Information Survey

COUNTRY: Portugal
I. General Information

No Information Result References

https://
The total value of real
1 18.65 Billion Euro (First 3 quarters of 2020) www.globalpropertyguide.com/
estate transaction
Europe/Portugal/Price-History
https://www.worldometers.info/world-
2 Number of population 10,173,436s
population/portugal-population/
1. Idealista.pt
2. OLX.pt
Top real estate portals 3. Imovirtual.com
3
(competitors) 4. Casa.Sapo.pt
5. Remax.pt
6. bpiexpressoimobiliario.pt
The transaction made through:
The method of real
- Real estate
4 estate exchange in  
- Free Website for listing property selling or buying.
country
- Group on Social Network
1. How to Start a Business in
1. Obtain a Portuguese work visa and residence permit
Portugal
Procedure to get 2. Register company
5 2. AMI Licence Numbers &
ecommerce license 3. Get certification from Instituto da Construcao e do Imobiliario (INCI)
Certificates

Do they have
6 ecommerce for real Yes  
estate transaction
 https://www.numbeo.com/property-
7 Average of house price investment/country_result.jsp?
country=Portugal&displayCurrency=EUR

https://foreignbuyerswatch.com/
Number of real estate
8 Approx: 6,800 real estate agencies and 56,000 real estate agents 2019/11/29/how-many-real-estate-
agent
agents-are-there-in-portugal/
 II. Top Ecommerce Real Estate
No Company Name Number of property on website Number of View Product function or Feature
Idealista.pt Provide a platform for people to:
(1) buy/rent properties on the site;
(2) get the best mortgage and handle the
10.6M visits / month whole application process;
(3) manage the portfolio and get the most
1 + 300,000
out of the market;
Available in Spain, Italy and (4) get helpful guides and practical advice for
Portugal buying/renting house;
App is available (5) get holiday rentals as well as a software
for owners and managers for it
Apartments - 117,127
18M visits / month
Houses – Houses - 72,492
(please note that users Provide a platform for people to:
Rooms for rent - 1,833
Olx.pt look for other (1) place their properties and advertise it on
Holiday home - 2,531
products/services like cars, the site for potential buyers or renters to
2 Exchanges - 87
jobs, animals, etc., not just browse through and make a choice;
Garages and parking - 3,842
App is available real estate) (2) buy/rent different kinds of properties;
Land and Farms - 73,209
Offices – Stores - 29,256
Commercial Establishments - 15,466
Imovirtual.com
- Company size: 201-500
Provide a platform for people to:
employees
(1) place their properties and advertise it on
- Headquarters: Lisbon
298,571 – property for sale the site for potential buyers or renters to
- Type: Privately Held
27,467 – property for rent browse through and make a choice;
3 - Founded: 2011 4.9M visits / month
1,384 - property for vacation rental (2) buy/rent different kinds of properties;
- Specialties: Real Estate,
(3) get helpful guides and practical advice for
Developments, Real Estate,
buying/renting house and the market news
Classifieds Portal, Property
including finance, lifestyle, decoration, etc.
Management, and Ads
App is available
 4 Casa.Sapo.pt + 400,000 listings  1.4M visits / month Provide a platform for people to:
 (1) place their properties and advertise it on
the site for potential buyers or renters to
browse through and make a choice;
(2) buy/rent different kinds of properties;
- Founded: 2000 (3) get the service of real estate appraisal;
- Used to be the #1 real (4) disclosure of developments;
estate portal in Portugal, (5) get access to The National Real Estate
now is #4 Barometer - a market statistics and
App is available information service created by CASA SAPO
for professionals linked to the real estate
sector;
(6) get helpful guides and practical advice for
buying/renting house and the market news
Remax.pt
- To be a part of RE/MAX -
- Provide consumers with access to
the largest international
3649 – residential property for sale information about listings, properties and
real estate franchising 1.8M visit per month
281 – commercial property for sale land for sale and for rent throughout the
network operating in more (2021)
5 551 – residential property for rent RE/MAX Organization and by RE/MAX
than 85 countries
131 – commercial property for rent Affiliates;
App is available
- Provide consumers with function of finding
Bad reviews
agent/agency to get direct contact;
https://www.trustpilot.co
m/review/www.remax.pt
6 bpiexpressoimobiliario.pt + 900,000 listings 560,000 visit per month Provide a platform for people to:
#6 top real estate portal in (2021) (1) place their properties and advertise it on
Portugal the site for potential buyers or renters to
browse through and make a choice;
(2) buy/rent different kinds of properties;
(3) get access to the full Price List of Banco
BPI, SA, contains the Commissions and
Expenses Booklet;
(4) evaluate the mortgage and learn about
the process;
(5) get helpful guides and practical advice for
 buying/renting house and the market news

III. Further reading

 Portugal Real Estate Market Report