A foreign citizen to acquire a full ownership of real property free of liens or charges, equal to or greater than 500 000 Euros, which proprocione a minimum of 10 jobs and that workers are covered by Social Security are entitled to Portuguese citizenship (Diário da República, 2ª série – nº19 – 28 Janeiro 2013).

The benefits are mainly documental / official, eg for opening bank accounts, in the national health service, the aid of PSP, ability to hire people, NIF, getting the residence card and other services unofficial.

In buying a property through a real estate mediator is not necessary to use an attorney, the real estate companies are qualified and certified to handle the entire process. However if you want to hire one, you must take into account that the fees of lawyers, by virtue of being a liberal profession has no table, a mean value or otherwise stipulated, so is a free value. But to get a sense of the values ​​in question can predict a value between 1 and 1.5% of the purchase price of the property, which are not statutorily allowed. The document shows the fees must be written and signed by the professional identifying the number of its Professional Certificate.

If you buy a property through a real estate mediator is not necessary to use a solicitor, the estate mediators are certified and qualified to deal with the whole process. If you need a solicitor, the fees are identical in all respects to those of lawyers, however being regulated by the Solicitors' status. Not to forget that one of the components of the charges, which are not considered fees, are supported for "the good performance of their professional services", eg travel, obtain certificates, notifications.