A Place in the Sun - Portugal
Inland and in less popular areas, prices are still very reasonable. But should you need to sell for any reason, you need to take into account the fact that the Portuguese themselves prefer to buy new properties and remote mountain retreats have limited appeal for resale - especially if you never quite got round to connecting the electricity or septic tank.
When searching the internet for property, you will find estate agents of all nationalities and websites in all languages. Always remember to check out everything with a reputable and licensed estate agent.
Work out your finances carefully. Portugal is full of expatriates of every nationality whose best and sometimes only way of making a living is to prey on unsuspecting visitors, tourists and especially house hunters.
Useful basic advice on property buying can be found at the Saga pages. This is their advice for those considering dream retirement homes in sunnier climes. Although aimed at British buyers,much of the advice is useful in all instances --especially their directive to proceed with caution.
From Portugal Info website you can get useful independent information on buying and selling property. This provides a useful basic advice checklist.
Another property buying information page, this one comes from the English weekend paper-The News. This newspaper now offers a wonderful new service whereby you can download the weekend property pages or have them sent you on the day of publication. Click the flashing banner ad at the top of this page and all will be explained.
The delay in production of this article came about quite simply through my inability to stop surfing the marvellous properties on offer. My favourite site proved to be Algarve Realty a top choice for presentation. The house details are sent in pdf. format and beautifully illustrated. Since I started researching this article at the beginning of the month, three of my wish list have already been sold. Email contact was helpful and prompt but the speed at which properties are selling means that there is not much time for delaying.
However, better to be safe than sorry. There will always be another chance.
Another website well worth considering was that run by Gatehouse International Property Consultants who have a new representative on the Algarve in Joanna. In this case, an established English estate agency acts as a consultant and introduction service to various estate agencies around the Algarve. Their site lists property under various
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