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What makes us the trusted layer between expats and Portuguese property
Public-register checks, before introduction
Every agent, broker and lawyer we connect you with has their licence confirmed against the live public register — AMI (IMPIC) for agents, Banco de Portugal for brokers, Ordem dos Advogados for lawyers. We do this before you ever take the call.
Built for the gaps expats actually hit
Three Portuguese licensing regimes you can't easily check, transaction documents in Portuguese, post-NHR tax rules most articles still get wrong. We verify the professional handles cross-border buyers — not just locals.
Independence you can audit
We're paid by the professional only when they win business — never by you, never up-front, never on a retainer. That's why we can verify them honestly: we have no incentive to send you to anyone we couldn't.
One verified shortlist across all three
Most buyers need an agent, a mortgage broker and a lawyer working in parallel. Submit one request and we line up a verified professional in each pillar — coordinated, not three disconnected referrals.
From the founder
I went through this myself — I built what I wish had existed.
When I bought property in Portugal as a foreigner, I hit every hurdle: a NIF I didn't have yet, lawyers who didn't return calls in English, banks quoting one rate by email and another in person, and IMT bills nobody warned me about.
I built ExpatPropertyHub to be the partner I wish I'd had — independent, free for buyers, and accountable to you, not to the bank or the agent.
Three professional types we verify
The people you actually have to trust to buy in Portugal
An agent finds the home, a broker funds it, a lawyer protects you on the contract. Each has its own Portuguese licence — and we check all three against the public register before any introduction.
Real estate
LiveBuy property in Portugal
English-speaking, AMI-licensed agents — licence verified against the public register before we introduce you. Independent market guides for Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve and 30+ more.
- 36 city market guides published
- Houses for sale — national buying guide
- Algarve property — regional guide
Mortgage
LiveGet a non-resident mortgage
We work with a vetted partner mortgage broker — Banco de Portugal–authorised, 15+ lender panel, specialised in non-resident and expat buyers. Free for you; the broker is paid by the bank.
- Banco de Portugal–authorised partner broker
- 15+ Portuguese lenders compared for your rate
- No fee to you — paid by the bank
Property + tax
LiveProperty + tax lawyer
Ordem dos Advogados–registered lawyers specialised in property transactions and tax residency for foreign buyers.
- Ordem dos Advogados–registered lawyers
- Cross-border tax + residency expertise
- Free for buyers — request an intro
Featured locations
Start your search in the right Portuguese city
Lisboa
Lisbon
Porto
Porto
Lisboa
Cascais
Faro
Faro
Faro
Lagos
Faro
Albufeira
Free investor tool
See what your money could earn in Portugal
Set a budget and a city to estimate your rental income and yield — e.g. €300,000 in Porto ≈ €11,250/year net. Real listing data, refreshed monthly.
Estimate your rental income106 cities · gross & net yield · always free
Coverage
The footprint, in numbers
Guides & tools
What every expat wishes they'd known before buying
Houses for sale in Portugal — 2026 buyer's guide
Regional prices, types of property, the full buying process for non-residents, and how we vet the agents we recommend.
D7 visa Portugal — retirees & passive-income guide
The most accessible long-stay visa for retirees and FIRE early-retirees. Income thresholds, application process, what changed after Golden Visa.
IFICI Portugal — the NHR replacement explained
NHR closed end of 2023. IFICI is its narrower replacement. Who actually qualifies, side-by-side comparison, and what to do if you don't.
IMT property transfer tax calculator
Calculate the real cost of buying any Portuguese property — IMT scales 0–7.5% by purchase price plus stamp duty.
All 308 Portuguese municipalities
Browse the curated directory by region. Each location page has market data and links to our property, mortgage and lawyer services.
Verification + sources
The registers we check, the sources we cite
The verification claim above isn't a slogan. These are the public Portuguese registers we check every professional against, and the data sources behind every number on this site.
Public-data sources
- INE (Instituto Nacional de Estatística) — Censos 2021 population, housing-stock
- Idealista price index — Q1 2026 asking-price data
- Confidencial Imobiliário — transaction price benchmarks
- IPMA — climate and weather references
Legal + regulatory sources
- Diário da República — Portuguese law (Lei n.º 56/2023, Decreto-Lei n.º 41/2023, others)
- AIMA (former SEF) — visa + residency programme rules
- Autoridade Tributária — tax regimes (IFICI, IRS, IMT, IMI, AIMI)
- Câmaras Municipais — local PDM + AL licensing
Professional registries we verify against
- IMPIC — AMI registry for real-estate agents
- Banco de Portugal — mortgage broker authorisation
- Ordem dos Advogados — lawyer registration
- Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados — accountant registration
Editorial review process
- Every cornerstone dated with last-verified field
- YMYL pages flagged for Portuguese lawyer / accountant review
- Quarterly refresh cadence on tax + visa content
- Every source URL published in-page (not hidden in a 'references' modal)
