For our weekly 'Find Your Home in Portugal' show, @Ben Austin kick things off with industry news, which we will also share here. Please feel free to add...

A great conversation from this morning's show with @Veronica - Ondrejech and @Carl Hyde with some radical suggestions for a long-standing problem here in portugal. And especially poignant with a housing crisis in progress. What do you think the country and its people should do? The X that prompted the conversation here

Apparently there are only THREE home inspectors (of a high and rigorous standard) in Portugal! Me & @Ben Austin spoke to one of them last week on the 'Find Your Home in Portugal' show, now added to my contacts list, which all paid members have access to. (Thank you for your support btw 😘)

Delighted to announce the inclusion of new GMP! regular guest & expert-in-residence here - John Wood, based in Leiria - who will offer professional insight and information when it comes to building in Portugal, a long-overdue addition to our community. @John Wood, please introduce yourself, and see you on the show next week 🙏 And do we have any questions for John on this crucial subject? Please add below 👇

I came across this video today: Portugal’s Housing Crisis – Explained (https://youtu.be/y2DX7wRirRk?si=9yqrI_h_WI3phu1Z) and one number really jumped out: 👉 700,000 vacant homes across Portugal. That’s in contrast to an estimated 240,000 homes needed to meet current demand. Yet, construction capacity is limited to just 24,000 new units per year. This raises a few questions I’d love to explore with the community: • What portion of those 700,000 homes are realistically renovatable? • Are renovation and new construction driven by different companies or incentives? • What would make renovation financially attractive — for owners, investors, and municipalities? • Could policy or tax shifts unlock more of this idle housing stock? If we’re serious about solving the housing gap, it seems renovation must play a central role. I’d love to hear from others working in real estate, construction, or policy — what’s working, what’s stuck, and what could shift? Let’s unpack this together. https://youtu.be/y2DX7wRirRk?si=9yqrI_h_WI3phu1Z