Savvy Cat Realty started in 2020 and is a Buyer and Relocation agency, providing clients with a complete service that includes visas, location, rental, purchase, investment, and renovation and construction support to future owners and tenants in Portugal.


Their expert team consists of 10 members who are service-orientated and cover the whole of continental Portugal and who have lived in the area for 10-plus years so they know the area inside out. Their team also has contracted legal support who verify everything so you have that extra peace of mind with all legal matters.


Ana told The Portugal News: “I started Savvy Cat due to a combination of factors; my family has a very long history with real estate as my grandfather was a big real estate investor. On my father’s side, we also have some real estate investment but my father did not like doing the management side of it. He thought I had the right profile so I started dealing with a lot of it for my family. On top of that, I have three judges in the family so I was made aware of how things work from a practical and legal perspective.”


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Prioritising Integrity


Ana went on to explain, “The Portuguese real estate market is a mess with many conflicts of interest. I wanted to counter a lot of the problems that come up because of the way that agencies work, with one of the big problems in Portugal being the absence of buyer agents.

“Buyer agents aren’t really regulated and many withhold information to make a sale faster. It is also so common for us to come across properties that are illegal and for agencies to be selling it as legal, There are many things we verify for our clients, especially in rural areas.”

Savvy Cat Realty prioritises integrity and transparency, with Ana affirming that “Expats are often taken advantage of due to not knowing how the Portuguese market works but we go against that. We do not have a portfolio to sell meaning we do not operate based on commissions, all our services have fixed prices. We avoid conflicts of interest so we never represent both the buyer and the seller.

“We want to make sure our clients know exactly what they are getting into and offer resident tours and not from a tourist perspective because those can be two very different things. We want to make sure they are making a good deal.”


The Future of Savvy Cat


Ana told The Portugal News that “Up until now I have been in the structuring phase in order to get everything truly right and to be able to take on more clients. From now on we will be in an expansion phase, I am definitely planning on growing the team even more and having full coverage of the whole country.”

For more information and to get in touch, please visit https://www.savvycatrealty.com or email contact@savvycatrealty.com.