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New homes in Alcácer do Sal

28.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
33
Per 1,000 residents
2.8

Homes licensed for construction in Alcácer do Sal

Dwellings in new buildings licensed over the previous 12 months, at each month.

  • Alcácer do Sal
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodAlcácer do Sal
Aug 202633
Jul 202635
Jun 202634
May 202634
Apr 202636
Mar 202643
Feb 202645
Jan 202646
Dec 202538
Nov 202574
Oct 202574
Sep 202572
Aug 202572
Jul 202572
Jun 2025154
May 2025157
Apr 2025157
Mar 2025169
Feb 2025169
Jan 2025168
Dec 2024166
Nov 2024129
Oct 2024132
Sep 2024137
Aug 2024137
Jul 2024136
Jun 202452
May 202456
Apr 202456
Mar 202441
Feb 202444
Jan 202447
Dec 202348
Nov 202346
Oct 202344
Sep 202333
Aug 202338
Jul 202339
Jun 202335
May 202336
Apr 202336
Mar 202329
Feb 202331
Jan 202332
Dec 202226
Nov 202239
Oct 202244
Sep 202244
Aug 202246
Jul 202245
Jun 202244
May 202241
Apr 202243
Mar 202245
Feb 202245
Jan 202245
Dec 202143
Nov 202134
Oct 202130
Jul 202122
Apr 202128
Jan 202123
Oct 202030
Sep 202038
Aug 202038
Jul 202037
Jun 202029
May 202033
Apr 202029
Mar 202027
Feb 202030
Jan 202028
Dec 201926
Nov 201930
Oct 201927
Sep 201922
Aug 201930
Jul 201930
Jun 201922
May 201924
Apr 201934
Mar 201922
Feb 201924
Jan 201935
Dec 201822
Nov 201826
Oct 201834
Sep 201822
Aug 201822
Jul 201824
Jun 201828
May 201822
Apr 201819
Mar 201825
Feb 201820
Jan 201812
Dec 201717
Nov 201718
Oct 201711
Sep 201719
Aug 201711
Jul 201719
Jun 201720
May 201716
Apr 201718
Mar 201719
Feb 201716
Jan 201723
Dec 201624
Nov 201614
Oct 201620
Sep 201619
Aug 201614
Jul 201616
Jun 201616
May 201612
Apr 201617
Mar 201617
Feb 20168
Jan 201621
Dec 201518
Nov 20153
Oct 201525
Sep 201519
Aug 20153
Jul 201521
Jun 201521
May 20154
Apr 201521
Mar 201517
Feb 20154
Jan 201515
Dec 201411
Nov 20147
Oct 20147
Sep 20146
Aug 20149
Jul 201410
Jun 20146
May 201412
Apr 201413
Mar 201410
Feb 201416
Jan 201410
Dec 201310
Nov 201318
Oct 201315
Sep 201310
Aug 201320
Jul 201312
Jun 20138
May 201313
Apr 201310
Mar 20134
Feb 201313
Jan 201310
Dec 20127
Nov 201210
Oct 20128
Sep 201211
Aug 201210
Jul 201212
Jun 20127
May 201213
Apr 201212
Mar 201212
Feb 201215
Jan 201221
Dec 201119
Nov 201113
Oct 201128
Sep 201119
Aug 201111

Homes finished and licensed each year in Alcácer do Sal

Homes completed in new buildings (columns) against homes licensed for construction (line), each year since 2011. INE.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
20254338
202429166
20231848
20222229
20212943
20202230
20191129
20181827
2017814
20161221
20151316
201489
20131213
2012189
20112819
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.6

Who built the homes finished in Alcácer do Sal

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
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YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202560.5%39.5%0.0%0.0%43
202424.1%75.9%0.0%0.0%29
202322.2%77.8%0.0%0.0%18
202213.6%86.4%0.0%0.0%22
202127.6%69.0%3.4%0.0%29
202022.7%77.3%0.0%0.0%22
201918.2%81.8%0.0%0.0%11
201811.1%88.9%0.0%0.0%18
201737.5%62.5%0.0%0.0%8
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
201515.4%76.9%7.7%0.0%13
201412.5%87.5%0.0%0.0%8
20138.3%91.7%0.0%0.0%12
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%18
20117.1%92.9%0.0%0.0%28

Homes finished in Alcácer do Sal, by number of bedrooms

Homes completed in new buildings by number of bedrooms, as a share of each year. INE.

  • Four or more
  • Three bedrooms
  • Two bedrooms
  • Studio or one bedroom
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
202544.2%9.3%23.3%23.3%43
20246.9%13.8%37.9%41.4%29
20230.0%11.1%38.9%50.0%18
20220.0%40.9%27.3%31.8%22
20213.4%24.1%24.1%48.3%29
202018.2%13.6%40.9%27.3%22
20190.0%36.4%27.3%36.4%11
20185.6%11.1%50.0%33.3%18
20170.0%12.5%62.5%25.0%8
20160.0%33.3%41.7%25.0%12
20157.7%15.4%23.1%53.8%13
20140.0%37.5%37.5%25.0%8
201325.0%16.7%33.3%25.0%12
201211.1%5.6%38.9%44.4%18
201110.7%17.9%46.4%25.0%28

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. INE publishes licensing three months at a time, so four windows make a year.

Other reports for Alcácer do Sal

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €4,859/m² and €6,215/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€5,537/m²
Chance of a rise
83%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €176,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €668 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
28%
Payment, one income
57%

Buy or rent

Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the median sale price. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€703
Owning per month
€618

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alentejo Litoral: Alcácer do Sal has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 0.5% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+0.5%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2015. The deepest began in December 2017.

Deepest fall
−15.4%
Recovery from the low
17 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 62 while 43 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
43
Population change, 2025
−62

Empty homes

19.5% of the 8,867 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
19.5%
Empty homes
1,728

Renovation

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €4.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.2M
Per resident, 2025
€103

Data: INE, ECB and others · updated October 27, 2026

Asking prices and bank valuations are not sale prices. This is a description of public data, not financial advice.

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