Housing
Study: Portugal's housing is "systematically inaccessible" to middle-income buyers
A study by the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) classifies Portugal, the Netherlands, and Switzerland as countries where housing is "systematically inaccessible" for average earners. The analysis, based on millions of property listings between March 2024 and March 2025, found that in Lisbon and other major European capitals, over 65% of the population lives in areas where an average salary is insufficient to afford a 50-square-meter apartment.
Why it matters
This study provides data-backed evidence confirming the structural difficulty of entering the Portuguese property market for middle-income residents, highlighting that housing affordability is a systemic issue rather than a localized one.Useful?
