Two competing mortgage folders opened side by side with unreadable printed tables.

Your starting point

Compare what you would pay across different assumptions. A calculator helps you explore a scenario; only a lender can assess an application and offer credit.

Compare mortgage offers on a consistent amount and term, including charges and linked products. Use the steps below to organise a decision, not to infer an official approval, a guaranteed price or a universal deadline.

Work through the decision

Comparing Mortgage Offers — a diagram of the key planning steps
Planning diagram. The same steps are described in the text below.
01

Align assumptions

Use the same borrowing amount, duration and repayment type for each comparison.

02

Read the FINE

Examine the standardised information, total costs, insurance and any associated-product conditions.

03

Check flexibility

Ask about changes, early repayment and what happens when a promotional or fixed period ends.

Adapt this to your circumstances

Keep citizenship, current residence, household needs and the location of the home separate in your notes. Ask the responsible authority, institution or qualified professional to confirm any requirement that affects your situation. A checklist used by another household may not apply to yours.

Sources and checks

Banco de Portugal — mortgage interest rates — an official starting point for this topic. The relevant page, its scope and effective date must be checked before a consequential decision.

No market prices, eligibility thresholds or legal deadlines have been invented for this guide. Dates in personal planning tools are suggestions or values you supply.

Make it practical

Open the Mortgage Scenario Calculator to keep the information you collect with your own assumptions, notes and next actions.

Open Mortgage Scenario Calculator

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