Support for Property Sale in Brazil
Reviewed by Luciano Oliveira — Brazil–US attorney, LL.M., licensed in Brazil, Texas, and California. Last reviewed: July 2026.
You own a property in Brazil and want to sell it — most likely from abroad, and probably without flying back for it. This page covers how we handle that for you: the sale itself, the tax on your gain, and getting your money out of the country.
General information only, not legal advice. Laws, taxes, and registry practices in Brazil change and vary by locality; consult a qualified Brazilian attorney about your situation.
We Help You Sell Your Property in Brazil
Selling a property in Brazil involves many moving pieces. From recruiting realtors to transferring your money into your bank account abroad, our team works hard to sell your property. Our property sale support service includes everything from an initial review of your documents to the final closing and remittance of funds to you in your country of residence.
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Bundled Services
- Review property documents
- Recruit realtors
- Communicate with realtors
- Prepare a power of attorney
- Run offers by you
- Handle sale agreement
- Handle documents required for closing
- Schedule closing
- Attend closing on your behalf
- Validate transfer with currency exchange bank
- Transfer funds to you
Estimate Fees
Our professional fees for the Sale Support service are quoted up front for your sale, separately from the realtor’s fee. We handle recruiting the realtor to attend the closing and transferring the sale proceeds to you in your country of residence.
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WE HELP YOU SELL YOUR REAL ESTATE PROPERTY IN BRAZIL
See each of the steps handled by us when selling your property in Brazil:
1. Review your property documents
For a home or condo to be sold for the maximum price in Brazil, it is essential to have all the documents in good shape. We review your documents so your property can be sold for as much as possible. If documents need to be complemented, we will let you know how to do so.
2. Recruit realtors and communicate with them
Finding the right realtors in Brazil may take time and effort. You want to ensure that the right professionals are hired. We select the right realtors and handle the communication with them throughout the lifecycle of your sale.
3. Prepare a power of attorney
Real estate property sales in Brazil require a “public power of attorney” (procuração pública) to be prepared and validated. This involves many steps which we help you with:
- Drafting the POA
- Notarizing the POA
- Getting an Apostille
- Shipping the documents to Brazil
- Getting a sworn translation for the documents
- Recording the documents with the RTD registry (Registro de Títulos e Documentos)
4. Run offers by you
Any offers presented by the realtors are immediately communicated to you. We will let you know if the offer looks good or not, but it will always be your choice to accept them or not.
5. Handle sale agreement
Offers don’t result in a sale immediately. A sale agreement will define the conditions for sale such as how payments will be done, date for the closing, and more. A sale agreement also establishes how safe a transaction will be for the sellers and how easy (or difficult) will be for the transfer of funds abroad later on. We participate actively in the draft of the sale agreement so the transaction is safe for the seller and the money can be transferred to your bank account in your country of residency.
6. Handle documents required for closing
Real estate transactions in Brazil require many documents from both buyers and sellers. We ensure that the buyer is presenting all the needed documents and advise you on the documents as well. Some documents such as birth certificate or marriage certificate may need to be obtained recently in addition to the need for notarizations, apostilles, and sworn translations. We drive you through all of that so you don’t need to learn the ropes.
7. Prepare for and attend closing on your behalf
Travelling to attend closing at a data you have not control of may be a big problem for sellers living abroad. We are able to attend the closing on your behalf so you don’t need to fly to Brazil. This alone is reason enough for many sellers to hire our services.
8. Structure the money transfer with a currency exchange bank
Another major problem few sellers know about upfront is that transferring the money to their account abroad is not as easy as one would expect. Sending money abroad from Brazil involves a picky review by banks requiring a lot of paperwork and patience.
We work with currency exchange banks, which will bring two major advantages to you:
a) You will not need to worry about the red tape involved since we will handle all the requirements on your behalf
b) The exchange rate provided by currency exchange banks are better than those from regular everyday Brazilian banks.
9. Transfer funds to you
We know that the whole point of selling your property in Brazil is getting paid. Our services end up by transferring the net proceeds from the sale to your bank account abroad.
Capital gains tax when you sell
Selling at a profit is a taxable event in Brazil, and for most foreign owners this is the single biggest question. The tax falls on your gain — broadly, what you sell for minus what you paid and your allowable costs — not on the whole sale price. How much you owe depends on your tax residency and on whether you are taxed from a low-tax jurisdiction, and non-residents get far fewer reliefs than residents do. A few situations, such as reinvesting the proceeds in another Brazilian home within a set window, or a low-value sale, can reduce or remove the tax. The gain is reported and the tax settled around the time of the sale, and it must be cleared for both the title transfer and the transfer of money abroad. We estimate your tax before you commit, prepare the filing, and build it into the closing. See our guide to taxes for foreign citizens in Brazil.
Getting your money out — repatriation and the exchange transfer
For most sellers the real goal is simple: get the proceeds home. Money leaves Brazil through a registered foreign-exchange transaction, and your right to send the capital and the profit abroad rests on your original purchase having been properly recorded when the money first came in — with the Central Bank, or at least through the exchange contract and bank records from that purchase. When that trail is clean, the bank releases the funds; when it is not, the remittance and the source of the money can be questioned and the transfer stalls. We check your original inflow early, repair the record where we can, and coordinate the sale, the tax, and the transfer so your money actually reaches you.
Sell without traveling to Brazil
You do not have to fly to Brazil to sell. Most foreign owners sell through a power of attorney that lets us sign the sale deed, attend the closing, and handle the registry on your behalf; in some cases you can instead take part remotely by videoconference through e-Notariado. We advise which route fits and set it up.
Your CPF and non-resident tax filing
You need a Brazilian CPF (tax identification) to sell and to register the transfer, and as a non-resident you have reporting and collection duties on the sale. We make sure your CPF is in order and handle the filing so both the sale and the repatriation are compliant.
Selling a property you inherited
If you inherited the property, it usually cannot be sold until the estate is settled and the title is put in your name in Brazil. We handle the succession and the sale together, so you are not running two processes from abroad at once.
Getting the property sale-ready
Before a property lists well and closes cleanly, its record (the matrícula) should be clean, its taxes and condominium dues current, and its paperwork complete. We review the property records up front and clear anything that would slow or sink the sale.
Where we help foreign owners sell
We represent sellers across Brazil’s main foreign-owned markets, including:
- Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo
- Brasília
- Angra dos Reis & Paraty
- Florianópolis & the Santa Catarina coast
- Fortaleza & Jericoacoara
- Natal & Pipa
- Salvador, Trancoso & Itacaré
- Recife & Porto de Galinhas
- Maceió & Maragogi
Don’t see your city? We sell in every Brazilian state — tell us where your property is.
Common Questions
Is this in addition to the realtor’s fee?
We know from experience that representing a seller in Brazil takes substantial time and work. From drafting the power of attorney to physically attending the closing, there is a lot of work to be done. Our responsibility for ensuring your transaction is conducted as safely as possible is central to how we represent you.
Our fee is charged in addition to the realtor’s fee. Only realtors are authorized to advertised and show properties being sold in Brazil. We work along with qualified realtors to sell your propery quickly and for the highest bid possible.
How much will the realtor’s fee be?
Realtors in Brazil will customarily charge a standard market commission.
How long does it take for you to sell my property?
As anywhere else, the time required to sell a propery in Brazil will depend on the following factors: 1. how desirable the property is; 2. whether the market is a seller’s market meaning there are more buyers than sellers; and, 3. if the property is priced to sell.
For properties priced right, a sale effort usually takes a few months when priced right.
If I hire your services do I need to travel to Brazil?
No. We prepare and advise you on the power of attorney so we can handle the sale transaction in Brazil on your behalf.
How do I know the price I should ask for my home in Brazil?
We help you decide on the selling price by asking up to three realtors to provide an informal valuation of your property.
Selling a Property in Brazil?
We Can Help
Contact us to get a consultation, or
Schedule a Consultation now.
General information only, not legal advice. Laws, taxes, and registry practices in Brazil change and vary by locality; consult a qualified Brazilian attorney about your situation.