Our story is also
your story.
We started this practice because we lived the buying journey ourselves — and saw how poorly the Portuguese market serves international buyers.
Maya de Filippo
Maya founded The Buyer's Agent Portugal after navigating the Portuguese property market herself — first as a foreigner buying in Portugal, then as someone watching friends and clients fall into the same traps. The market is structured around sellers. Without independent representation, buyers are negotiating against professionals while having no one in their corner.
With a background in international relations, business development, and property investment, Maya combines analytical rigour with deep local knowledge across the Algarve, Lisbon, and beyond. Her approach is methodical, transparent, and uncompromising on the one thing that matters: representing the buyer.
The buying journey shouldn't be a guessing game. Every client deserves someone whose loyalty is structurally aligned with theirs.
Joe Pyke — Co-founder & Partner
Joe brings a complementary perspective to the practice. With years of experience in property finance and project management, he leads on the technical side of every acquisition: structuring, due diligence, mortgage coordination, and the operational execution that takes a deal from offer to escritura without surprises.
Together, Maya and Joe represent a small number of serious buyers at any one time. The exclusivity is intentional — it allows us to give every client the attention the work requires.
What distinguishes our practice
Exclusivity by design
We accept a limited number of clients per year. This is not a volume practice — it is a relationship one. Every brief receives the attention the decision requires.
A network you can trust
Lawyers, mortgage brokers, surveyors, tax advisors, FX specialists, architects — vetted, briefed, and held to a standard. We've made the introductions wrong before. We don't anymore.
Skin in the game
We've bought property here. We've renovated. We've dealt with the câmara, the notary, the bank. The judgment we bring is earned, not theoretical.
We measure ourselves not by transactions closed but by the decisions our clients did not have to regret. That is the only meaningful goalpost in this work.
The professionals behind every acquisition
Lawyers
Independent Portuguese property lawyers handling title, contracts, and registration.
Mortgage brokers
Specialists in non-resident mortgages — multiple lenders, brokered competitively.
Surveyors
Structural, environmental, and condition reporting for any property under offer.
Tax advisors
Cross-border tax planning for residents, non-residents, and corporate structures.
FX specialists
Currency exchange and transfer services with rates well below high-street banks.
Architects & builders
For renovation, expansion, or off-plan purchases — pre-vetted and project-managed.
We work exclusively for buyers.
If you're considering Portugal, the first conversation is free and there's no sales pitch — just a frank discussion of your brief.