The French are the leading investors in Portugal

<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"><b>According to APEMIP&amp;comma; the association of Portuguese real estate professionals&amp;comma; the French represent 26 &amp;percnt; of investors in Portugal&amp;comma; far ahead of the British &amp;lpar;18 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and the Chinese &amp;lpar;13 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p3"><span class&equals;"s1">This information has been confirmed by Athena Advisers&amp;comma; a real estate investment consultancy&amp;comma; which has observed a significant increase in demand for the Portuguese destination&amp;period; According to its observations&amp;comma; 29 &amp;percnt; of the requests made since February 2016 for this destination were issued by French people&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p3"><span class&equals;"s1">The 2013 agreements between France and Portugal have enabled this destination to benefit from renewed interest from investors&amp;comma; in particular thanks to the status of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;regime-fiscal-du-resident-non-habituel&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">RNH<&sol;a> This allows expatriates to benefit from partial or total tax exemptions for 10 years&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p3"><span class&equals;"s1">Portugal is considered by the French as an attractive and affordable destination&amp;period; Indeed&amp;comma; in Lisbon&amp;comma; the price per square meter is three times lower than in Paris &amp;lpar;2800 € VS&amp;period; 9000 € on average&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; a trend also observed for prestigious real estate&amp;comma; where the price per square meter in Lisbon is 7000 € VS&amp;period; 13 600 € in Paris on average&amp;period; As prices per square metre are very affordable&amp;comma; rates of return&amp;comma; are among the highest on the European market &amp;colon; in Lisbon&amp;comma; a rental investment can yield 4&amp;comma;5 &amp;percnt; gross annual yield&amp;comma; in 3rd place behind Amsterdam &amp;lpar;5&amp;comma;25 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Dublin &amp;lpar;4&amp;comma;6 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; while Paris yields an average of 3&amp;comma;6 &amp;percnt;&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p3"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;directgestion&period;com&sol;sinformer&sol;filactu&sol;31947-immobilier--les-francais-premiers-investisseurs-au-portugal" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"p1" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;confiez-nous-la-recherche-de-votre-futur-bien&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">So don't hesitate any longer and entrust us with the search for your future property.<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p3">&amp;NewLine;