Tomorrow, I’m launching my new weekly YouTube show, The Ronan McMahon Report Live.
In this new series, I’m taking you inside the RETA scouting room…
Each week, I’ll sit down with members of my scouting team for a fast-moving conversation about one of the key destinations or biggest emerging trends on our global beat.
This is a very different kind of show from the destination deep dives I share every Thursday.
Those videos give you a structured breakdown of a single destination—the investment case, the lifestyle, the rental market, and the practicalities of buying and owning there.
This new show is more informal…
We’ll share stories from the road, look at listings, tell you the places where we would personally buy, and discuss the strategies we would follow and the ones we’d avoid.
And for our first episode, we’re heading to Portugal to tackle one of the questions I see most often online today…
Is the opportunity over there?
For more than two decades, I’ve tracked Portugal’s transformation.
I was scouting the Algarve long before the current boom…spotlighting opportunity in Lisbon and Porto before prices surged…and buying on the Silver Coast before the rest of the world caught on.
And I was able to bring RETA members a series of incredible off-market deals. Just a few examples…
- In November 2020, RETA members could buy two-beds, three-beds and penthouses in the Adega community near the marina in the Algarve town of Lagos, with prices starting from €348,000. In April 2025, a penthouse RETA members could buy for €495,000 listed for €765,000—an uplift of €270,000.
- In June 2021, I recommended stunning luxury condos in the Fuseta Ria community, between Tavira and the neighboring town of Olhão, also in the Algarve. RETA members could buy a spacious, luxury two-bed condo for €481,400. In December 2025, one listed for €775,000. That’s €293,600 more.
Today, Portugal is no longer overlooked.
Tourism is at record levels. International buyers have poured into the country. And prices have raced higher in many of its best-known destinations.
So, is the opportunity over?
Not even close.
But the opportunities today are very different from those of ten, five or even three years ago.
Tomorrow, I’ll be joined by RETA Editorial Director Ciaran Madden to discuss where Portugal still offers genuine value.
We’ll dig into…
- Two towns in the temperate northern coastal region where buyers can still find serious value (we disagree on which is best)…
- Why the emerging stretch of coast between Lisbon and Porto is an ideal spot for anyone who likes long windswept beaches, incredible surfing, and world-class golf…
- And the Algarve beach town I consider the most complete destination anywhere on our global beat…
We’ll also show you real listings—including a house in one of my favorite Portuguese destinations for just €186,000.
Plus, we’ll discuss how foreign buyers can still access mortgages in Portugal at rates around 2.7%.
This isn’t a formal destination breakdown.
It’s a candid conversation about what we’re seeing…where we agree…where we don’t…and how we would approach Portugal as buyers today.
The first episode of The Ronan McMahon Report Live drops tomorrow.
Make sure you’re subscribed to the channel so you’re notified as soon as it goes live.
Wishing you good real estate investing,
P.S. Portugal happens to feature twice on the channel this week. On Thursday, I’ll return with a new destination deep dive on a stunning Portuguese island territory known as the “Pearl of the Atlantic.”
Stay tuned to the channel for that…
