Prices of Houses Rise by More than 20% in Almost Half of the National Territory
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Data from the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation show that 66% of Portuguese people choose housing as a public priority and almost 80% reject that it is easy to find home at affordable prices.
In response to data released by the INE, which show an increase in house prices by 18.4% in the second quarter of this year, the Liberal Initiative member warns that the short-term measures adopted in recent years have not solved the problem of housing shortage in Portugal.
Housing prices have risen four times as much as wages in the past year, with some regions experiencing particularly sharp increases.
The median sales value of the houses increased in more than 90% of the municipalities during the second quarter.In most of them, the growth was expressive, two digits, showing the data of the INE.
Since 2010, prices have risen 81.9%, the third largest increase among European Union countries
Housing has become one of the main concerns of the Portuguese, with more than half of the population admitting that the charges with the house condition other expenses. Construction of new dwellings continues far below the values recorded at the beginning of the century.
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