Whether buying off-plan in Portugal is safe depends on the project, and the public record differs a lot between projects. Of the 25 projects we track, 4% publish a permit or licence number, 0% state deposit protection and 2 are past the first handover date on record.
We found 25 developer claims contradicted by another source out of 218 tested. This page reports facts; it is not a rating of any company.
Delivery record#
2 of 25 projects are past the first handover date on record (median 22 months). 10 projects have a first handover date more than six months in the past, the group used for the on-time odds on the delay index.
Dated promises (handover, construction start, permits): 24 tracked, 0 kept, 3 broken, 4 moved to a later date, 15 still ahead. How promises are tracked.
What developers make public#
| Check | Public | Confirmed by register or independent source |
|---|---|---|
| Permit or licence number | 4% (1) | 2 |
| Deposit protection | 0% (0) | 0 |
| Construction progress | 20% (5) | 8 |
| Site or floor plans | 56% (14) | 0 |
| Developer track record | 60% (15) | 8 |
| No guaranteed-return language | 88% (22) | 1 |
What protects a buyer#
The protections that exist on paper only help if the project uses them: a permit you can look up, payments into an escrow or protected account in the project name, and payments tied to construction milestones you can verify. 1 rules of Portugal law, quoted from the official text. How to check a project in Portugal.
Questions and answers#
Is it safe to buy off-plan property in Portugal?
It depends on the project. Of 25 projects tracked by Kolaboro in Portugal, 4% publish a permit number, 0% state deposit protection and 2 are past the first handover date on record (data of 5 November 2026).
How often are off-plan handovers in Portugal late?
2 of 25 tracked projects are past the first handover date on record, median 22 months.
How many developer claims in Portugal turned out to be contradicted?
25 of 218 tested claims (11%) were contradicted by a register or independent source.
Are you the developer, or did we get something wrong? Send documents and we add your reply or correct the record: right of reply · corrections. Every figure here is computed from the open dataset (/data/bali-cases.json, CC BY 4.0) and changes when the data changes.