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Hi Nil, you're looking at the right place. The demand for rental is such that good listings tend to be snapped in a matter of hours, especially in Porto and Lisbon. If you need help, ***

@Aurelien_Lisbon

Hi Aurelien,

I am making arrangements to travel to Portugal to attend the SEF interview in mid-April 2023.

I have been looking for a studio or one bedroom rental in Fatima.  As of now, none of the rental agents are able to find anything out there.

Any advise? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

vijir

Hello everyone,

@vijir, your post is off-topic here.

You should post an advert in the Housing in Porto section.

This will be easier for you to find something.

@Aurelien_Lisbon, please note that advertising is not allowed on the forum. I invite you to register your services in the Porto business directory.

Cheers,

Cheryl

½ûÂþÌìÌà team

@nilonilonilo You are correct and are doing the right thing. It's just the way the market is right now.

It's very difficult to find a long term rental in a big city in Portugal and especially a decent one at a decent price. A lot of demands, and a lack of offers which brings the rental prices way up. Also many owners are putting their apartment on short time rental, Airbnb, booking.com or whatever which creates a big shortage in the long term pool. I am so tired of trying to find a suitable place to rent that I am considering buying a place now. Prices are probably going to come down a little, at least, with the golden visa program ending and  more measures implemented by the Prime Minister to make more properties available for long term and not always short term that are more profitable for the owners.

Hi

I just found a house in a parade in Lisbon

I would like to say that finding a house/ flat in lisbon is a way hard because most of the houses are too old in the neighborhood with old construction!

I suggest to you that if you are a digital nomad, you can for a house in Sintra, Cascais, or parade!

parade? Perhaps you mean Parede?

Of course it is old construction, many houses in traditional neighbourhoods in Lisbon are over 100/300 years old...

How is one supposed to find a rental property in this country?
-@nilonilonilo

Maybe you are not supposed to? Not joking! A country with a ratio of rent/buy like Portugal is not interested in immigrants that rent. Otherwise the state would have acted upon this and actively added rentals to the market. However, the intended target group for immigration to Portugal are people with money that should be able to afford even over-inflated rents for a year.