Mortgages for Israelis buying in Portugal
Real pre-approval.Personally yours.
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You upload.
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We package.
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You're pre-approved.
No fee for borrowersPre-approval is non-bindingPowered by a network of licensed Portuguese mortgage brokers
The Portuguese mortgage process wasn't built for you.
You found the apartment in Cascais. The bank wants forty-something documents in Portuguese, apostilled, dated within the last thirty days, and packaged in an order nobody bothered to write down. Your accountant in Tel Aviv has never seen the form they're asking for. The broker your friend recommended has called twice and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the seller is talking to the next buyer.
Banks ask for forty documents to underwrite a foreigner. They ask for twelve to underwrite a local.
How it works
Four steps. Mostly ours.
You give us the basics once. We handle the cross-border paperwork. You compare pre-approved offers.
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Start online, from Israel
Set up your file from your couch. Tell us about the property, your income, and your situation. The whole pre-approval runs online; you only travel to Portugal at the very end, for closing.
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We tell you exactly what's needed
A clear checklist of what Portuguese banks expect from an Israeli applicant: payslips, your annual income summary (טופס 106), Israeli bank statements, and a credit report. You upload them once, in one place. We tell you what's still missing. You don't have to piece it together yourself.
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We translate and package
Every document translated into Portuguese and laid out in the format Portuguese banks expect to receive. The file leaves us ready to read, not ready to be sent back for reformatting.
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You're matched, you get offers
We route your packaged file to a licensed Portuguese broker from our network: the one whose approval profile fits yours best. They take it to the banks. You compare the pre-approved offers that come back. No commitment until you choose to move forward.
What you get
A real pre-approval, on a timeline that fits the deal.
Days, not months.
- Most cross-border pre-approvals take eight to twelve weeks of back-and-forth. Ours run on a clock measured in days because the collection, translation, and Portuguese-bank packaging happen in parallel. We already know what Portuguese banks expect from an Israeli file.
One file, built for both sides.
- We read Israeli payslips, annual income summaries (טופס 106), Israeli bank statements, and credit reports as first-class inputs, and package them in the format Portuguese banks expect to receive. Far less back-and-forth than starting from scratch on your own.
The broker most likely to say yes.
- Every broker has a different bank stable and a different underwriting style. Instead of guessing, we route your file to the broker whose approval profile matches yours.
You focus on the deal. We handle the paperwork.
- Cross-border mortgages turn into a part-time job: chasing translations, reformatting tax forms, calling your accountant at eight in the evening to explain a Portuguese form. That's the part we do. You focus on the apartment, the move, the family. What matters.
Why Corridor
The three ways to get a Portuguese mortgage as an Israeli.
Only one of them was built for you.
| Criterion | Going direct to a Portuguese bank | A generic expat broker | Corridor |
|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-end digital process | No | No | Yes |
| Built for Israeli files | No | No | Yes |
| Documents translated and packaged | No | Sometimes, at a cost | Yes, included |
| Broker network | None (one bank) | Their bank stable | Matched to your file |
| Time to pre-approval | 2–4 months | 6–10 weeks | Days |
| In-person Portugal visit required | Yes | Often | No |
| Fee to borrower | Variable | Often charged | None |
We replace the part that was broken: the cross-border paperwork and the broker-roulette. The rest of the mortgage stays a regulated, human conversation between you and a licensed broker.
The boring (important) part
What you should expect from us, in writing.
Licensed brokers only.
Every broker in our network is a licensed Portuguese mortgage intermediary (intermediário de crédito), authorised by Banco de Portugal. We don't introduce you to anyone we wouldn't use ourselves.
Your documents are encrypted, end to end.
Documents are uploaded over a secure connection, encrypted at rest, and never shared outside the licensed broker we match you with. You can delete your file at any time.
We don't promise approval.
Pre-approval depends on the bank. We make sure your file is the strongest version of itself before it gets there. But we don't guarantee an outcome, and we don't take a fee for trying.
FAQ
Common questions, plainly answered.
No. The whole pre-approval process happens online from Israel. You'll only need to be in Portugal for the final closing, which happens after a bank has formally approved your loan.
Ready to see what you'd be approved for?
Ten-minute questionnaire. Free for borrowers. No commitment until you choose to move forward.
Your file is private. We never share it without your written approval.