Property auction guides
Everything you need to know before bidding: how auctions work, the risks, the taxes and the costs.
How to buy a property at auction in Portugal
From registration to title: the steps to buy at auction without surprises.
Read guideThe risks of buying at auction (and how to check them)
Encumbrances, occupancy, debts and missing paperwork: what to check before bidding.
Read guideTaxes and costs at a property auction: IMT, stamp duty and the rest
IMT, stamp duty, fees, registration and works: the true total cost of a bid.
Read guideHow a judicial property auction works in Portugal
Enforcement, insolvency and tax sales: who runs them, what values and what deadlines.
Read guideProperty auction glossary
The essential property-auction terms, explained simply.
- Seizure (penhora)
- Encumbrance (ónus)
- Mortgage
- Award (adjudicação)
- Deposit (caução)
- Base value
- Minimum value
- Enforcement agent
- Enforcement sale
- Ranking of creditors
- Right of first refusal
- Sealed bid
- Transfer title
- Land registry certificate
- Tax property record
- Insolvency
- Easement
- Notice (edital)
- Failed auction (deserto)
- IMT