Cascais neighborhood guide
Birre property guide for foreign buyers (2026)
Inland residential plateau immediately north of Cascais Centro — quiet streets, family-villa neighborhoods, German School Lisbon catchment, and lower-than-coastal pricing.
Median price / m²
€4,680
Rental / m² / month
€16.5
Gross yield
4.2%
Foreign-buyer share
38%
Who buys in Birre
Foreign family buyers tied to German School catchment. Strong German, Austrian, Dutch presence. Average ticket €750k-€1.6M for villas.
Transport and access
No train station — bus or car (6 minutes) to Cascais Centro. 38 minutes to Lisbon airport.
Lifestyle, services, and amenities
German School Lisbon (Deutsche Schule Lissabon), CUF Cascais private hospital, Quinta de São José park. Quieter than Cascais Centro, family-oriented.
Property types in Birre
Detached villas 200-500 m² on plots 800-2,500 m², plus some townhouse developments.
Cost-to-buy: IMT + Stamp Duty + notary
Use the calculator below to model the exact IMT, Stamp Duty (0.8%), and notary estimate for your specific purchase price in Birre. The calculator uses the 2026 mainland Portugal brackets and handles primary residence vs other and resident vs non-resident scales.
Portugal IMT calculator (2026 brackets)
Property transfer tax + Stamp Duty + notary estimate on a Portuguese urban residential purchase. AT 2026 mainland brackets.
Estimated total transaction tax
€21,696
5.79% on top of the purchase price
- IMT (property transfer tax)
- €17,501
- Effective IMT rate
- 4.67%
- Marginal IMT bracket
- €324,058 – €648,022 @ 8.0%
- Stamp Duty (0.8%)
- €2,995
- Notary + registry (estimate)
- €1,200
Estimates based on Autoridade Tributária (AT) 2026 mainland brackets. Real IMT charged at escritura may differ if the assessed tax value (VPT) exceeds the purchase price, in which case AT charges on the higher number. Confirm with your Portuguese lawyer before closing.
Next steps
For the full buying process from offer to keys, see our complete buyer guide for foreigners. For mortgage rates and LTV for non-residents, see our mortgage guide. For the Portuguese tax-residency framework see our NHR / IFICI guide.
Other Cascais neighborhoods
Alcabideche
€3,680/m²
Inland Cascais municipality north of the railway corridor — value-tier residential, Quinta da Bicuda gated community, and a meaningfully lower price point than the coastal strip.
Cascais Centro
€5,980/m²
The historic core of Cascais between the marina and the railway station — pedestrianised streets, the Citadel, beachfront cafés, the daily fish market, and the densest concentration of restaurants in the borough.
Estoril
€5,780/m²
The casino-and-grand-hotel coastal stretch immediately east of Cascais — early-20th-century mansion belt, the Casino Estoril, the F1 / racetrack heritage, and the densest concentration of grand-villa stock on the Estoril coast.
Quinta da Marinha
€6,840/m²
Premium gated residential development west of Cascais Centro — golf, equestrian centre, Onyria Marinha resort, tightly controlled architecture, and the highest-priced detached-villa stock in the borough.
Carcavelos
€4,380/m²
The eastern Cascais-line town between Oeiras and Estoril — kilometre-long Atlantic surf beach, the famous Carcavelos public beach, mid-tier housing, and St. Julian's International School (the largest English-language K-12 in Portugal).