The Marquês de Pombal monument looking down Avenida da Liberdade towards the Tagus at sunset

Lisbon apartment for sale · coming soon

Opportunistic Investment in the Prime Lisbon Market

A rare Portugal real estate investment: a 120 m² four-bedroom apartment in prime central Lisbon, offered off-market.

That is the best way to describe this apartment, set in the heart of Lisbon, looking out over the emblematic Marquês de Pombal just 50 meters away.

+2.11%

Price growth for flats in Santo António, last 12 months

3.2 → 3.4%

Gross rental yield range estimated for this renovated apartment

€8,085/m²

Estimated market value: €970,226 for this T4 of 120 m² after renovations

40+

Some of the best Restaurants and cafés are placed along Avenida da Liberdade

Lisbon Prime Market - Avenida da Liberdade - 1km range

What the numbers say about this area

Independent valuation data for Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, Lisbon — August 2026, for the renovated T4 apartments, based on the only 8 available and comparable listings of four-bedroom flats available within a 1 km radius.

01

Where the market prices this address

Measured against the only 8 comparable listings in the area, a renovated T4 with 120 m² is estimated at €970,226, or €8,085/m². The offer interval runs from €875,701 (€7,297/m²) at the bid end to €1,075,317 (€8,960/m²) at the asking end — prime-axis pricing, two blocks from Avenida da Liberdade.

02

The competing supply is thin and slow

Comparable four-bedroom flats within 1 km average €893,750 at 141 m², or €6,438/m², and sit on the market for roughly four months. Active nearby stock runs €830,000 to €980,000, with the closest unit, 190 m away, asking €890,000 — most of it energy class C or D and unrenovated.

03

Income already underwrites the hold

Estimated rents for renovated apartments in this area run from €2,469 to €2,907 per month, averaging €2,679 — a gross yield of 3.2% to 3.4%, averaging 3.3% at estimated market value, with the asset already renovated. The target apartment offers 3.82% yield before any renovation with the current lease agreement, signed in 2025.

Market context

Lisbon residential price evolution

Average asking price per square metre for residential property in Lisbon municipality, 2022–2026.

202220232024202520265,300/m²6,833/m²8,365/m²

Source: Approximated from Idealista and INE market indices for Lisbon municipality.

Target Apartment

Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, 22.

Lisbon residential values have compounded for more than a decade, and the last twelve months added a further 2.11% in Santo António — growth now driven by scarce stock in the historic centre rather than by new supply. Rua Camilo Castelo Branco sits inside that scarcity: no active listings on the street itself.

Two blocks away, the prime axis prices in a different league. Avenida da Liberdade trades as Lisbon's trophy address, with refurbished and new-build apartments from roughly €10,000/m² and upwards, while Rua Castilho and the surrounding Amoreiras corridor sit in the €7,500–€9,500/m² band, supported by international buyers and the office and hotel demand of the Marquês de Pombal ring.

This apartment is acquired at a classic-stock price inside a prime-adjacent postcode — the same walking radius, at roughly half the per-square-metre level. The gap between €5,700/m² here and €10,000/m² on Liberdade or 7,500–€9,500/m² band referenced by side streets such as Rua Castilho, Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, and of course Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, is the repositioning spread: restoration and modern finishings, no land risk, no planning risk.

Street facade of Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 22 in Lisbon at sunset, with café terrace under the trees

Asking price

€685,000

vs. renovated units

-29%

€5,708 vs €8,085/m²

vs. Avenida da Liberdade

-43%

€5,708 vs €10,000/m²

Gross private area

120 m²

Layout

Four-bedroom, 3 bathrooms

Lease status

Leased

Signed March 2026

Current yield on price

3.82%

Gross yield before renovation, based on the current lease agreement.

There are 2 irrefutable factors in this apartment — the location (50 meters from Marquês de Pombal, Avenida da Liberdade, Metro Station) and the size (a generous 120 m²). All other factors can change with renovations, improvements, new equipment, etc.

The building

The view, the street, facade and other areas.

Sunset view over Praça Marquês de Pombal from the apartment's balcony
Tree-lined Lisbon street outside Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 22 at golden hour
Wrought-iron balcony on the building's ochre facade in sunset light
Original street door of the building with its ironwork grille
Marble-lined entrance hall of the Pombaline building in warm light
Classic stairwell spiralling up towards the skylight
Long private balcony running along the facade in golden-hour light
Enclosed veranda lined with original blue azulejos in warm afternoon light
Bedroom with wooden floors bathed in late-afternoon sun

The history of the street

A name written into Portuguese literature.

Rua Camilo Castelo Branco honours the 19th-century novelist Camilo Castelo Branco, a defining voice in Portuguese literature and the first Lusophone author to live solely from writing.

Around the corner, at nº 4, stands the Igreja do Sagrado Coração de Jesus. Built 1962–1967 and inaugurated on 25 June 1970, it was designed by architects Nuno Portas and Nuno Teotónio Pereira in a bold Brutalist language of exposed concrete and glass. Rather than sitting as an isolated object, the church weaves into the city block: a central adro links Rua Camilo Castelo Branco to Rua de Santa Marta, while the interior unfolds across overlapping platforms — nave, crypt, galleries and balconies — centred on the sanctuary and baptistery.

The project won first prize in its competition and was awarded the Prémio Valmor in 1975; it was classified as a national monument in 2010. The church also houses a pipe organ built by Alfred E. Davies & Son of Northampton.

Sources: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre — Camilo Castelo Branco; Igreja do Coração de Jesus (Lisboa)

Portrait of Camilo Castelo Branco, 19th-century Portuguese novelist
Camilo Castelo Branco · portrait from Wikipedia Commons
Igreja do Sagrado Coração de Jesus, a Brutalist church in Lisbon
Igreja do Sagrado Coração de Jesus · Wikipedia Commons
“Lisbon still trades at a 45% discount to Madrid on a per-square-metre basis, with stronger rental yields. That gap is closing — the question is who owns the stock while it does.”

Inês Carvalho · Managing Partner, formerly Sonae Sierra

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The neighbourhood

Luxury boutiques within walking distance of the apartment

Avenida da Liberdade is one of Europe's most expensive shopping streets, and the apartment sits at its Marquês de Pombal end — the stretch where the flagship houses cluster. Every address below is a walk, not a drive.

Walking distances are approximate, measured from Rua Camilo Castelo Branco. Links open each brand's official website.