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New homes in Amarante

132.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
311
Per 1,000 residents
5.9

Homes licensed for construction in Amarante

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

  • Amarante
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodAmarante
Aug 2026311
Jul 2026308
Jun 2026313
May 2026310
Apr 2026287
Mar 2026263
Feb 2026206
Jan 2026237
Dec 2025264
Nov 2025276
Oct 2025254
Sep 2025275
Aug 2025254
Jul 2025263
Jun 2025241
May 2025245
Apr 2025241
Mar 2025233
Feb 2025230
Jan 2025199
Dec 2024162
Nov 2024148
Oct 2024143
Sep 2024134
Aug 2024121
Jul 2024121
Jun 2024119
May 2024127
Apr 2024133
Mar 2024131
Feb 2024124
Jan 2024136
Dec 2023129
Nov 2023129
Oct 2023132
Sep 2023117
Aug 2023117
Jul 2023102
Jun 202399
May 202386
Apr 202370
Mar 202374
Feb 202370
Jan 202355
Dec 202277
Nov 202287
Oct 2022103
Sep 2022102
Aug 2022107
Jul 2022108
Jun 2022116
May 2022117
Apr 2022139
Mar 2022135
Feb 2022144
Jan 2022147
Dec 2021149
Nov 2021140
Oct 2021130
Jul 2021160
Apr 2021151
Jan 2021148
Oct 2020151
Sep 2020146
Aug 2020134
Jul 2020126
Jun 2020119
May 2020116
Apr 2020113
Mar 2020132
Feb 2020131
Jan 2020119
Dec 201992
Nov 201987
Oct 201993
Sep 201988
Aug 201992
Jul 201994
Jun 2019105
May 2019109
Apr 2019100
Mar 201984
Feb 201989
Jan 2019106
Dec 2018108
Nov 2018108
Oct 2018103
Sep 2018102
Aug 201898
Jul 201897
Jun 201889
May 201883
Apr 201896
Mar 201895
Feb 201889
Jan 201866
Dec 201763
Nov 201767
Oct 201767
Sep 201784
Aug 201789
Jul 201785
Jun 201781
May 201780
Apr 201770
Mar 201765
Feb 201769
Jan 201773
Dec 201675
Nov 201674
Oct 201680
Sep 201664
Aug 201663
Jul 201664
Jun 201665
May 201672
Apr 201673
Mar 201676
Feb 201679
Jan 201684
Dec 201589
Nov 201593
Oct 201590
Sep 201596
Aug 201592
Jul 201595
Jun 201590
May 201584
Apr 201580
Mar 201583
Feb 201579
Jan 201573
Dec 201477
Nov 201478
Oct 201473
Sep 201471
Aug 201472
Jul 201470
Jun 201473
May 201477
Apr 201484
Mar 201490
Feb 201490
Jan 201490
Dec 201386
Nov 201395
Oct 201399
Sep 2013103
Aug 2013104
Jul 2013105
Jun 2013106
May 2013105
Apr 2013100
Mar 2013102
Feb 2013101
Jan 2013101
Dec 2012100
Nov 201286
Oct 201287
Sep 201279
Aug 201283
Jul 201282
Jun 201289
May 201291
Apr 201296
Mar 201288
Feb 201297
Jan 2012105
Dec 2011118
Nov 2011126
Oct 2011128
Sep 2011124
Aug 2011112

Homes finished and licensed each year in Amarante

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
2025135264
202473162
202369129
20229277
202192149
2020112156
20198192
201851108
20178163
20169275
20156989
20146177
20139486
2012121100
2011210118
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.6

Who built the homes finished in Amarante

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
202550.4%49.6%0.0%0.0%135
202411.0%89.0%0.0%0.0%73
202337.7%62.3%0.0%0.0%69
202241.3%58.7%0.0%0.0%92
202118.5%81.5%0.0%0.0%92
202051.8%46.4%0.0%1.8%112
201959.3%40.7%0.0%0.0%81
201827.5%72.5%0.0%0.0%51
201744.4%55.6%0.0%0.0%81
201617.4%80.4%0.0%2.2%92
201526.1%73.9%0.0%0.0%69
201414.8%85.2%0.0%0.0%61
201313.8%86.2%0.0%0.0%94
201211.6%86.8%0.8%0.8%121
201114.8%81.4%1.4%2.4%210

Homes finished in Amarante, 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
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20257.4%29.6%59.3%3.7%135
20246.8%13.7%71.2%8.2%73
20232.9%14.5%78.3%4.3%69
20221.1%21.7%71.7%5.4%92
20213.3%10.9%76.1%9.8%92
20200.9%26.8%67.9%4.5%112
20191.2%7.4%80.2%11.1%81
20182.0%9.8%80.4%7.8%51
20172.5%8.6%77.8%11.1%81
20161.1%9.8%82.6%6.5%92
20152.9%7.2%84.1%5.8%69
20143.3%6.6%72.1%18.0%61
20131.1%9.6%64.9%24.5%94
20120.0%6.6%76.0%17.4%121
20113.3%8.1%68.6%20.0%210

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 Amarante

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,245/m² and €1,643/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,444/m²
Chance of a rise
62%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €134,370. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €510 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
24%
Payment, one income
48%

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
€436
Owning per month
€382

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 6.4% less than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −0.2%.

Gap today
−6.4%
Change in a year
−6.2 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Tâmega e Sousa: Amarante has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 17.8% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−17.8%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 13 times since 2014. The deepest began in June 2015.

Deepest fall
−12.0%
Recovery from the low
3 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 148 while 135 homes were finished: 1.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.1
Population change, 2025
+148

Empty homes

12.7% of the 29,418 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.7%
Empty homes
3,741

Renovation

In 2025, 31% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
31%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €7.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €7.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€7.6M
Per resident, 2025
€144

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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