The covid-19 period saw a flagrant decrease in the price of student housing, allowing Portuguese students, but also foreign students to find easy and cheap housing. Unfortunately for students in Portugal, the price of accommodation has returned to its pre-pandemic level.
The price of student accommodation in Portugal is rising
During this two-year health crisis, we have seen the market real estate The real estate market has been able to withstand this crisis and student housing has seen a sharp drop in rent. The real estate market has been able to resist this crisis and student housing has seen a sharp drop in rent.
Unfortunately or fortunately for landlords, things have recently returned to normal and student housing rents in Portugal are back to pre-covid prices or even higher as the newspaper rightly points out Publico.
In Portugal, rents for student apartments and rooms vary from city to city. According to the latest report from the Student Housing Observatory, published on September 17, which compares prices based on more than 100,000 ads, student rent in Portugal averages around 268 euros per month.
This price increase can be justified by the fact that some owners have made major renovations during the covid period, but also by the fact that the demand is more important than the supply.