Lisbon Property Market Pulse: Flats for Rent (4–17 Aug 2025)
The Lisbon rental market looks balanced but slightly cooling on the demand side. Landlords are confident enough to edge up asking rents, but tenants seem more cautious in engagement. Each week, 500–700 listings disappear and a few hundred new ones enter, creating a constant refresh cycle.
Listings Rise, Interest Holds
🔑 Key Takeaways
📉 Active listings slipped from 6 397 → 6 358 (–0.6%).
💶 Prices edged up slightly: median €1 840 → €1 850, average €2 231 → €2 242.
👥 Engagement softened: views per listing fell (899 → 880), while contacts stayed flat and favorites ticked up.
🔄 High rotation: 741 listings disappeared, 534 new appeared, 168 returned → net loss –39 listings.
Analyzing flats for rent in the city between 4–10 August and 11–17 August 2025, we can highlight three key directions:
🏠 Supply
| Listings | Median Rent | Avg Rent |
|---|---|---|
| 6 397 → 6 358 | €1 840 → €1 850 | €2 231 → €2 242 |
- The number of active listings edged down from 6 397 to 6 358 (–0.6%).
- Median rent increased slightly (€1 840 → €1 850, +0.5%), and the average rent was broadly stable.
- This indicates a relatively balanced rental market, with steady pricing despite a minor dip in supply.
👥 Engagement
- Views per listing declined slightly (899 → 880, –2.0%).
- Contacts per listing stayed almost flat (24.9 → 24.7).
- Favorites per listing ticked up a bit (72.9 → 73.6).
- Ratios such as contacts per view (≈2.8%) and favorites per view (≈8.2%) were stable to marginally stronger.
This shows that while supply dipped and prices edged higher, tenant engagement is holding steady, with fewer views but similar conversions into contacts and favorites.
🔄 Market Rotation
| New Listings | Disappeared | Relisted |
|---|---|---|
| 534 | 741 | 168 |
- 534 new listings entered the market.
- 741 disappeared, meaning a net reduction in supply.
- 168 were relisted, showing landlords re-posting previously withdrawn ads.
Overall, Lisbon’s rental flat market saw a net loss of 39 active listings week-over-week. Check out these numbers in our chat.
📊 Market Interpretation
The Lisbon rental market looks balanced but slightly cooling on the demand side.
Landlords are confident enough to edge up asking rents, but tenants seem more cautious in engagement.
Each week, 500–700 listings disappear and a few hundred new ones enter, creating a constant refresh cycle.