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Housing Rents Up 1.8% In May
15 June 2021
The regions with the highest increases in housing rents were the North and Lisbon, up 0.2%.
Housing rents rose by 1.8% year-on-year per square metre in May 2021, compared to 1.5% in April. The data was included in the National Statistics Institute’s Consumer Price Index.
According to the report, every region saw year-on-year increases in housing rents, while Lisbon and the Autonomous Region of the Azores registered the most significant growth (1.9%).
The average per square meter costs of rents went up by 0.1%, the same as that registered in the previous month.
The regions with the highest increases were the North and Lisbon, with a rate of 0.2%, while the Autonomous Region of the Azores reported the only drop month-on-month (-0.1%).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), compiled by the National Statistics Institute, measures changes in the prices of a set of goods and services representative of the consumption expenditure structure of the resident population in Portugal.
Translation: Richard D. K. Turner