Buying a house to rent brings in gross revenue of 7.2% in 1Q

Buying a house to put on the rental market brought in a gross yield of 7.2% for landlords in the first quarter of the year.

This amount was 0.1% below the same period in 2024 but 0.6% greater than the like-for-like period in 2023, and 1.6% up on the first quarter of 2022.

In the first quarter, Castelo Branco had the highest profitability in the purchase of a house for investment, with a return of 8.6%, followed by Santarém (7.5%), Coimbra (6.9%), Braga (6.5%), Leiria (6.3%), Évora (6.1%), Viseu (6.1%), Porto (5.7%), Faro (5.5%), Setúbal (5.4%), Funchal (5.3%), Aveiro (5.2%), Viana do Castelo (5.1%) and Lisbon (4.7%).

The offices, shops and garages segment brought in the greatest yields of 8.3%, 8.4% and 5.7% respectively.