Best English-speaking estate agents in Porto (2026): a fact-checked list

How we built this list

We included an agency if it has an office in Porto, Matosinhos or Vila Nova de Gaia (or, for buyer’s agents, says it covers Porto), shows an AMI licence number on its website, publishes in English and markets to international clients. We read each agency’s website, including the legal footer or imprint, on 28 September 2026, and then checked every AMI number on the IMPIC public register the same day. Each licensee named below appears on the register under that number.

Portugal Owners is listed first because it is our own free matching service; it is not an estate agency. No agency paid to be listed. The agencies are not ranked; they are grouped by type and listed alphabetically. If a fact here is wrong or out of date, tell us through the contact page.

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Portugal Owners: free agent matching

Portugal Owners is an independent English-language guide, not an estate agency. Contacting one agency gets you one opinion, and an agency pitching for your listing has a reason to quote high. Tell us about the property once and we ask two or three agencies from this list that suit it for a price estimate, so you compare like with like. Buyers get the agencies and buyer’s agents that hold the kind of home they want, because Portugal has no shared listings system like the US MLS and each agency mainly shows its own stock. It’s free, no agency pays to be listed, and your details go to no agency until you choose. Tell us about your property.

Tradeoff: we don’t list, value or sell property ourselves, so viewings, pricing and the sale itself are handled by the agency you choose.

Comparison table

Agency	Type	Segment	Languages (stated on website)	AMI licence (verified on IMPIC)	Says it acts for buyers
Portugal Owners	Free matching service (not an estate agency)	All segments, sellers and buyers	English	Not applicable	Suggests 2–3 agencies that fit your property
Castelhana (a Dils company)	Network	Upper-mid to luxury, new developments	Website in EN, FR, PT	3497 and 24280	Not stated
Engel & Völkers Porto	Network (franchise)	Residential, investment, luxury	English, French	8128	Not stated
Engel & Völkers Gaia-Gondomar	Network (franchise)	Residential, luxury, villas	PT, EN, ES, FR	15379	Not stated
JLL Residential	Network	Prime, new developments	Website in PT, EN	8654 and 479	Not stated
LUXIMOS Christie’s International Real Estate	Network (Christie’s affiliate)	Premium	Website in PT, EN, FR, DE	9063	Not stated
Portugal Sotheby’s International Realty (Porto, Porto Baixa)	Network (licensee)	Luxury	Website in PT, EN, FR, ES	10447	Not stated
Quintela + Penalva | Knight Frank	Network (Knight Frank associate)	Upper/luxury, new developments	Website in PT, EN	6182	Offers “Private Consulting”
RE/MAX Collection Vintage	Network (franchise)	Premium	EN, FR, ES	10092	Mentions a free service for buyers
RE/MAX Matosinhos	Network (franchise)	All segments	PT, EN, ES, FR, DE, PL	5225	Mentions a free service for buyers
Savills Portugal	Network	Residential and commercial	Website in PT, EN	5446	Not stated
Foz Imóveis	Independent	Foz sales and developments	Website in PT, EN, ES	6769	Not stated
Golden Hour Real Estate	Boutique	Luxury, Gaia	Website in EN, PT	23340	Not stated
Goldcrest	Buyer’s agent	Buyer representation	Website in EN	23310	Yes, buyers only
Pearls of Portugal	Buyer’s agent	Buyer representation, relocation	EN, PT, ES, DE	14801	Yes
Portugal Buyers	Buyer’s agent	Buyer representation	Website in EN	26180	Yes, buyers only

Most listing agencies act for the seller under the mediation contract.

International networks and franchises

Castelhana (a Dils company)

Castelhana is a Lisbon-headquartered agency that describes itself as a Dils company. Its Porto office is at Avenida da Boavista 4143, 4100-140 Porto. It works in the upper-middle to luxury segment, including new developments; its Porto listings on 28 September 2026 included homes in Foz do Douro, Pinhais da Foz and on the Avenida do Brasil. The website is in English, French and Portuguese. Two licensed companies appear in the footer: Castelhana – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Unipessoal Lda (AMI 3497) and Dils Portugal, Lda (AMI 24280), both verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The website does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: two licensed companies trade under one brand, so confirm which one signs your mediation contract.

Engel & Völkers Porto

Engel & Völkers Porto is run by Todos no Mundo – Mediação Imobiliária, Lda, a licence partner of the German group Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH. It has two shops: Porto Foz, in the Edifício Burgo at Avenida da Boavista 1791, and Porto Cidade, at Rua de Aviz 101. The Porto Foz shop lists English and French and covers Porto and Matosinhos in residential, investment and luxury property; listings on 28 September 2026 included a one-bedroom flat at Prelada for €300,000 and a four-bedroom villa in Arrábida’s Bairro de Hollywood for €1,850,000. AMI 8128, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. Its market report is the source of the 27% foreign-buyer figure for Porto.

Tradeoff: its foreign-buyer figures describe its own sales, not the whole market.

Engel & Völkers Gaia-Gondomar

Engel & Völkers Gaia-Gondomar is a separate licence partner, run by Golden Valley Real Estate, Unipessoal Lda. The shop is at Avenida da República 326, 4430-188 Vila Nova de Gaia, and covers Gaia and Gondomar: villas overlooking the Douro, modern apartments, plots and renovation projects, according to its page. It lists Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. AMI 15379, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The page does not say whether it represents buyers. Engel & Völkers’ report puts the international share of buyers in Gaia at 33%, mainly American, British and French, a higher share than in Porto itself.

Tradeoff: it is a different company from the Porto shops, so your contract depends on which side of the river you list with.

JLL Residential

JLL Residential is the home-sales arm of the property consultancy JLL in Portugal. Its Porto office is in the Edifício ICON, Rua Direita de Francos 165, first floor; the website gives two different postcodes for it. It concentrates on prime homes and new developments; on 28 September 2026 it was marketing the Companhia Aurífícia scheme in Cedofeita. The website is in Portuguese and English. Two licensed companies appear in the footer: Jones Lang LaSalle (Portugal) – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária S.A. (AMI 8654) and Cobertura – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, S.A. (AMI 479), both verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The website does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: much of its book is developer stock, which may suit sellers of newer flats more than period townhouses.

LUXIMOS Christie’s International Real Estate

LUXIMOS describes itself as the exclusive Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate for Porto and the north of Portugal. The licensee is Mediapredium – Mediação Imobiliária, Lda, registered in Marco de Canaveses. Its Porto office is at Avenida do Brasil 227, 4150-152 Porto, on the Foz seafront; it also has offices in the central and western Algarve. It works in the premium segment and markets flats, villas, new developments and Douro vineyards. The website is in Portuguese, English, French and German, and has a page for non-resident buyers. AMI 9063, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The website does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: it splits its attention between Porto and the Algarve, so ask who in the Foz office will handle your sale.

Portugal Sotheby’s International Realty (Porto and Porto Baixa)

The Sotheby’s International Realty brand in Porto is run by one licensed company, Boavistazul – Mediação Imobiliária Lda. It has two offices: Porto, at Avenida da Boavista 4175, 4100-140 Porto, which it says has three sales teams; and Porto Baixa, at Praça da Liberdade 39, 4000-322 Porto, next to the Palácio das Cardosas in the city centre. Both work in the luxury segment. The national website is in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. AMI 10447, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The office pages do not say whether they represent buyers. Each Sotheby’s office in Portugal is a legally separate company.

Tradeoff: your contract is with Boavistazul, not with the brand as a whole, and not with the Lisbon or Cascais offices.

Quintela + Penalva | Knight Frank

Quintela & Penalva Associados – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Lda trades as Quintela + Penalva and is the Portuguese associate of the British firm Knight Frank. Its Porto office is at Rua José Gomes Ferreira 256, 4150-598 Porto; the head office is in Lisbon. It works in the upper and luxury segment and on new developments, and offers a “Private Consulting” service. The website is in Portuguese and English; it does not list the languages its Porto team speaks. AMI 6182, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. Ask whether the consulting service acts for buyers, sellers or both.

Tradeoff: it is run from Lisbon, and its Porto office is one of several.

RE/MAX Collection Vintage

RE/MAX Collection Vintage is a RE/MAX franchise office run by Vintage Patamar – Mediação Imobiliária Lda. The office is at Avenida da Boavista 3191/3195, 4100-137 Porto, in the Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos parish. “Collection” is the RE/MAX label for its premium segment, so the office concentrates on higher-value homes. Its office page lists English, French and Spanish. AMI 10092, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. Like other RE/MAX office pages, it mentions a free, personalised service for buyers; ask what that means, since an agency cannot be paid by both sides in one deal. Another Collection office, Vantagem Oporto in Foz, is a different company.

Tradeoff: it is a franchise office, so terms are set by the office, not by RE/MAX nationally.

RE/MAX Matosinhos

RE/MAX Matosinhos is run by Perfect Land – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária Lda, from Rua Sousa Aroso 659, 4450-290 Matosinhos, in the Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira parish. It is a mainstream RE/MAX office rather than a “Collection” premium one, so it handles homes across price levels in Matosinhos and Leça da Palmeira. Its office page lists six languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German and Polish. AMI 5225, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. It carries the standard RE/MAX line about a free service for buyers. For a seller in Matosinhos, where asking prices rose only 6.8% in the year to August 2026 after 20% in January, local pricing knowledge matters.

Tradeoff: it is a general office, not a luxury specialist.

Savills Portugal

Savills Portugal – Mediação Imobiliária, Lda is the Portuguese arm of the British firm Savills. Its residential shop in Porto, “Savills Spot Porto”, is in the Edifício Oceanus at Avenida da Boavista, shop 3283, 4100-137 Porto; the company’s registered seat is in Lisbon. It handles residential sales and lettings alongside offices, retail, industrial and investment work. The old website of Predibisa, a long-established Porto agency, now redirects to Savills’ residential site. The residential site is in Portuguese and English. AMI 5446, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The website does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: residential is one of many business lines, so ask how many people work on Porto home sales.

Local independents and boutiques

Foz Imóveis

Foz Imóveis is a local agency in Foz do Douro, at Rua Marechal Saldanha 615, 4150-652 Porto, open on weekdays and Saturday mornings. The licence is held by Fozbusiness – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária Lda; the website footer shows the trading name “Fozimóveis” with AMI 6769, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. It sells homes and new developments, concentrating on Foz rather than the whole city. The website is in Portuguese, English and Spanish; it does not list the languages its team speaks. It does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: the trading name differs from the licensee’s name, so check the company on your contract.

Golden Hour Real Estate

Golden Hour Real Estate, Lda is a boutique agency in Vila Nova de Gaia, at Rua General Torres 1005, 4400-164. It concentrates on the luxury end of Gaia: the Canidelo coast, Afurada and the Douro marina, and Quinta Marques Gomes. On 28 September 2026 it was advertising a four-bedroom villa with sea views in Canidelo at €1,450,000. It calls itself the leading luxury agency in Gaia; that is its own claim. The website has an English version. AMI 23340, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The site does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: it works only in Gaia, so it suits sellers south of the river rather than in Porto itself.

Buyer’s agents covering Porto

A buyer’s agent represents only the buyer. Portuguese law bars an agency from being paid by both buyer and seller in the same deal (Lei 15/2013, article 17(2)(a)). Get the fee in writing. More in buyer’s agents in Portugal.

Goldcrest

Goldcrest is a buyer-only agency with a Porto office at Rua Guedes de Azevedo 131, 4000-272 Porto, near the centre; its head office is in Lisbon and it also has an office in Lagoa in the Algarve. The licence holder is Golden Solstice – Lda. AMI 23310, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. It publishes guides to buying in Porto and to finding an English-speaking lawyer there. Its fees vary and are not published, so ask for a written proposal before you instruct it. Like other buyer’s agents it does not market homes for sellers.

Tradeoff: its fee model is not published.

Pearls of Portugal

Pearls of Portugal, Lda is based in Porto, at Rua de Camões 218, first floor, office 2, 4000-138 Porto, which it calls its headquarters. It offers a buyer’s agent service across Portugal, plus relocation, rental search and renovation services, and runs a property listings portal. It says its fee is “success-based”, paid in most cases only once a purchase completes, and that it typically takes three to five months from first consultation to deed; that is its own figure. The website lists English, Portuguese, Spanish and German. AMI 14801, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. Ask for the fee as a percentage or fixed sum in writing.

Tradeoff: it also sells other relocation services, so agree which ones you are paying for.

Portugal Buyers

Portugal Buyers is the trading name of Henderson Realty, Unipessoal Lda, whose registered seat is in Loulé in the Algarve. It describes itself as a buyer-only agent covering the Algarve, Lisbon, Cascais, Comporta, the Silver Coast and Porto, working in Porto “through our own team and trusted local partners”. Its Porto page mentions period townhouses in Foz do Douro and riverside flats. AMI 26180, verified on IMPIC on 28 September 2026. The website is in English, and it does not publish fees. It suits buyers comparing Porto with the Algarve or Lisbon who want one adviser across regions.

Tradeoff: it is based in the Algarve and relies partly on partners in Porto.

Other firms active in Porto

Other firms working in Porto that we haven’t profiled yet include BARNES Porto (Rua Senhora da Luz, Foz), Fine & Country Porto, RE/MAX Collection Vantagem Oporto (Avenida do Brasil), Imojoy Real Estate (Caminho da Fonte de Cima), the Keller Williams market centres KW Select Porto and KW Alfa Porto, Zome, ERA and Century 21 offices, and the buyer’s agent Brint (licensed, AMI 19563, but with no Porto office). We’ll add more profiles as we check them. You can check any agency’s licence yourself on the IMPIC website.

How to choose an agent to sell in Porto

• Check the licence. Every agency must hold an AMI licence from IMPIC and show the number on contracts and adverts. Check the company name on IMPIC matches your contract.
• Ask for sold prices, not listings. idealista asking prices in Porto (€4,324/m², August 2026) run about 19% above the INE median actually paid (€3,631/m², 12 months to June 2026). In Foz the gap is about 15%.
• Match the agency to the buyer. Engel & Völkers says Americans are the largest group of foreign buyers in Porto and Gaia. For a Foz villa or a historic-centre flat, ask how the agency reaches American, French and British buyers; for a Matosinhos or Paranhos flat, most buyers are Portuguese.
• Negotiate the commission. Commonly about 5% plus 23% VAT, paid by the seller at the deed. On a €450,000 flat, one percentage point is €5,535 with VAT. See estate agent commission and costs of selling.
• Keep exclusivity short. An exclusive contract often buys a lower rate; keep the term to three to six months. A contract with no stated duration lasts six months (Lei 15/2013, article 16).
• Selling from abroad. Ask for the mediation contract (contrato de mediação imobiliária) with an English translation. See selling as a non-resident.

See also selling in Porto, buying in Porto, the Porto hub and the selling calculator.

Key points

• There is no official ranking of estate agents in Porto. This list covers 12 agencies in Porto, Matosinhos and Gaia and 3 buyer’s agents, grouped by type and alphabetical, not ranked.
• Every AMI number was checked on the IMPIC register on 28 September 2026. Check the number on your own contract matches the company that signs it.
• Many brands are franchises or licensees: Engel & Völkers has different companies in Porto and Gaia, and each RE/MAX office is independently owned.
• The 27% foreign-buyer share often quoted for Porto comes from Engel & Völkers’ own report, not an official statistic.
• Commission is commonly about 5% plus 23% VAT, paid by the seller and negotiable.