Articles in the ‘Lead Story’ Category

Golden Visas attract interest

By • May 3rd, 2013 • Category: Lead Story

Golden visas’ attract interest Portugal has already granted 13 golden visas to foreign citizens, representing a total investment in the country of €10 million, a source from the foreign affairs ministry told Expresso newspaper. With the rules to obtain the Portuguese ‘golden visa’ relaxed (read below), the permits are issued to foreign citizens who invest [...]


Savills is named top property superbrand

By • Mar 6th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story

Savills has topped the UK Business Superbrand charts in the real estate sector for the fifth consecutive year and ranks at 151 in the overall league table of the top 500 Business Superbrands. Savills, established in 1855, has over 500 offices and associates throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. The [...]


Portugal Opening its Doors to Investors from around the Globe and offering Golden Visas

By • Jan 18th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story

Good News from the Portuguese Fiscal Department at last!


Portugal to excel at London’s ‘World Travel Market’

By • Nov 5th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

The Portuguese Tourist board (Turismo de Portugal) has a stand at the World Travel Market in London which starts today and will host Portugal’s seven tourist regions and 46 companies, including airlines, travel operators, travel agencies, rent-a-car companies as well as tourist developments. The secretary of State for Tourism, Cecília Meireles, will be at the [...]


New Stamp Tax

By • Oct 30th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

This is a new tax coming into effect with the first payment due before the end of the year and is in addition to the existing IMI. For privately owned properties and all properties owned by white listed companies, for 2012 the new stamp tax will be 0,5% or 0,8% of the patrimonial value depending [...]


Quinta Properties Annual Event 2012

By • Sep 18th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

Co-hosted by PwC and the Conrad Algarve

Well, we had every confidence that our Event on Wednesday afternoon at the Conrad Algarve would be fun, but we are absolutely delighted with how well it all went.


Quinta Properties Sponsors the Annual ACCA Chartity Bike Ride 2012

By • May 16th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

Quinta Properties Sponsors the Annually ACCA Chartity Bike Ride


Premiership players

By • Sep 20th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story

As the premier property agent in Quinta do Lago, we were delighted to be recognised recently as Portugal’s Best Estate Agent by the International Property Awards, Bloomberg Television and Google but despite the good news, a busy summer has kept our team very focused on helping our clients.


Best Real Estate Agent!

By • Jul 27th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story

Savills Quinta Properties has been named Best Real Estate Agent in Portugal by the International Property Awards, Bloomberg Television and Google.


Quinta Properties Market Report – Spring 2011

By • May 27th, 2011 • Category: Lead Story

Welcome to our latest Quinta Properties Market Report. As the dust settles on the numerous news headlines regarding Portugal’s economy, we felt the time was now right to provide you with an update on our business and our view of the local property market.