Lourdes

Belo Horizonte's top address, prestigious, leafy Lourdes: the Basílica, fine dining and the city's most refined residential market

Updated May 25, 202612 min read

About Lourdes

Lourdes is Belo Horizonte's most prestigious residential district: a leafy, walkable enclave of tree-lined avenues anchored by the neo-Gothic Basílica de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, with the Diamond Mall, a refined fine-dining scene and the elegant Avenida do Contorno on its edges. Long the address of choice for established mineiro families and executives, it is among the safest and most desirable parts of the city. For investors, Lourdes is a capital-preservation and premium long-let play: scarce high-end apartments and penthouses in a safe, leafy setting command the city's strongest prices and steady gross yields of ~4.3–5%. Brazil's open urban-ownership regime keeps acquisition straightforward for foreigners (a registered Matrícula deed), and the VIPER route grants residency on R$1M+ of qualifying property; transactions settle in Brazilian reais, so currency is the principal exposure.

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Lourdes in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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