APEMIP
Published 8 November 2026, 22:53
APEMIP — Associação dos Profissionais e Empresas de Mediação Imobiliária de Portugal (association of estate agencies)
The country's largest association of estate agencies and independent property brokers. It represents the market in dealings with the state, trains brokers and regularly publishes assessments of prices and demand, which are what the press quotes. Agencies are supervised not by APEMIP but by IMPIC, which keeps the register of brokers and issues the AMI licence.
Where you come across it. News about house prices and market forecasts; conversations about agents, commissions and how a sale works.
Membership is voluntary: an agency that is not a member is breaking no rules, and being a member is no substitute for the AMI licence, which is what you should check in the IMPIC register. It is also worth remembering whose voice this is: the association's assessments are the sellers' view, while sales and prices are measured by INE.
Official website: apemip.pt