According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the sale of homes increased in March by 40.6% year-on-year, totalling 62,808 transactions. This represents the highest figure for this month since 2007, when over 74,000 sales were recorded. The sale of homes has now seen nine consecutive months of year-on-year increases. The year-on-year increase in home sales in March was a consequence of the rebound in transactions involving both…

According to the figures released yesterday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the sale and purchase of homes increased in October by 51.3% year-on-year, reaching a total of 69,418 transactions, the highest figure since May 2007, when over 75,000 sales were recorded. In October, transactions for new homes increased by 83.4% year-on-year, reaching 16,224 transactions, while those for used homes rose by 43.6%, totaling 53,194 transactions. 92.4% of the…

With the advance of July, the sale and purchase of homes returns to positive rates after the year-on-year declines of 6.1% and 21.5% in May and June, respectively. The year-on-year increase in home sales in July is due both to the rebound in transactions for new homes, which rose by 38.6% year-on-year, the largest increase in three years, reaching 11,302 transactions, and to those involving used homes. The latter increased…