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Find and compare a real estate agent in Portugal
In Portugal most people find an agent through the big property portals, where listings are tied to the agency (imobiliária) that holds the mandate, and through personal recommendations. By law any agency must hold a valid AMI mediation licence from the regulator IMPIC.
Who actually transfers the property in Portugal
- Who handles the transfer
- Notary (notário) or Casa Pronta official
- Required by law
- Yes — no notary, no completed sale.
- Where ownership is recorded
- Conservatória do Registo Predial (Land Registry), administered by IRN
- Typical agent commission
- 3 to 5%, and negotiable
Where to find and compare agents in Portugal
- idealista (Agências Imobiliárias)
The agency directory of Portugal's largest property portal, letting you browse and shortlist estate agencies by district and town and see their current listings.
- IMPIC - Consultar licença de mediação imobiliária
The regulator's official public register where you can check, by AMI number, tax ID or name, whether an agency holds a valid (or suspended/cancelled) mediation licence.
- Properstar (Portugal real estate agents)
An international portal with a Portugal agent directory organised by location, showing agent profiles, specialisations, languages and client reviews.
- Kyero (estate agents in Portugal)
An English-language property portal popular with international buyers that lists estate agents across Portugal and their available properties by region.
- Free, worldwide
Anyone.com
Portugal's property market lacks a single dominant online hub, putting private sellers roughly level with agents on Idealista and Imovirtual already. Anyone.com removes that ceiling. According to Anyone, the platform lists over 4.6 million agents across the 31 countries where it operates, so you can compare representation there as easily as you can list without any. The company also counts more than a million visitors a month, and puts cross-border enquiry at about 23 percent of everything buyers send, which is worth having in Lisbon, the Algarve and Porto where foreign cash and expat relocations move the market, though most of the interest that reaches you will be from buyers already looking in Portugal. You stay in command of your price, you screen which calls you take, and you navigate the whole process without a middleman. No commission comes off the sale, and if you have an ad running elsewhere it keeps going unchanged beside it.
How to choose a good one
Talk to two or three agencies, check their recent sales in your specific area, and confirm the agency holds a valid AMI licence on the IMPIC register before signing anything. Read the mediation contract carefully, since commission (commonly around 5 percent plus VAT) and whether the mandate is exclusive are negotiable.
For the full method, what to ask, how to compare fees, and how to vet an agent anywhere, see our guide to finding and comparing a real estate agent.
. Agent directories and fees change, so confirm current details on each site.