Is this property fairly priced? And what does it actually cost you — really?
Hidden fees, shifting visa rules, tax traps — most buyers only find out once they've signed. Outpost lays it all out for you before.
- Price vs comparable local sales
- Real total cost breakdown
- Your rights as a foreign buyer
Free Quick Check · $9 First Look · full Dossier $49 once.
Built on official registries & national statistics — not estimates
- GBHM Land RegistryPrice Paid Data
- FRDVF · CeremaNotarial transactions
- ESINE · RegistradoresPrice index
- PTINE · Conf. ImobiliárioPrice index
- GRBank of Greece · ELSTATPrice index
- TRTÜİK · AFADPrice + seismic
Plus OpenStreetMap geocoding, Eurostat benchmarks & live exchange rates
Why Outpost exists
Cross-border property is a minefield of small print
The price isn't the price.
Transfer taxes, notary fees, legal costs, stamp duty. Foreign buyers pay 6–10% on top of the listed price — in fees they didn't budget for.
average hidden purchase cost
The rules just changed. Again.
Spain's Golden Visa: abolished April 2025. Portugal's NHR: replaced. Spain's proposed 100% non-EU surcharge. The landscape shifts faster than any blog can track.
major rule changes in 12 months
intent-filtered sections in every dossier
Living and investing are different maths.
That Algarve flat with 'Airbnb potential' might need an AL licence that no longer exists. That French farmhouse? French inheritance law may override your will. Intent changes everything.
intent-filtered sections in every dossier
How it works
From listing to full picture in 30 seconds
Enter the property
Paste a listing URL (Rightmove, Idealista, SeLoger, Imovirtual, Sahibinden) or type any address. We identify the property, country and region automatically.
Price analysis vs local comps
Real market position against verified comparable sales — not the agent's pitch.
Real total cost breakdown
Transfer taxes, stamp duty, notary, legal, registration — the number you'll actually spend.
Rights, risks, and your intent
Foreign ownership rules, visa implications, tax obligations, known traps — filtered for what you actually want.
Why a dossier
Know before you buy — not after
Most cross-border buyers fly blind or trust the seller's agent. A dossier puts the facts on your side.
| Outpost dossier | Buying blind | Local agent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real price vs. local index | ✓ | ✕ | ~ |
| Taxes & fees a foreigner pays | ✓ | ✕ | ~ |
| Legal & title risk flagged | ✓ | ✕ | ~ |
| Rental / yield outlook | ✓ | ✕ | ~ |
| Whose side are they on? | Yours — unbiased | — | Seller's |
| Cost | Free Quick Check | Costly mistakes | Commission baked in |
Kadıköy · İstanbul
- Verdict
- Caution
- Price vs index
- In line w/ index
- Foreign-buyer taxes
- ≈4% transfer + fees
- Title risk
- Quake + short-let law
- Est. rental yield
- ≈8.3% gross / 5.2% net
See for yourself
Exactly what you get — every section, before you buy
Your dossier has 11 sections. Here's what each one tells you — the real numbers are computed live for your property when you run it.
Outpost Report
01 — Price Analysis
Whether the asking price is fair, vs comparables (FR/GB) or a price-index benchmark (ES/PT/TR).
Example — Lisbon worked sample
Area median
€4,200/m²
Est. value
€312,000
vs. asking
−4.2%
02 — True Cost Breakdown
The all-in acquisition cost: listing price + every tax and fee for the buyer’s origin.
Example — Lisbon worked sample
- IMT + IS€21,340
- Legal + notary + registration€4,890
- True total cost€351,230
03 — Legal & Risk
Ownership rights and the legal red/amber/green flags attached to this property type.
04 — For You Specifically
How buying rights, mortgage access and visa pathways change for this buyer’s nationality.
05 — Local Intelligence
Specific local regimes by city/postcode: okupa zones, AL/PEUAT containment, DPE ban, leasehold tail risk.
06 — Rental ROI
unlocks with your dossierLong-term and short-term rental returns, net of non-resident tax, with licence status.
07 — Lifestyle & Practical
Healthcare, education, transit, safety scores (1-5) and cost-of-living index (London=100).
08 — Intent Analysis
Tailors the read to the stated intent — living vs investing.
09 — Before You Sign
The pre-contract checks to clear before paying a deposit (links to the full checklist tool).
10 — Solicitor Connect
Hand-off to an independent verified solicitor to take the purchase forward.
Quick demo
What actually happens when you click Analyse
Paste any listing URL
Rightmove, Idealista, SeLoger, Imovirtual, Sahibinden — or type the address. We geocode it, identify the country and pull the right registry feeds.
We pull real comparable sales
Weighted-median price-per-m² against verified registry transactions within an adaptive radius. Confidence score shown for every estimate.
You get a full dossier in 30 seconds
Price intelligence, true total cost, rental analysis, country-specific legal context for your nationality, financing paths, next steps. PDF export.
Straight answer
What Outpost is — and what it isn't
Outpost is
- An independent pre-purchase dossier: price vs real comparable sales, the true all-in cost, and the legal flags a foreign buyer misses.
- Built on official sources — land registries, statistics offices, tax authorities — with every claim cited so you can verify it.
- A second opinion in your own language, before you sign anything.
Outpost is not
- An estate agent. We sell nothing but the analysis and take commission from no one — so the verdict has no reason to flatter the listing.
- Legal or investment advice. The dossier prepares you for your lawyer; it never replaces one, and it never promises a return.
- A listings portal. You bring the property — we interrogate it.
Built for you if…
- You're buying in a country whose language, taxes or property law aren't yours.
- You're comparing markets from abroad and need numbers, not brochures.
- You want the risks on the table before the flight, the deposit, or the signature.
Not for you if…
- You're a local pro who already knows the registry, the notary and the tax code.
- You want someone to find you a property — we analyse the one you found.
- You're looking for guaranteed returns. Nobody honest sells those, including us.
No signup, no card — see how it thinks before you pay anything.
Country intelligence
Switch your intent — see how every country shifts
United Kingdom
Living there
Advantages
- No restrictions for foreign buyers
- NHS access after residency
- Strong expat community
Watch-outs
- No residency rights from purchase alone
- Leasehold trap — always verify title
- Non-resident SDLT surcharge (+2%)
Country intelligence is updated continuously. Regulations change — last updated May 2026.
Regulatory pulse
What just changed for foreign buyers
The rule changes that move deals — dated, by market. We track these so a year-old blog doesn't cost you.
- ESVisaApr 2025· Spain
Spain ends the Golden Visa
Residency-by-investment was abolished in April 2025 — buying property no longer grants Spanish residency.
- FRRentalJan 2025· France
France bans renting DPE-G homes
From January 2025 the worst energy-rated (G) homes can't be let; F follows in 2028, E in 2034.
Free guide
The 7-point checklist for buying property abroad
Taxes, title risk, real price vs. local index, residency — the things that catch foreign buyers out. Free, straight to your inbox.
Questions
Everything people ask before they trust Outpost
Who is Outpost for?
International buyers — individuals, family offices and small advisory firms — purchasing residential, commercial, land or mixed-use property in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal or Türkiye.
What's the difference between the free Quick Check, the $9 First Look and the $49 Dossier?
The Quick Check is free — a price-vs-comparables headline for one property. The $9 First Look is a one-page grounded read: the area's price level, the recent rule and tax changes that affect buyers there, and whether the market is rising or cooling, with real sources. The $49 Dossier is the full report — true all-in cost, legal rights and risks, rental ROI, local intelligence and cited sources. Start free, step up to $9 when you're curious, and get the $49 dossier when you're serious.
How does the property analysis work?
Paste a listing URL or address. We geocode it, pull comparable sales from official registries, compute the true all-in cost, model rental yield, and overlay country-specific legal context for your nationality.
Which countries does Outpost cover?
Five live: United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal and Türkiye. Italy, Greece and Cyprus arrive in 2026.
Where does the data come from?
HM Land Registry, DVF Cerema, INE Spain + Catastro, INE Portugal, Tapu ve Kadastro for Türkiye, Eurostat, OpenStreetMap. Where official registries do not publish individual transactions, AI estimates fill the gap — always labelled.
What does it cost?
Free quick check on one property. $49 for a full dossier. $129/mo or $1,290/yr Investor for unlimited dossiers. $1,500 Concierge per closed transaction.
What if I am not happy with the dossier?
If you have not opened or downloaded the dossier, you get a full refund within 14 days. Concierge is a flat service fee — fully refundable within 14 days if we have not started work.
Still have questions? We read every email.
hello@outpostabroad.com →Outpost is the diligence layer for cross-border property.
We don't sell you a listing. We don't take a commission. We give you the same view of a foreign deal that a local would have — comps, true cost, legal context, financing paths, fraud red flags — in one dossier, before you ever sign.
6 countries live
UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Türkiye — each with country-specific tax tables, ownership rules and process timelines.
6 property types
Flats, houses, shops, offices, land, mixed-use — each with its own legal context and financing logic.
No conflicts of interest
We don't list properties, take agency fees, or earn commission. Our only revenue is from you, so our only loyalty is to you.
1 free check on any property. No card required.