Using the `Zap` - Brazil Investment Guide

Using the ‘Zap’ Portal to Search
for Brazilian Property and Land
This short guide’s aim is to provide translation assistance for effective usage of the biggest property and land portal in
Brazil: Zap. Please also take the time to see an interview with André Molinari, CEO of the company by
clicking here. We have outlined the basic terminology of the site below. For anything that is not understood please
use our Brazil Real Estate and Land Investors Dictionary and/or feel free to contact is at:
info@brazilinvestmentguide.com.
You will note that, in addition to Brazilian property, the ‘Zap’ website also offers car sales, job searches and other services. Upon arrival at the home page, to head to the property portal click in the orange section ‘imóveis’.
Milhares de anúncios de imóveis em um só lugar encontre seu imóvel venda ou alugue seu imóvel digite o código do anúncio
Millions of property advertisements in one place
Find your property
Sell or rent your property
Many of the properties and plots of land advertised are are found in regional newspapers (such as the
Estado São Paulo and the Globo) – a code would be
found at the end which can be entered into this box to enable direct access
BUSCA RÁPIDA
eu quero
comprar
alugar
alugar por temporada
QUICK SEARCH
I want
To buy
To rent
Temporary rent
o que
tipo
Apartamento Padrão
Cobertura
Kitchenette
Conjugado
Casa de Condomínio
Casa de Vila
Casa Padrão
Loteamento / Condomínio
Tereno Padrão
Chácara
Fazenda
Haras
Sítio
‘What’ (description)
Type
Standard Apartment
‘Penthouse’ type apartment (on the top level of a
multi-storey building)
Usually very small space with single / double bed
and simple kitchen area
Studio apartment
Condominium House (as part of a complex,
usually gated)
Villa Styled House
Standard House
A plot of land that is located within a larger space:
an increasingly popular option for selfhomebuilders and investors looking to buy and
hold plots of land for capital gains
Standard plot of land
Small plot of land used for agricultural purposes
(there may also be a small shed or basic house)
Farm
Stable (usually with a large plot of land attached)
Modest sized rural plot of land often used for
leisure purposes and/or small scale agriculture
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Flat
Box / Garagem
valor (R$) quartos / dts
área mín
Also known as ‘apart hotels’ – as the name suggests,
apartments that have several facilities often found in hotels (including a bar, a restaurant, a gym, cleaning / laundry
services)
Small industrial space (often used for storage) / Garage
Value – up to 3 million Reais (R$)
Bedrooms
Minimum area (in m²)
localizado em
estado localidade
cidade
bairro
Located in
State (the Zap! service deals with real estate and land in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do
Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Sergipe)
Locality
City
Suburb
LANÇAMENTOS
PRONTOS PARA MORAR
PRÉ-LANÇAMENTOS
EM OBRAS
Real estate launches
Ready to live new build properties
Real estate pre-launches
Currently in construction
Foram encontrados x,xxx resultados para sua busca por:
Odenar resultado por
Anunciante
Área Data
There have been x,xxx search results found
Order results as per:
Advertisement
Area
Date
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Distrito / Bairro
Quartos
Suítes
Vagas
Valor veja também imóveis para alugar
District / Suburb
Bedrooms
Suites / Living Spaces
Car Park Spaces
Value
Also look at properties to rent
On the left hand side of the page above are a list of the various types of criteria to select from and it is possible to
start a new search via ‘nova busca’.
Note that at the time of writing this guide, it is not possible for overseas property buyers to receive properties of
interest via email (‘avise-me de novos imóveis por e-mail’); save selected advertisements (‘salvar anúncios selecionados’) and register for alerts via SMS (‘cadastrar alertas via SMS’).
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