The French are the first investors in Portugal

&amp;NewLine;<p>According to the Agence Maison au Portugal's latest figures on the Portuguese property market&amp;period; The French craze for Portugal is now at an all-time high&amp;period; Outclassing for the second year running&amp;comma; the British and the Chinese&amp;period; The French are now the leading foreign investors in Portuguese stone&amp;period; Almost 30&amp;percnt; of properties bought by non-Portuguese were acquired by French people in 2017&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The French are the first investors in Portugal<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>These excellent results are part of an overall positive trend&amp;period; At the beginning of 2017&amp;period; Portugal had 10&amp;ThinSpace;684 non-permanent residents &amp;lpar;cumulatively since the new regime came into existence&amp;rpar;&amp;period; In 2018&amp;comma; around 15&amp;ThinSpace;000 foreigners could benefit from this regime&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In addition to the climate&amp;comma; safety and quality of life&amp;period; In particular, it's the tax measures passed in Portugal in January 2013 that continue to attract foreign buyers&amp;period; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;kit-expatriation-portugal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">They still benefit from a 10-year tax exemption on their foreign income&amp;period;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>But Portugal has a lot more to offer&amp;excl; a universally celebrated gentle way of life&amp;comma; an advantageous cost of living&amp;less than 35% lower than in France&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; reassuring geographical and cultural proximity... the aptly named "Florida of Europe" continues to attract a multitude of foreign investors and country lovers&amp;comma; determined to make a place for themselves in the sun&amp;excl;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;