banks. The main reason for the rise of these Family Offices it’s related to the need of families with... Read More

The Real Estate Investment Funds (REIFs) market is on the rise, attracting more and more investors - mainly foreign investors, but also Portuguese, who are arriving little by little. Many of the businesses carried out in Portugal this year, which animated the real estate market, had REIFs as protagonists. The Securities and Exchange Commission (CMVM) says that in just one year "more than 26 thousand investors participated in REIFs, which proves the attractiveness of the... Read More

Foreign investment in Portugal’s real estate market The real estate market is booming in Portugal - both in the residential and commercial segments - fueled, above all, by the purchase of foreigners, with a general increase in the prices of houses, offices and shops. There has been a great increase in the participation of foreign investors, namely pension funds, investment funds and the so-called Real Estate Investment Trusts - REITs. Investment funds have the greatest weight in the real... Read More

The Evolution of Portuguese Real Estate Market: Institutional Investors In the last months, opportunistic investors have given way to institutional investors and Portuguese real estate agents are very optimistic about the gathering of funds in the upcoming years. The Portuguese real estate sector is already seeing the promising change in the investors’ type of profile – As real estate prices should continue to increase – To the opportunistic investors, driven by low prices, are... Read More

Foreign investment funds are completely invading Portugal and especially — its capital — Lisbon. Banks are capitalizing on Lisbon’s Property Boom that has been happening in the last few years, and it all points out that it will continue to happen on a larger scale throughout the upcoming years. Lisbon has been the home to a great number of new hotels, modern stores and short-term rental apartments. The area welcomes a growing number of tourists as it is becoming widely known as a top... Read More