Why Buy Property in the Algarve

While you may be stepping into relatively unknown territory by buying property in the Algarve, plenty of foreigners have done it before you. There is a well- established procedure and there is no shortage of sound advice available on all aspects of buying a home in the Algarve.

The Algarve climate is one of the healthiest and most pleasant in the world. There is sufficient seasonal variation. The winters are never too cold and the summers never too hot. The skies are predominately blue all year round. The ideal place to buy a property abroad, you might say.

The Algarve has managed to retain its timeless “old world” charm and traditional values even though it is an integral part of an ambitious, forward-looking nation, and tourism is its major economic activity.

The nation’s constitution and well-founded legal system give overseas buyers and property owners the same fundamental rights and protection as those enjoyed by Portuguese citizens.

Air links and telecommunications facilities are excellent. Faro and Lisbon international airports serve buyers of property in Portugal well. With the internet, you can be as globally in touch as you want to be.

The Algarve region is best known for its spectacular coastline, including scores of glorious beaches. Less known, but equally attractive, is its hinterland of vineyards, olive, almond, carob and fig trees, rising to rolling hills and the plains of the province of Alentejo beyond.

Language is generally not a problem and, anyway, you will enjoy picking up at least a smattering of Portuguese. You can get by in English or German, as long as you understand the Portuguese all purpose expression that sums up any and all of life’s minor travails: “não faz mal” – “it doesn’t matter.”

A cost of living table compiled by the London Sunday Times on prices in the UK, Holland, Belgium and Italy, augmented by a fair comparison made in Portugal, showed that the same basket of 22 groceries cost much the same-around £50 – in Portugal, Holland and Belgium, £10 less than in Italy and over £30 cheaper than in the UK.

The only things completely missing here that you may find in sunny places such as Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Florida or the Caribbean are …. hurricanes, sweltering summers, pollution or high crime rates.

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