Registered Portuguese Estate Agents It has been much reported in Portugal, Spain and Italy of the perils surrounding the purchase of property from advertisers who are not affiliated to registered estate agents, that is to say estate agents registered in the country of purchase.The property laws in Portugal particularly are complex and indeed require a great deal of study also the attitude of vendors is somewhat different to what you would be used to in the UK. What we would consider to be a major paperwork issue e.g.: the m² of property or land the Portuguese are quite blasé and so will in all probability not have these issues up to date.To a real estate expert these issues are not a problem and can be rectified fairly simply, but an advertiser will in all good conscience sell you the property only for your lawyer to find that there are anomalies. Then you have to start an extremely annoying paper-chase that could have been prevented or at least taken into consideration when you began the purchase. One other extremely good reason for using a registered estate agent is that contracts signed outside of one of their offices is not considered legal by the Portuguese government and therefore if there is a problem or dispute during the process (which is surprisingly rare but not unheard of) your options are far more limited.Last but certainly not least there are a number of charlatans out there who will load the price of property and they are taking advantage of both the vendor and vendee so while they may look the cheaper because they cram there web-sites full of cheep looking property mostly with ownership or paperwork issues they really are not. The fees that a registered estate agent will charge are on the final papers (escritura) and therefore are rarely over-charged. Central Portugal Property for sale is a link to a page on the world wide web.