REAL ESTATE PRICES SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE

&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-cover has-background-dim-10 has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background-dim is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow" style&equals;"background-image&colon;url&lpar;https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;10&sol;toit-de-porto&period;jpg&rpar;"><p class&equals;"wp-block-cover-text">real estate prices set to continue rising<&sol;p><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Moody's rating agency expects Portuguese property prices to rise by 7-8% by 2020&amp;period; Although Portugal is the country where the property market has grown the most in recent years&amp;period;<&sol;h4>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is one of the countries where house prices have risen the most in recent years&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;It should maintain this status in the coming years&amp;comma; according to Moody&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;The rating agency expects the value of the residential property market in Portugal&amp;period; Should <strong>increase from 7&amp;percnt; to 8&amp;percnt; by 2020&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-drop-cap">For European markets&amp;comma; Moody expects a modest rise over the next two years&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;But in a report published this week&amp;period; The&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;agency notes that Portugal&amp;comma; the Netherlands and&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;Ireland are set to benefit the most from rising property prices over the next two years&amp;period; The Portuguese market is the country with the highest growth forecast&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In response to questions from Mad Money&amp;period; L&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;agence has&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;clarified the reasons that should continue to fuel the real estate market in Portugal&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<strong>"There are certain areas where the&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;gap between&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;demand and&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;supply is leading to a strong appreciation in&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;the price of&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;residential and commercial real estate&amp;period;"<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><strong>Moody<&sol;strong> indicates that "house prices have increased since 2013 and accelerated in 2017 to levels corresponding to 2008"&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;According to the latest data from the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;National Institute of Statistics &amp;lpar;INE&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; house sale prices in Portugal have increased by more than <strong>16&amp;percnt; since the beginning of 2016<&sol;strong>&amp;period; Sales prices in Lisbon and Porto are much higher&amp;comma; with 47&amp;percnt; and 34&amp;percnt; increases respectively&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;