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.”
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.