Prime Yield in the Press: “Non-performing loans have fallen tenfold over the last decade”
At Prime Yield, we closely monitor the trend in non-performing loans (NPL) in Portugal — and the latest figures confirm a very positive trajectory. Portugal ends 2025 with €4.1 billion in NPL, around ten times less than in 2015 The country has now seen a decade of consecutive reductions in NPL The NPL ratio has fallen significantly, from 19.6% to …
Read MorePrime Yield analisa mercado de NPL: Portugal termina 2025 com €4.100 milhões de crédito em incumprimento, dez vezes menos do que em 2015
Portugal encerrou 2025 com um stock de crédito em incumprimento (NPL – Non-Performing Loans) de €4.100 milhões, um valor cerca de dez vezes inferior aos €42.100 milhões registados no final de 2015. Os dados, analisados pela Prime Yield com base na informação da EBA – European Banking Authority, confirmam uma década consecutiva de desalavancagem do sistema financeiro nacional. Ao longo …
Read MorePrime Yield renews PME Líder status for the eighth time
Prime Yield has renewed its PME Líder status, receiving this distinction for the eighth consecutive year. Awarded by IAPMEI, the certification recognizes SME companies with outstanding performance, strong financial soundness and a robust risk profile, and acknowledges the success of SME business strategies and their contribution to the national economy. According to Francisco Virgolino, Prime Yield’s Managing Director: ‘This distinction …
Read More“Keep an Eye on the NPL&REO Markets 2026”: Prime Yield presents fresh insights into NPL trading dynamics
Prime Yield has released the 2026 edition of its flagship report, “Keep an Eye on the NPL & REO Markets”, offering fresh insights into non-performing loan (NPL) markets across Southern Europe and Brazil. This year’s edition highlights a realignment in market performance across the regions analyzed. In Southern Europe, Portugal, Spain, and Greece all recorded reductions in their NPL stock …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press: ‘Banks and funds place doubtful real estate loans at decade lows’.
El Economista featured the research “Investing in NPL in Iberia 2025”, developed by Prime Yield, prominently in its pages. The publication highlighted the key findings of the research, which focused on the transaction dynamics of non-performing loan portfolios in Spain and Portugal, and provided an overview of the respective national financial systems in terms of NPL volumes and ratios. The …
Read MorePrime Yield releases research: Portugal leads the way in reducing NPL in Europe
Portugal recorded the sharpest annual reduction in the Non-performing Loans (NPLs) stock in Europe, according to Prime Yield’s latest report ‘Investing in NPL in Iberia’. Between the second quarter of 2024 and the same period in 2025, the country reduced its stock-pile of bad debt by 15.7%, reaching a total of €4.3 billion, the lowest figure in the last decade. …
Read MoreResearch by Prime Yield: Property investment is expected to surpass €2,0 bn again in 2025, benefitng from stable macroeconomic and political conditions
Prime Yield, part of Gloval, has presented the ‘Investment Guide for Property in Iberia 2025′, showcasing the key performance indicators for the property market in Portugal and Spain over the last year, and also providing a comparative legal framework focused on REITs and SICs. This essential tool for investors looking at or already active in this market kicks off with …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press: ‘Stability should relaunch property investment above 2 billion
Our research ‘Investment Guide for Property in Iberia 2025′, was featured in the leading Portuguese property magazine, Vida Imobiliária. The article highlighted that economic and political stability should revive activity in Portugal this year.Our forecasts suggest that the market could exceed €2 billion in transactions once again, reflecting the positive effects of continued monetary policies involving reduced interest rates and …
Read MorePrime Yield in the press: “NPL continues to fall in Portugal”
Portugal continues on its deleveraging path, with a 10.7% year-on-year reduction in the amount of defaulted loans by Q3 2024, says Idealista in a detailed article that echoes data from our Spring research ‘Keep an eye on the NPL & REO markets’. This research also finds that the sale of NPLs in Portugal would have totalled €7.6 billion in 2024, …
Read More“Keep an Eye on the NPL&REO Markets 2025”: Prime Yield uncovers key findings on NPL trading dynamics
Prime Yield has just released the 2025 edition of ‘Keep an Eye on the NPL&REO Markets’, the annual report that analyses the dynamics of NPL transactions, as well as the KPIs of this sector, in Brazil, Greece, Portugal and Spain. Among the main conclusions of the new edition is the fact that the European markets covered by Prime Yield in …
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