Free Download · 2026–2027 Edition
The Portugal Property Buyers Guide.
What UK and international buyers need to understand before purchasing in Portugal — the buying process, costs, taxes, licensing and the mistakes that cost people money.
What’s inside
Written for buyers, not for agents.
- The Portuguese buying process, step by step
- Purchase costs, IMT, stamp duty and the fees people forget
- Ongoing taxes and what they mean for net return
- Alojamento Local — where short-let licensing stands by zone
- Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve compared
- Choosing a lawyer, and why you instruct your own
- Currency, financing and getting money into Portugal
- Common mistakes made by first-time overseas buyers
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Clear, current and written for buyers.
Region-by-region guides, real costs with a worked example, the buying process step by step, and every rule that changed in 2026.
Why Portugal
A different return profile to the UK.
Portugal offers long-hold capital growth, short-let yields in licensed tourist markets, and renovation and resale opportunities in historic city centres. The rules differ by city and by zone — and they change. The guide sets out where things currently stand.
We source with vetted Portuguese legal, fiscal and construction partners, and you instruct your own lawyer.
Corporate member of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK.
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