Best English-speaking estate agents on the Silver Coast (2026): Óbidos, Caldas da Rainha, Nazaré, Peniche and Foz do Arelho

How we built this list

“Silver Coast” (Costa de Prata) is a marketing name. Here it means the Oeste coast from Peniche to Nazaré: the municipalities of Peniche, Óbidos, Caldas da Rainha (which includes Foz do Arelho), Alcobaça (which includes São Martinho do Porto) and Nazaré, about an hour north of Lisbon.

We included an agency if it has an office in one of these five municipalities or a named agent covering them; works in English; markets to international clients; and holds an AMI licence. We read each website on 11 October 2026 and checked every licence on the IMPIC public register the same day, by number or, for one agency that doesn’t show its number, by company name. IMPIC shows the registered seat, which can differ from the office. “Languages” means what the agency states or the language versions of its website.

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. Corrections are welcome 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.

Who are the best estate agents on the Silver Coast?

No regulator or independent body ranks them, so the best agency is the one whose patch, segment and buyers fit your property. This shortlist matches common Silver Coast sales to agencies whose own websites state that focus; it is not a ranking.

If you are selling…	Agencies whose stated focus fits	What they state
A golf-resort villa at Praia d’El Rey, Bom Sucesso, West Cliffs or Royal Óbidos	Engel & Völkers Oeste	Shop inside Praia d’El Rey; lists all four resorts among its regions
A home in Foz do Arelho or round the Óbidos lagoon	TOPcasas, Villas Luz, West Coast Portugal	Office in Foz do Arelho; Foz do Arelho and São Martinho in their branding or area lists
In Nazaré, São Martinho do Porto or Alcobaça	Portugal Agent, Portugal Realty / Immo Portugal, Spencer Becks	Offices in Nazaré and São Martinho do Porto
In Peniche, Baleal or Ferrel	Pro Portugal	Head office in Baleal
A Caldas town flat or a second home inland	Rainhavip, Villas Luz	Offices in Caldas da Rainha; Rainhavip names second homes as its speciality
To Dutch, Belgian, German, French or Swedish buyers	Portugal Realty / Immo Portugal, Spencer Becks, Tagus Property, Portugal Agent	Dutch, French or Swedish websites or stated languages
Nothing: you are buying	Goldcrest, Portugal Buyers, Portugal House Hunters	Buyer-only representation

Ask two or three for a valuation backed by completed sales near you, and compare commission in euros (see the cost table below).

Comparison table

Agency	Type	Base and patch	Languages (stated)	AMI (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
Engel & Völkers Oeste	Network (licence partner)	Praia d’El Rey, Óbidos; whole Oeste	EN, DE, FR, PT, ES	19061	Advertises a buyer’s agent service
Portugal Agent	Independent	Nazaré; Peniche to São Pedro de Moel	Website EN, SV, DE	18574	Not stated
Portugal Realty / Immo Portugal	Independent	São Martinho do Porto; Óbidos lagoon to Nazaré	Websites EN, PT, FR, NL	872	Buyer package; not buyer-only
Pro Portugal	Independent	Baleal, Óbidos, Caldas	Website EN, PT, FR, DE, ES, PL	896	Advises buyers; not buyer-only
Rainhavip	Independent	Caldas da Rainha	Website PT, EN, FR	6716	Not stated
Spencer Becks	Independent	São Martinho do Porto	Website EN, NL, FR, DE, PT	13722	Not stated
Tagus Property	Independent	Lisbon office; Silver Coast agent	FR, PT, EN	13266	Supports buyers and owners
TOPcasas	Independent	Foz do Arelho	Website PT, EN, FR	6305	Not stated
Villas Luz	Independent	Caldas da Rainha; São Martinho	Website PT, FR, EN	3728 (by name)	Not stated
West Coast Portugal	Boutique	Caldas, Foz do Arelho, São Martinho	Website PT, EN, FR, ES, DE, NL, ZH	20826	Not stated
Goldcrest	Buyer’s agent	Lisbon; names Óbidos, Caldas, Nazaré	Website EN	23310	Yes, buyers only
Portugal Buyers	Buyer’s agent	Loulé; covers the Silver Coast	Website EN	26180	Yes, buyers only
Portugal House Hunters	Buyer’s agent	Palmela; covers the Silver Coast	EN, PT, NL, DE (partner network)	18470 (eXp network licence)	Yes, buyers only

A listing agency acts for the seller under the mediation contract (contrato de mediação imobiliária), and one agency cannot be paid by both buyer and seller in the same deal (Lei 15/2013, article 17(2)(a)).

Silver Coast property prices in 2026

INE (the statistics office) publishes the median price paid on completed sales for each municipality; it publishes no parish figures here. idealista publishes average asking prices down to parish level.

Municipality	Median paid, INE (12 months to June 2026)	Change on a year	Sales in 12 months	Asking, idealista (September 2026)	Lisbon airport by road
Óbidos	€2,249/m²	+12.1%	281	€2,982/m²	80 km, about an hour
Caldas da Rainha (incl. Foz do Arelho)	€2,188/m²	+23.1%	1,052	€2,339/m²	87 km
Nazaré	€2,656/m²	+4.6%	342	€3,183/m²	118 km
Peniche (incl. Baleal)	€2,332/m²	+21.5%	453	€2,525/m²	98 km
Alcobaça (incl. São Martinho do Porto)	€1,876/m²	+24.5%	960	€2,388/m²	118 km
Oeste region	€2,130/m²	+22.1%	6,593
Cascais, for comparison	€4,889/m²

The five municipalities sell at 38–54% of the Cascais median. Nazaré is the one where the median rose least on a year. Asking prices run 7–8% above the median paid in Caldas and Peniche and 20–33% above it in Óbidos, Nazaré and Alcobaça; part of that gap is the three months between the two periods. Driving distances are free-flow OpenStreetMap routes; allow longer with traffic.

Where asking prices are highest (idealista, September 2026): Vau, the Óbidos parish with Bom Sucesso and West Cliffs, €3,654/m²; São Martinho do Porto €3,500 (up 29.8% on a year); Nazaré parish €3,412; Amoreira (Praia d’El Rey) €3,140; Foz do Arelho €2,868, which is down 15.5% on a year and 18.1% below its October 2025 peak.

What is a typical home worth? A 120 m² house at the INE median is €269,880 in Óbidos (120 × €2,249), €262,560 in Caldas, €318,720 in Nazaré, €279,840 in Peniche and €225,120 in Alcobaça. Resort villas and seafront homes price well above these medians, so ask for completed sales in your own resort or street, or get a free price estimate.

Who buys on the Silver Coast?

Buyers with a tax address abroad paid more per square metre than buyers based in Portugal in all five municipalities in the 12 months to March 2026: 12.6% more in Peniche, 18.9% in Caldas, 24.4% in Nazaré, 30.7% in Óbidos and 53.8% in Alcobaça (INE). INE does not publish how many of the sales were to foreign buyers here.

The only nationality figures are one agency’s own: Engel & Völkers Oeste shows its buyers as 49% central European, 21% Portuguese, 17% American and 13% British. American interest is real but anecdotal; an idealista article from November 2024 names Nazaré, Peniche and Caldas da Rainha as draws for Americans. The same article says Americans can get residency by buying property through the Golden Visa. That is out of date: the real estate route closed in October 2023. The agencies’ languages tell the same story: Dutch and Belgian (Immo Portugal), Swedish (Portugal Agent) and French (Tagus Property, Villas Luz, TOPcasas) buyers all have dedicated agencies.

International network

Engel & Völkers Oeste

Engel & Völkers Oeste is run by Execuprop, Lda, the licence partner that also runs Engel & Völkers Sintra. The shop is at Avenida Dom Pedro Primeiro 24, Loja A/B, inside the Praia d’El Rey resort in Amoreira, Óbidos. It sells residential, investment and luxury homes, and its regions run from Peniche and Lourinhã to Nazaré and Leiria, naming Praia d’El Rey, West Cliffs, Bom Sucesso and Royal Óbidos. It works in English, German, French, Portuguese and Spanish, and its shop page shows its buyers as 49% central European, 17% American and 13% British. AMI 19061, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. Its portal profile advertises a buyer’s agent service; ask which side it acts for.

Tradeoff: one shop covers the whole Oeste, so check how often it sells in your town.

Local independents and boutiques

Portugal Agent

Portugal Agent is run by Alturadiante Lda from Nazaré; IMPIC gives its seat as Beco dos Santeiros 8, in the clifftop Sítio da Nazaré. It started in 2015 as Imo Nazaré and changed its name in 2020. Two founders are local agents; the other two, Kari and Niklas Forsén, are Swedes who bought in Nazaré in 2013. It covers Peniche to São Pedro de Moel, concentrating on Nazaré, São Martinho do Porto and Foz do Arelho, and says it has helped more than 500 buyers and sellers. The website is in English, Swedish and German. AMI 18574, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It does not say whether it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: its focus is the northern end of the coast, and its strongest link is to Swedish buyers.

Portugal Realty / Immo Portugal

Leisure Launch International – Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Lda trades as Portugal Realty (English website) and Immo Portugal (Dutch website) from Largo 28 de Maio 2-H in São Martinho do Porto. Its portal profile calls it one of the first Belgian brokers on the coast, active since 2006 between the Óbidos lagoon and Nazaré. New builds come first on its menus: its listings include developments in Caldas da Rainha, Foz do Arelho, Alcobaça and Nazaré. The websites are in English, Portuguese, French and Dutch. AMI 872, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026, the lowest number on this page. It sells a “Simple Life Home Buyer” package to buyers but does not say it represents them.

Tradeoff: its stock leans to new developments, so ask about its resale record for a home like yours.

Pro Portugal

Pro-Portugal, Mediação Imobiliária, Sociedade Unipessoal Lda is based at Rua das Pedras Muitas 22 in Baleal, the surf peninsula in Peniche municipality, and says it also has offices in Óbidos and Caldas da Rainha. Its about page dates its licence to 14 March 1995, the earliest date any agency on this page gives. It lists advice on buying, investment management and custom-built projects among its services, and says it also works in Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve. The website is in English, Portuguese, French, German, Spanish and Polish. AMI 896, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It advises buyers but is not a buyer-only firm.

Tradeoff: its home base is Peniche and Baleal; for Nazaré or Alcobaça, ask about recent sales there.

Rainhavip

Rainhavip – Mediação Imobiliária, Lda has its office at Largo Conde Fontalva 6, on Caldas da Rainha’s central square near the park. It says it has worked 21 years on the coast, holds about 100 properties and specialises in second homes, focusing on São Martinho do Porto, Foz do Arelho, Caldas, Óbidos, Peniche, Alcobaça and Rio Maior. Its listings range from country villas and beach houses to small farms, homes near golf and flats. The website is in Portuguese, English and French. AMI 6716, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It says it follows buyers from the first viewing to after the sale, but it does not say it represents them.

Tradeoff: it is a Caldas town agency serving Portuguese and foreign clients alike, so international marketing reach varies by listing.

Spencer Becks Estate Agents

Spencer Becks trades through Sea2Serra Estate Agents, Lda, the name IMPIC holds for its licence; the website shows only the brand. The office is at Avenida Marginal 26i on the São Martinho do Porto seafront. Its founder, Valerie Becks, moved to Portugal in 2010 after working in property in the UK and Canada. It lists homes in Alcobaça, Alfeizerão, Caldas da Rainha, Foz do Arelho, Óbidos, São Martinho and Salir do Porto, from apartments and townhouses to renovation projects and land, and offers seller valuations. The website is in English, Dutch, French, German and Portuguese. AMI 13722, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It does not say it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: the company name on your contract will be Sea2Serra, not Spencer Becks; check it matches the licence.

Tagus Property

Tagus Property is run by LX Chasseur Immobilier, Lda, whose registered seat is in Azeitão, near Setúbal. It has no Silver Coast office: the coast is covered from its Lisbon office on Avenida da Liberdade by François Berck, its Silver Coast agent and property finder, across Óbidos, Bom Sucesso, Foz do Arelho, São Martinho, Nazaré, Peniche and Caldas. It works in French, Portuguese and English, and its Silver Coast guide gives indicative prices from under €1,200/m² inland to over €4,000/m² on golf resorts and premium seafront. AMI 13266, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It says it supports both buyers and owners and runs a property-hunter service, so ask which side it acts for.

Tradeoff: one agent covers the coast from Lisbon, with a French-speaking focus.

TOPcasas

TOPcasas is the trading name of Constantino Gomes – Mediação Imobiliária, Lda, at Rua Fernando Quaresma 1 in Foz do Arelho. Founded in September 2004, it calls itself the first licensed agency office in Foz do Arelho; it joined the estate agents’ association APEMIP in 2004 and the British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in 2005. It is owned and managed by Richard Gomes, a former bank mortgage specialist, and says it focuses on non-resident clients. Besides sales it offers construction financing, valuations, energy certificates and interior design. The website is in Portuguese, English and French. AMI 6305, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It sets out how it works with buyers but does not say it represents them.

Tradeoff: its licence is registered in Montijo, south of Lisbon, not at the Foz do Arelho office.

Villas Luz

Villas Luz – Sociedade Mediação Imobiliária, Lda has its head office at Rua Prof. Manuel José António 3A, Caldas da Rainha, and brands itself “Foz do Arelho – S. Martinho”; a portal profile also lists a São Martinho do Porto seafront office. It says it has been licensed since 1999. It sells across the Silver Coast and beyond, from building plots near Foz do Arelho to seaside villas in Peniche, and says it opens every day. The website is in Portuguese, French and English. Its website shows no AMI number; IMPIC lists AMI 3728 for the company at the same Caldas address (checked by name, 11 October 2026). It does not say it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: its listings stretch to the Algarve and the north, and its licence number isn’t on its website.

West Coast Portugal

West Coast Portugal is run by John Sugden, Lda, whose licence is registered in Lumiar, Lisbon. Its chief executive is Guiomar Julião Sugden, who says she has more than 30 years in marketing and sales. It sells beach, golf and town homes and new developments in Caldas da Rainha, Foz do Arelho, Salir do Porto and São Martinho do Porto, and offers mortgage brokerage through a partner, project management and a design consultancy. The website is in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese. AMI 20826, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026; the site’s hidden page data shows a different number, 20430, which IMPIC doesn’t recognise. It does not say it represents buyers.

Tradeoff: it publishes no office address, so arrange where to meet before a valuation.

Buyer’s agents covering the Silver Coast

A buyer’s agent works only for the buyer and takes no listings, so these firms help buyers, not sellers. For a seller, a buyer’s agent is someone who may bring a buyer to your listing agency. Get any fee in writing. See buyer’s agents in Portugal.

Goldcrest

Goldcrest is the trading name of Golden Solstice – Lda, a buyer-only agency headquartered at Avenida 24 de Julho 4 in Lisbon, with offices in Porto and the Algarve. It publishes a Silver Coast page that names Nazaré, Caldas da Rainha and Óbidos and says it represents only the buyer’s interests. The website is in English. AMI 23310, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It does not publish its fees, and its Silver Coast page describes agent commission as a percentage of the price while also saying a buyer’s agent doesn’t earn on the sale price, so ask exactly how and by whom it is paid.

Tradeoff: it has no Silver Coast office; viewings are run from Lisbon.

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, and says it takes no commission from the selling side, so the buyer pays it directly. The website is in English. AMI 26180, verified on IMPIC, 11 October 2026. It does not publish its fees, so ask for a written proposal and whether it charges for travel. It suits a buyer still choosing between the Silver Coast and another region who wants one adviser across both.

Tradeoff: it is based in the Algarve, about 330 km by road from Óbidos.

Portugal House Hunters

Portugal House Hunters says: “As independent buyer’s agents, we’re entirely on your side.” It is based in Palmela, south of the Tagus, and covers the Silver Coast as well as Lisbon, the Costa Azul, the Alentejo and the Algarve. It works with a partner network speaking English, Portuguese, Dutch and German, and its website, in English and Dutch, reflects a focus on Dutch buyers. The website shows AMI 18470, which IMPIC lists for eXp Global Portugal, Lda, a national agency network, verified 11 October 2026; it does not name its own company. Fees are not published, so ask for them in writing.

Tradeoff: it works under a network’s licence, so confirm which company will sign your contract.

Other firms active on the Silver Coast

Other firms active on the Silver Coast that we haven’t profiled yet include ERA Peniche Óbidos (Avenida Monsenhor Bastos, Peniche), Century 21 Porta Sim (AMI 7367, Caldas da Rainha), SeaProperty (AMI 22511, Ferrel; Portuguese-language website), James West Real Estate (Caldas da Rainha) and Casas&Properties (Nazaré). Divine Home (AMI 11606) lists Óbidos homes from an Algarve base, and Portugal Sotheby’s International Realty sells West Cliffs homes from its Lisbon office. We’ll add firms once we’ve confirmed their licence and English-language service. You can check any agency yourself on the IMPIC website.

What does selling cost on a €350,000 house or a €750,000 resort villa?

The seller pays the agent; the buyer pays IMT (property transfer tax), stamp duty and the deed. Commission is worked at 5% plus 23% VAT.

Cost the seller pays	€350,000 house	€750,000 resort villa	Basis
Commission at 5%	€17,500	€37,500	Negotiable; typical range about 3–6%
VAT on commission at 23%	€4,025	€8,625	Charged on the agent’s fee
Commission including VAT	€21,525	€46,125	Paid at the deed
Each point of commission, with VAT	€4,305	€9,225	1% × price × 1.23
Energy certificate	about €150–350	about €150–350	Typical; required before advertising
Early repayment fee on €150,000 still owed	€750 (variable) or €3,000 (fixed)	€750 or €3,000	0.5% or 2% caps, Decree-Law 74-A/2017, only if the loan contract provides
IMT, stamp duty, deed and registration	€0	€0	Paid by the buyer

The buyer’s tax shapes your buyer pool. Since 25 May 2026 a buyer who is not tax resident in Portugal pays IMT at a flat 7.5% (Decree-Law 97/2026). On the €350,000 house that is €26,250, against €15,300.11 for a resident buying a second home, so €10,949.89 more; on the €750,000 villa it is €56,250 against €45,000. A buyer who becomes resident within two years can claim the difference back. See the IMT calculator.

Capital gains tax. Non-residents are taxed on 50% of the gain at progressive rates of 12.5% to 48%, with no withholding at the deed; the old flat 28% rate no longer applies. Commission and the purchase taxes you paid reduce the gain. Use the selling calculator, and see selling as a non-resident, selling as a US resident, UK residents selling and Dutch residents selling.

How to choose an agent to sell on the Silver Coast

• Check the licence and the company. The AMI number on your contract must belong to the company that signs it. Most agencies here trade under a different company name (Spencer Becks is Sea2Serra, for example), and several licences are registered near Lisbon or Setúbal rather than on the coast.
• Pick the agency that sells your town. Prices differ sharply within a short drive: asking prices in Vau are €3,654/m² against €2,178 in Caldas town. Ask for completed sales within a few kilometres, not listings.
• Ask about resort rules. If your home is in a golf resort, ask the resort management whether it is in a licensed tourist development; if so, the promissory contract and deed must carry extra documents. See selling a resort apartment. From 1 October 2026 the deed must also state whether a habitation licence exists (Decree-Law 108/2026); see unlicensed works.
• Negotiate commission in euros. Use the cost table above, and see estate agent commission.
• Keep exclusivity short. The contract must state its duration and commission (Lei 15/2013, article 16); with no stated duration it lasts six months. Under exclusivity, commission is owed if the sale fails through your fault (article 19(2)); simple exclusivity does not stop you selling to a buyer you found yourself (Supreme Court, 12 April 2023).
• Selling from abroad. You can sign the CPCV (promissory contract) and the deed through a power of attorney (procuração); see selling with a power of attorney.

See also costs of selling, where to buy in Portugal and the national agents list. Moving here rather than selling? See relocation agents on the Silver Coast.

Key points

• There is no official ranking of estate agents on the Silver Coast. This list covers 10 agencies and 3 buyer’s agents, grouped by type and alphabetical, not ranked, each with an AMI licence checked on IMPIC on 11 October 2026.
• Match the agency to the town: Engel & Völkers Oeste for the golf resorts, TOPcasas for Foz do Arelho, Portugal Agent for Nazaré, Pro Portugal for Peniche and Baleal, and the São Martinho agencies for the bay.
• Homes sold for a median €1,876/m² (Alcobaça) to €2,656/m² (Nazaré) in the 12 months to June 2026, 38–54% of the Cascais median; Foz do Arelho asking prices are down 15.5% on a year.
• Buyers with a tax address abroad paid 12.6% to 53.8% more per square metre than buyers based in Portugal.
• Commission of 5% plus VAT is €21,525 on a €350,000 house and €46,125 on a €750,000 villa; each point is worth €4,305 or €9,225.