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Eva Is Live: the AI Property Adviser

Eva searches the live listings on european.realestate from a single sentence, answers the questions a listing cannot, and follows the language you browse in. Almost no other European portal has this.
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Two people in their forties standing with their backs to the camera at mid-distance in the living room of a Portuguese apartment, looking at a wall of framed family photographs above a dark wooden sideboard, an armchair under a white dust sheet beside them, a red terracotta floor and blue azulejo tiles along the skirting, half-closed wooden shutters with soft autumn light (illustration)

What Portugal Charges When a Property Owner Dies

Portugal charges no inheritance tax to a spouse, children or parents, but other heirs pay 10% stamp duty.
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A couple in their fifties standing with their backs to the camera on the pavement outside a small coastal estate agency, looking at printed photographs of white villas taped inside the window, blue-and-white azulejo tiles below the glass and a narrow whitewashed street with a palm tree running down to the sea behind them, sunlit mid-October morning light (illustration)

Spain’s Foreign Buyers Fall 13% and Pay Record Prices

Foreign buyers cut Spanish home purchases 13% in the first half of 2026 while paying record prices.
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A woman in a high-visibility jacket standing with her back to the camera on a suburban Irish footpath, holding a printed site plan against a clipboard, a detached red-brick house and a half-built timber frame behind her at mid-distance, a concrete block wall and a stack of roof trusses in the foreground, soft autumn light (illustration)

Ireland’s House Price Growth Slows to 5.1% in August

Irish house prices rose 5.1% in the year to August, the slowest annual pace since December 2023, new CSO figures show.
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A man in his sixties seen three-quarters from behind at mid-distance in the living room of a rented Berlin Altbau flat, standing before a tall double window with a folded wooden roller blind and a white ribbed radiator below it, a printed notice pinned to the pale wall beside the window, soft grey autumn daylight (illustration)

Germany’s Rent Bill Would Cap Index Rents in Tight Markets

Germany's rent reform would cap index rents, limit the furnishing surcharge and narrow the short-let exemption.
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A woman in her fifties standing at the gable wall of a stone house in south-west France photographing a hairline crack with a smartphone held at chest height, her back three-quarters to the camera, a low stone wall and a bare walnut tree behind her, soft autumn daylight (illustration)

France’s Clay-Risk Map Now Covers 12.1 Million Homes

France's updated clay-soil map now covers 12.1 million homes, and the rules around them have moved.
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A woman in her fifties standing with her back to the camera at the window of a rented Madrid flat, one hand out of view, a half-raised persiana above her, a small round table with two chairs beside her and a split air-conditioning unit on the wall, a plane tree and the opposite block visible through the glass, mild October daylight (illustration)

Spain’s Rent Index Hits a Record 2.54% as the 2% Cap Holds

Spain's rent index hit a record 2.54% for September, but a 2% ceiling still caps most annual rent increases.
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A woman in a raincoat standing with her back to the camera on the wet pavement outside an English red-brick terraced house, lifting a metal flood barrier into place across the front doorway at mid-distance, a low garden wall and a closed front door visible, overcast sky (illustration)

UK Pilots Flood Performance Certificates for Homes

England pilots Flood Performance Certificates from late 2026, giving buyers and insurers standard data on flood risk.
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An energy assessor in a dark work jacket standing with his back to the camera at mid-distance in an empty Italian apartment, looking up at a tall window with a half-lowered wooden shutter, terrazzo floor and a tiled dado in early autumn (illustration)

Half of Italy’s Homes Sit in Energy Class F or G

Nearly half of Italy's certified homes are in energy classes F or G. What the APE certificate means for a buyer.
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