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Point your camera. Know who you are dealing with.
Every member and every accredited professional has a seal with a QR code. Clients scan it and see, in real time, whether the membership or accreditation is active.
Point your camera at the code printed on the APMLS Seal. It opens this check with the code already filled in.
The code is printed beside the QR, in the form APMLS-00012. The digits alone are enough — the “APMLS-” is optional. A membership certificate reference works too.
If you do not have the seal to hand, search for the company, agency or agent by name.
What APMLS confirms in each case
A professional who is not a member may be licensed and do good work. The difference is that APMLS has no data to confirm it and cannot take complaints about them.
* Data standards assessment: APMLS reviews whether the listings and data the professional shares on the MLS follow the association's technical standards: complete and accurate information, up-to-date prices and status, compliant photos and documents, and personal data handled under the GDPR.
** Sharing exclusive listings: when you sell, your property reaches every professional on the MLS and their buyers, not only one agency's clients, which usually means more viewings and a fairer price. When you buy, your agent can show you other agencies' exclusive listings without you having to contact each one.
*** Advanced training: accreditation is voluntary. The professional chose to raise their professional standard and must complete a minimum number of hours of advanced training in real estate courses every two years, verified by APMLS.
**** Clean record: no final APMLS disciplinary sanction for a serious or very serious infringement in the last 24 months, for the professional and, for companies, for the agency. A complaint or case under review is not, on its own, grounds to refuse accreditation.
Every real estate broker must hold an IMPIC licence. Check it on the official portal before you sign.
Professional liability insurance is mandatory for real estate brokerage. Ask for the policy number.
Term, exclusivity and commission must be in writing. Do not sign anything you have not read.
Then no APMLS seal carries that code. If you read it on printed material, a shop window or an advertisement, that material was not issued by APMLS — and we want to know.
Let your clients verify you too.
An independent non-profit association. We set the rules of real-estate cooperation in Portugal and publicly verify who follows them.