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    IMOnews - Amazon, technology and the organization of cities: how are real estate changing?

    "Amazon" and "technology" were perhaps the most mentioned words by Tom Walker, Schroders co-head of global real estate securities, in a recent conversation with Funds People, during his visit to Lisbon, at the Schroders Lisbon Annual Conference Client Conference 2017. But this would not be an interview about cities and real estate? Well, the two words mentioned above are more related to these themes than what may seem...

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    IMOnews - BPI enters the "war" and cuts house spread

    Six months later, the bank led by Pablo Forero again reduced the interest rate on housing loans. Equals the spread offered by the New Bank and leaves CGD "alone" with the highest margin in the sector. BPI lowered the minimum spread on Wednesday and equaled the New Bank offer: 1.5%. At the same time, it left CGD alone in the bank seat with the highest rate for home purchase.

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    IMOnews - CBRE study: prime zone registers the largest occupation of offices in the city of Lisbon

    The latest CBRE study shows that the prime area in Lisbon had the highest office occupancy rate in the third quarter of 2017. In the period under analysis, 35,390 m2 were occupied, an increase of 3% over the previous quarter, and a total of 70 transactions between July and September this year.

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    IMOnews - Companies have invested more than 1 billion euros in Greater Porto since 2000

    Performance in prime locations is higher in Porto than in Lisbon, Madrid or Barcelona. In return, incomes are lower. That Porto is fashionable is no longer news to anyone. But, to what extent is it a good investment? And what are the preferred sectors? If there were any doubts about the potential of the region, some data are enlightening. According to the director general of Predibisa, a real estate consultant specialized in the North market, Porto raised more than 1 billion euros in institutional investment between 2000 and 2016. When compared with other main cities of the Iberian Peninsula, such as Lisbon, Madrid and Barcelona, Invicta also features premium prime yields and lower rents.

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    IMOnews - Designer Outlet Algarve has already opened

    The Algarve received the largest outlet in the southern region on November 23. There are more than 50 brands of fashion and lifestyle distributed by 13 thousand m2, with discounts of 30 to 70% throughout the year. In the opening phase, visitors can already enjoy exclusive discounts in more than 30 stores such as: Adidas, Puma, Ericeira, Bimba and Lola, Calzedonia, Intimissimi, Triumph, Lacoste, Lion of Porches, Cortefiel, Springfield, Desigual, Decenio, Ana Sousa, Pepe Jeans, The Body Shop, Perfumes & Company, Douglas, Festina, Sunglass Hut, Multiopticas, Rockport, Seaside, Samsonite, Vista Alegre, Lameirinho, Texture and Home & Cook.

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    IMOnews - Easier investment capture in real estate next year

    After focusing on the investment strategy of the third edition of the Deloitte Portuguese Real Estate Investment Survey, we now focus on the perception of the panel of survey participants working in the Portuguese real estate industry on the current divestment strategy, .

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    IMOnews - Energy efficiency reduces IMI in Lisbon

    Good energy performance of real estate rewarded with reduction of IMI rate by 15%. Benefit extends to buildings that take advantage of treated or stormwater. The Lisbon City Council has approved for 2018 the reinforcement of tax benefits for urban buildings that increase their energy performance by two levels or have energy efficiency class A or higher.

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    IMOnews - Foreigners already looking for houses outside the center

    Tourism and additional to IMI inflate prices in the market. Cascais and Sintra and Oeiras lines are some of the places sought. 343 thousand euros. This was the average price that each foreigner paid for houses they bought in downtown Lisbon in the last year and a half, according to Confidencial Imobiliário. Faced with this scenario, even those who are not Portuguese and are looking for a better home are already fleeing the city.

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    IMOnews - Foreigners invest more in housing in the center of Lisbon

    Foreigners weigh 24% in value on total traded houses. Foreign investors who purchase housing in the center of Lisbon spend an average of 40% more than domestic buyers. In the last year and a half (between January 2016 and June 2017) foreigners who bought a house in the eleven parishes of Lisbon monitored by SIR-Urban Rehabilitation (Ajuda, Alcântara, Arroios, Avenidas Novas, Belém, Campo de Ourique, Estrela, Misericórdia, Santa Maria Maior, Santo António and São Vicente) invested an average of 338 thousand euros. This figure is about 40% above the 244,000 euros invested per acquisition, on average, by the Portuguese in these areas in the same period.

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    IMOnews - How to Customize Your Real Estate Website

    Although the internet is the channel most used by many consumers of any goods or services, many professionals still do not invest enough in technology to attract these consumers.

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    IMOnews - Inaugurated one million square meters in new shopping centers

    In the first half of 2017, one million square meters (m2) were opened in new shopping centers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with more than 11.1 million m2 of new space still under development. This is one of the conclusions of the latest CBRE report "EMEA Shopping Center Development".

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    IMOnews - Interest of investors will generate increase in property prices in the coming months

    An increase in the volume and transaction price in the residential, commercial / services and hotel sectors is expected for the next three months, coupled with greater stability in the rates of return of the various sectors, according to Deloitte, the third edition of the study " Portuguese Real Estate Investment Survey ". This is because the real estate agents in Portugal in the third quarter of 2017 show their intention to reinforce their investment strategy (44%), in detriment of other strategies such as portfolio management (31%) or divestment (25%).

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    IMOnews - Investment in the center of Lisbon on the rise

    The historic center of Lisbon received in the first half of the year an investment volume of around 345 million euros, which corresponds to 898 real estate transacted in that period. According to the data obtained by Confidencial Imobiliário, based on the announcements of transactions carried out by the owners with the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa in the context of the legal preference law that this institution enjoys in its Urban Rehabilitation Area, this volume shows a growth of 17% compared to the previous half, when 296 million euros were transacted.

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    IMOnews - Investors seek security in Portugal

    The Portuguese real estate market attracts more and more foreigners, who know that within five to ten years they do not lose their money. It is not from now on that the Portuguese real estate market attracts the attention of international investors. To prove it is the opening of UrHome Portugal, a real estate agency specializing in the sale and evaluation of properties in Portugal.

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    IMOnews - Lisbon wants to limit house prices and balance property use

    Councilwoman Paula Marques, together with municipal officials in the cities of Barcelona and New York, prepared a document calling for the need to limit the price of housing, demanding "more legislative capacity" to face "The growth of speculative pressure" in these cities.

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    IMOnews - Local accommodation. Price rises 76% in Lisbon on New Year's Eve and doubles in Porto

    Increased demand justifies the rise in tariffs for accommodation on the Airbnb platform. Profitability of Portuguese real estate has jumped in 2017. The local housing is practically depleted in the cities of Lisbon and Porto for the night of the year. And prices are breaking records, according to the AirDNA platform. They increased by 76.5% in Lisbon and more than doubled (126%) in Oporto, compared to December last year. The average fare for New Year's Eve is € 113 in Lisbon and € 129 in Porto, the most expensive city in the country.

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    IMOnews - Lots for houses for sale in Castro Marim Golfe & Country Club

    There are 48 plots of land to build "the dream house" in this golf resort with a unique view of the sea, river and nature reserve in the Eastern Algarve. The Castro Marim Golf & Country Club resort, located in the Lavajinho site in Castro Marim, currently has 48 lots of land for housing construction. The product has been in commercialization since last July and provides for the construction of "single family dwellings, whether isolated or semi-detached", explains Ramiro Gomes, Sales Manager - Great Real Estate South of the Millennium bcp Real Estate Management.

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    IMOnews - Luís Lima: "Rents value should be 30% lower to be competitive"

    The president of APEMIP stresses, beyond the natural will to own, the option to buy is pushed by high incomes.

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    IMOnews - Mcarthurglen and Sonae Sierra begin construction of the first Designer Outlet in southern Spain

    McArthurGlen, Europe's leading designer, development and management outlets, and Sonae Sierra, an international company dedicated to serving the needs of retail real estate investors, begin construction of the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in Malaga - the first designer outlet in the south of Spain.

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    IMOnews - Nacex strengthens activity in the North with turnkey project of Garcia, Garcia and Predibisa

    Following the reinforcement of its national distribution network, Nacex Portugal, an express transport company belonging to the Spanish multinational Logista, presented to Garcia, Garcia the design and build project for a new center in Greater Porto. The complex will allow the carrier to strengthen its activity in the north of the country by providing support to the company's distribution centers in this region. This is another turnkey project of the Portuguese construction company and one more that results from a partnership with the real estate consultancy Predibisa.

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