FEBRUARY The Algarve Resident, the region's top-selling weekly English-language newspaper, has launched a new monthly property section, Algarve Home Finder.
FEBRUARY Data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) have shown that the property market is on the up in Portugal with house prices rising and bank valuations of properties increasing.
FEBRUARY A survey by online property site property-abroad.com has rated Portugal the third most popular choice for British people wanting to purchase a property overseas.
FEBRUARY Despite the global economic crisis, Portuguese real estate agency Remax has announced that their company grew by 16 per cent during 2009 and brokered more than 1,500,000,000 euros during the year.