Portugal’s strategy to attract foreign investment inadvertently led to a housing crisis, spiking Lisbon’s real estate prices to a record €5,426 per square meter. This price hike placed Lisbon among Europe’s most expensive cities, surpassing Milan, Madrid, and Berlin, according to Bloomberg City Tracker. The government is now attempting to mitigate this crisis by ending […]
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