Mortgages In Portugal Algarve Property Finance Brokers

Quinta Finance has established itself as the leading mortgage brokerage service in Portugal that offers professional mortgage advice for non-resident property buyers; our aim is to help you throughout every step of the process until completion. Although things can often change quite dramatically over the period of a mortgage, it is worthwhile noting that Interests rates on the European Continent are typically lower than in the UK. The problem is that the low interest rates are starting to attract a lot of buy-to-let investors, who are finding that the UK market has begun to mature.

This brings in tax revenue and VAT income from new owners buying kitchens and undertaking property refurbishment. In this overview, we'll help you to get started on the process of securing a mortgage in Portugal. Here you can see the real example of the loan related expenses, the deal has been closed in 2017, house price is EUR 118.500 and the bank loan (80%) - EUR 102.200 (please read our interview with property owner ).

As a foreigner or non-resident, if you are looking to buy property in Portugal and want to use a mortgage to finance the purchase, now is a good time because the banks are lending again thanks to the economic recovery and the solid real estate market.

The current levels of residential loans are bolstered by the historically low level of the indexes used in loan contracts - which remain negative - but also by diminishing spreads charged by banks, which are aggressively increasing liquidity in the economy.

There are not too many fundamental differences between a foreign mortgage and a UK based one, but bear in mind that the risks of buying a property are the same as in the UK. In Europe it is not the norm to see Mortgages offered interest only and it is very rare to see buy-to-let mortgages.

In the case of the three month Euribor rate, your mortgage repayments will be fixed for three months at the prevailing rate at the day you sign the mortgage deed, thereafter, every three months later the bank will apply the average rate of the three month Euribor rate to your mortgage from the previous month.

It is rather like a car lease: during the term the property belongs to bank, and at the end of the term, for a peppercorn payment, it will become Holiday Rentals in the Algarve the property of the client. Most banks will not offer a mortgage to individuals who are over 70-years old, but some will extend this limit to 80.

Then once the property was completed, the bank offered a loan of 450.000€ for a 25 year period. Capital gains tax for non-residents is charged at a flat rate of 28% and is payable at the time of sale. You'll also find that, depending on the lender, there are loans available at both variable and fixed rates.

According to the BdP's latest figures for loans and bank deposits, Portugal's banks issued 810 million euros worth of residential mortgages to households, down from €919 million in July - which was already a decrease from the month before - but still quite a bit more than the €709 million granted in August 2017.

After the fixed rate period expires, the mortgage will automatically convert into a variable rate mortgage (unless the rate is fixed for the entire loan period). Under Portuguese law the pre-payment penalty from all banks is fixed at 0.5% for variable rate loans and 2% for fixed rate.