Buying in the Algarve
Buying a home in the Algarve starts before the first viewing.
Set your budget and priorities and decide where you want to live before making a commitment.
- ✓Know what you are looking for
- ✓Set your budget and priorities
- ✓Identify the questions to ask
Start with these guides
- 01
Use licences and planning documents
How to distinguish a licence, exemption and other use documents, and check that they match the home you intend to buy.
- 02
Condominium documents and debts
What to request from the seller, how to read the administrator’s statement and who pays debts and instalments after purchase.
- 03
What to check in a CPCV
Documents, financing, deposits and deadlines to clarify before signing a Portuguese promissory sale agreement.
- 04
Requesting prior information about land
How to prepare a prior information request, distinguish informal advice from a municipal decision and assess its conditions before buying land.