Algarve · Portugal's most international market

A high-value purchase, often made from abroad

The combination that raises the stakes: an expensive property, a buyer unfamiliar with Portuguese building pathology, and a transaction frequently run remotely, in a summer season that hides the winter defects.

80%+

foreign-buyer share of Algarve purchases

€3,139/m²

Algarve median price (INE, 2025)

~10%

American share of foreign buyers by late 2024

Median price by buyer origin · Algarve · INE 2025

Foreign domicile

~€3,556 / m²

Resident

~€2,793 / m²

Sources: INE, Estatísticas de Preços da Habitação ao Nível Local, 2025; market data on foreign-buyer share. National median 2025: €2,076/m². · InspectOS