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Past price cycles in Alijó

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2020. The deepest began in March 2024.

Deepest fall
−36.4%
Recovery from the low
Not yet

Prices in Alijó and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in August 2020.

  • Alijó
  • Portugal
  • 100 = August 2020
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PeriodAlijóPortugal
Sep 2026121.8161.1
Aug 2026119.6160.0
Jul 2026112.6160.2
Jun 2026114.9160.2
May 2026117.9159.6
Apr 2026110.7159.6
Mar 2026105.2158.4
Feb 2026115.2156.7
Jan 2026125.1155.3
Dec 2025134.9153.7
Nov 2025144.9152.8
Oct 2025143.9150.8
Sep 2025145.0149.4
Aug 2025145.6148.9
Jul 2025139.5148.3
Jun 2025147.5146.6
May 2025147.2144.3
Apr 2025141.3143.1
Mar 2025140.4141.3
Feb 2025138.7139.5
Jan 2025135.9137.4
Dec 2024137.7135.7
Nov 2024139.2133.6
Oct 2024146.0132.2
Sep 2024153.0131.5
Aug 2024159.7131.0
Jul 2024158.6130.9
Jun 2024162.9129.8
May 2024164.9129.1
Apr 2024165.2127.3
Mar 2024165.5126.3
Feb 2024151.1125.3
Jan 2024136.7124.7
Dec 2023122.4123.1
Nov 2023107.9122.0
Oct 202393.7120.2
Sep 202398.8119.3
Aug 202393.5119.0
Jul 202396.7119.4
Jun 202390.8119.3
May 202389.9118.2
Apr 202391.8117.7
Mar 202393.5116.6
Feb 202389.9116.0
Jan 202386.1115.3
Dec 202282.5114.7
Nov 202286.0114.5
Oct 202279.5112.7
Sep 202281.8112.1
Aug 202281.4111.9
Jul 202286.0111.7
Jun 202279.9111.7
May 202280.7111.5
Apr 202282.7110.9
Mar 202284.3111.0
Feb 202286.7110.5
Jan 202286.9110.0
Dec 202179.9109.9
Nov 202183.5109.6
Oct 202186.3108.9
Sep 202183.7107.6
Aug 202181.2107.2
Jul 202178.8106.8
Jun 202176.2105.8
May 202172.6105.2
Apr 202176.0104.6
Mar 202179.4104.6
Feb 202182.1104.2
Jan 202184.7104.5
Dec 202087.4103.8
Nov 202092.1103.0
Oct 202096.7101.7
Sep 202096.7100.5
Aug 2020100.0100.0

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
August 2020May 2021−27.4%930
March 2024March 2026−36.4%24Not 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 Alijó

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €824/m² and €1,284/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,054/m²
Chance of a rise
88%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €44,280. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €168 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
8%
Payment, one income
17%

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
€313
Owning per month
€155

New homes

4.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
7
Per 1,000 residents
0.7

Foreign buyers

Figures for Douro: Alijó has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−31.0%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 63 while 7 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
7
Population change, 2025
−63

Empty homes

13.3% of the 8,672 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
13.3%
Empty homes
1,150

Renovation

In 2025, 35% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
35%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
29.4

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.1M
Per resident, 2025
€111

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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