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Past price cycles in Alcoutim

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2018. The deepest began in May 2018.

Deepest fall
−33.1%
Recovery from the low
32 months

Prices in Alcoutim and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in March 2018.

  • Alcoutim
  • Portugal
  • 100 = March 2018
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PeriodAlcoutimPortugal
Sep 2026160.6206.4
Aug 2026161.6205.1
Jul 2026161.9205.2
Jun 2026154.1205.3
May 2026153.5204.5
Apr 2026156.3204.5
Mar 2026157.4202.9
Feb 2026152.5200.8
Jan 2026149.3199.0
Dec 2025151.9196.9
Nov 2025154.1195.8
Oct 2025156.0193.3
Sep 2025157.5191.4
Aug 2025166.2190.7
Jul 2025161.2190.0
Jun 2025158.0187.9
May 2025157.6184.8
Apr 2025160.1183.3
Mar 2025158.7181.1
Feb 2025157.5178.7
Jan 2025154.9176.0
Dec 2024155.0173.9
Nov 2024149.0171.2
Oct 2024148.6169.4
Sep 2024154.0168.5
Aug 2024148.1167.9
Jul 2024144.6167.8
Jun 2024141.1166.4
May 2024136.0165.5
Apr 2024130.9163.1
Mar 2024125.9161.9
Feb 2024120.8160.6
Jan 2024115.8159.7
Dec 2023111.4157.7
Nov 2023107.1156.3
Oct 2023102.3154.0
Sep 2023106.7152.8
Aug 2023111.0152.5
Jul 2023115.4153.0
Jun 2023124.8152.9
May 2023119.5151.5
Apr 2023119.6150.8
Mar 2023120.8149.4
Feb 2023118.8148.7
Jan 2023116.9147.7
Dec 2022113.5147.0
Nov 2022109.9146.7
Oct 2022116.2144.4
Sep 2022107.4143.6
Aug 2022110.4143.4
Jul 2022108.6143.2
Jun 2022108.9143.1
May 2022105.3142.9
Apr 2022101.9142.1
Mar 202299.9142.2
Feb 2022100.4141.6
Jan 2022105.6140.9
Dec 2021110.4140.8
Nov 2021102.7140.4
Oct 2021103.7139.6
Sep 2021108.2137.9
Aug 2021105.4137.3
Jul 2021102.7136.8
Jun 2021100.0135.6
May 2021100.4134.8
Apr 2021100.8134.1
Mar 2021101.2134.0
Feb 2021101.4133.6
Jan 2021100.1133.9
Dec 2020104.5133.1
Nov 2020101.6132.0
Oct 2020100.0130.3
Sep 202098.5128.8
Aug 202096.9128.1
Jul 202092.4127.4
Jun 202087.9128.0
May 202083.2128.5
Apr 202078.7129.2
Mar 202075.1127.9
Feb 202074.8127.0
Jan 202077.1125.6
Dec 201979.6126.4
Nov 201981.9125.7
Oct 201984.1125.4
Sep 201989.4125.2
Aug 201990.5125.3
Jul 201990.5125.4
Jun 201988.8123.5
May 201989.4120.6
Apr 201990.6118.0
Mar 201994.3116.7
Feb 201997.8115.2
Jan 201995.4114.0
Dec 201898.0113.7
Nov 2018100.5112.8
Oct 2018102.6111.4
Sep 2018104.6108.9
Aug 2018110.8106.8
Jul 2018110.5106.5
Jun 2018111.3104.2
May 2018111.9103.2
Apr 2018101.6101.0
Mar 2018100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
May 2018February 2020−33.1%2132
October 2022November 2022−5.4%12
June 2023October 2023−18.0%45
September 2024October 2024−3.5%12
August 2025January 2026−10.2%5Not yet

Portugal against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Portugal
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodPortugalEU
Q2 2026301.4168.6
Q1 2026291.0166.5
Q4 2025280.2164.6
Q3 2025269.4163.5
Q2 2025258.8161.0
Q1 2025247.1158.5
Q4 2024235.7156.2
Q3 2024228.9155.1
Q2 2024220.7152.7
Q1 2024212.5149.8
Q4 2023211.3148.9
Q3 2023208.5149.1
Q2 2023204.7148.2
Q1 2023198.6147.6
Q4 2022195.9148.7
Q3 2022193.8150.9
Q2 2022188.3149.6
Q1 2022182.6146.2
Q4 2021176.0143.2
Q3 2021171.3140.2
Q2 2021166.4136.0
Q1 2021161.7132.1
Q4 2020157.7129.8
Q3 2020153.6128.1
Q2 2020154.3126.3
Q1 2020151.7124.4
Q4 2019146.1122.7
Q3 2019143.7121.5
Q2 2019140.7119.8
Q1 2019137.1117.6
Q4 2018132.3116.8
Q3 2018129.7115.9
Q2 2018128.5114.2
Q1 2018125.6112.3
Q4 2017121.1111.2
Q3 2017119.6110.4
Q2 2017115.5108.8
Q1 2017111.9106.9
Q4 2016109.6106.1
Q3 2016108.3105.4
Q2 2016106.9103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015101.8101.1
Q3 2015100.7100.8
Q2 2015100.699.8
Q1 201596.998.3

Bank valuations go back to 2011, so they include the fall after the euro crisis; asking prices start in 2015. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Alcoutim

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,103/m² and €1,362/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,232/m²
Chance of a rise
70%

Affordability

Figures for Algarve: Alcoutim has no reliable figures of its own.

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €91,440. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €347 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
16%
Payment, one income
32%

Buy or rent

Figures for Algarve: Alcoutim has no reliable figures of its own.

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
€986
Owning per month
€1,054

New homes

13.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
3
Per 1,000 residents
1.2

Foreign buyers

Figures for Algarve: Alcoutim has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 25.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+25.0%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 10 while 3 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
3
Population change, 2025
−10

Empty homes

15.8% of the 3,595 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
15.8%
Empty homes
568

Renovation

In 2025, 20% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
20%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €799.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €1.6M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€799.4K
Per resident, 2025
€324

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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