RICS, in partnership with Confidencial Imobiliario, has launched the first issue of the Portuguese Housing Market Survey, a sentiment survey that collects and analyses the opinions of over 100 professionals in agency and development about the prices, availability and demand of residential property in three areas of the country: Greater Lisbon, Greater Oporto and the Algarve.

The study is sponsored by ADENE, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, INCi and Millenium BCP and is the only sentiment survey of the residential sector in Portugal, thereby giving an indication about the future performance  of housing in the country.

In October 2011 the survey initiated coverage of the rental market which showed a marked increase in activity albeit a fall in rental prices.

The report is available for download from the right hand side of this page.

If are you are a residential property agent or developer operating in Portugal, and would like to contribute to this survey, please contact Eulalia Pensado, on: epensado@rics.org