You already know that foreigners are major investors in the real estate market in Portugal, both for buying and renting. So, if you work in this sector, you may well receive an email like this: "I'm looking for 1BHK apartment. Fully furnished. Brokers excuse. What is your asking price?". You would be paralyzed to realize that you have no command of English. But calm down, you don't have to be an expert in the language to understand the request. And we're here to make it easier for you.

What this potential client is looking for is the price of an apartment with one bedroom, living room and kitchen, fully furnished and without any intermediation. It could even be one of the properties you have advertised on idealista, but you find yourself at a loss as to how to respond.

If you're a real estate agent or a private seller - the landlord - and you want to close the deal with a foreign buyer or tenant, we've prepared a guide with the most common real estate terms and expressions in English, useful for renting or selling apartments and houses.