Property for sale in Portugal

When looking for a house overseas, the market can be a little confusing. Luckily, there is someone who will do all the hard work for you – a real estate agent. Real estate agents know the local market like the back of their hand – every property for sale, their values and characteristics.

It’s absolutely vital when you’re doing a visit to any potential property to keep these things in mind: 1. Paperwork: There are two documents it is very handy to get from the Land Registry, a Caderneta Predial and a Certidāo de Teor, which respectively provide a brief description of the l

Living in an urbanização or private estate formed of apartments, houses or villas is common practice in Portugal, and recommendable for various reasons: With such facilities as swimming pools and tennis courts, communal gardens and play areas for the kids, everything you need will be ri

Portugal offers many different types of properties compared with Britain. Before you start looking, you should be very clear on the following: Why are you buying? (holiday home, investment, somewhere to retire…) How will you spend your time there?

Seems like the whole world and his dog are looking for a house in the Iberian Peninsula, if they haven’t bought one already. So what’s the big deal?

So you’ve decided to buy a house in Portugal. Now what? What with everything being in Portuguese and the property market being so different, it can be quite daunting for first-time ex-pat buyers. Fear not!