The answer is yes, but not just any house. While the Portuguese Golden Visa Program does have a €280,000 investment option, investments at this price point are typically share-scheme investments, rather than freehold properties, in low-income, low-density areas outside of cities such as Porto and Lisbon.

If you’re looking to obtain Portuguese residency by means of buying a property you can live in, you should generally expect to invest no less than €350,000 – and that’s before you’ve paid any professional service, government processing, taxes and property transfer fees.