“It will be wonderful to welcome our clients to our new office. We will have more space and it will be easier to find our location”, says Christer Hellman, director of Fastighetsbyrån Algarve - Lagos.
Fastighetsbyrån is a Swedish estate agency with over 250 franchised offices in Sweden, Portugal and Spain. The office in Lagos opened two years ago and the business has steadily grown larger and larger in this short time. It mainly depends on the growing interest by Swedes who want to settle down on the Algarve coast.
The main reasons for the Swedes interest is the climate, tax benefits and good connections to and from Sweden.
“We have noticed that more and more Swedes and Scandinavians have started to take an interest in Portugal. There are a lot of articles written about Portugal and the benefits of moving here in Swedish media and the rumour about amazing Algarve and Lagos is spreading faster than we could imagine,” says Christer.
The number of employees have increased from three to nine to meet the clients’ demand and there might be more to come as Christer Hellman talks about the agency’s future.
“We have many interesting projects in the pipeline that will most likely attract even more clients who want to buy or sell properties through us. So we are expecting to grow even bigger”, he said.
When asked the question whether they should change their name to something that most people who don´t speak Swedish can pronounce and understand, Christer Hellman answered:
“I agree, it is a bit difficult to pronounce our company name but we don´t mind whatever you call it. The most important thing for us is that our clients get the best service we can offer, something that we already offer them today. The difference will be that we can now offer it in a fantastic environment, too.”

For more information Tel: +46 (0)8 412 012 30 / (+351) 282 782 024 or visit: fastighetsbyran.se/algarve