European award
ERA Portugal was awarded the European Franchise Sales Prize for the third consecutive year at the ERA Europe Gala in Brussels on January 14. ERA representatives from a total of
Market comment
Georgina Richards, an associate for Knight Frank, independent global property consultancy, comments on the Algarve’s property market: The market in the western Algarve was one of the first areas to
Eco Portugal
Four Portugal based companies will be attending what is thought to be the world’s biggest eco exhibition. Ecobuild, which has been growing since its launch in London in 2005, boasted
The vendor and buyer of real estate in 2010
By BART VAN LINDEN features@algarveresident.com Bart van Linden is a director of Exclusive Algarve Villas, a local real estate company focused on selling high end properties and investment related real
2010 – the good, the bad and the better
By BART VAN LINDEN features@algarveresident.com Bart van Linden is a director of Exclusive Algarve Villas, a local real estate company focused on selling high end properties and investment related real
Algarve recovery at higher speed
By Bart van Linden features@algarveresident.com Bart van Linden is a director of Exclusive Algarve Villas, a local real estate company focused on selling high end properties and investment related real
Thousands of building firms shut down
Nearly 5,000 companies from the Portuguese construction sector will no longer have building permits in 2005, the president of IMOPPI, the Institute of Markets of Public Works, Particulars and Furniture,
Loulé property tax controversy
Tax on the purchase of property in Portugal, formerly called SISA but now known as Imposto Municipal Imóveis (IMI), is to remain the same as last year in Loulé’s urban
The art of property
Staff and clients at Carvoeiro estate agency, Palm Properties, are currently enjoying a very different office environment. Owner, Mark Wheelan, is staging a series of exhibitions by local artists over
Monks’ cells to luxury flats
A historic but derelict convent, that was once home to a group of English Catholic monks, is to be converted into luxury apartments. The 18th century so-called Convento dos Inglesinhos,