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Buy or Rent to Win Your Visa: A Practical Cost‑Benefit Map for Moving to Portugal
Facing the buy vs. rent decision is one of the first—and costliest—choices for anyone moving to Portugal. In this episode Mateus Costa lays out a clear, euro‑exact cost‑benefit map that links visa requirements (D7/D8 vs residency routes), proof‑of‑stay needs, mortgage and downpayment math, monthly cash flows, and first‑year tax implications under NHR and IFICI. You’ll get concrete sample numbers for Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve (typical rents, downpayments, mortgage scenarios), the visa advantages and risks of long‑term rental contracts versus owning, and the liquidity and integration…
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