Portugal 2015, be aware !

To all holiday makers planing to rent a property in Portugal for next year please be aware that from the 29 November 2014 a new national law will come out that prohibits any property to be rented without an official license, registration number and a AL signed installed on the front door. Any advert online must also have this license and registration number.
Holiday makers renting properties without this mandatory requirements, if confronted by local authorities may be forced to leave the place and the owners will be forced to pay a fine that can reach €30.0000.
Owners Direct have almost 7000 adverts for Portugal and 99% of them don't have this mandatory live & registration numbers.
Hope this helped
J. Marques
Holiday rental property owner in Vilamoura - Algarve listed in Owners Direct since 2005