According to a report by idealista/news, around 14 percent of the homes purchased in February 2022 were on the market for less than a week. 15 percent were on the market between two weeks and a month, 25 percent between one and three months, 33 percent between three months and a year and 13 percent for more than a year.

Where sells fastest?

Analysing “express sales” – that is, houses that sell in less than a week – by district capitals, it is clear that Faro and Funchal have the highest percentage (24 percent in both cities). Porto (19 percent), Évora (18 percent), Setúbal and Coimbra (14 percent in both cities) follow. Below the national average (14 percent), are Leiria (12 percent), Braga, Aveiro, Lisbon, Castelo Branco (10 percent in the four district capitals), Vila Real (9 percent) and Santarém (9 percent).