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New homes in Arouca

6.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
69
Per 1,000 residents
3.2

Homes licensed for construction in Arouca

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

  • Arouca
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodArouca
Aug 202669
Jul 202669
Jun 202668
May 202657
Apr 202658
Mar 202657
Feb 202647
Jan 202678
Dec 202580
Nov 202580
Oct 202580
Sep 202579
Aug 202582
Jul 202580
Jun 202592
May 202599
Apr 2025106
Mar 2025111
Feb 2025110
Jan 202576
Dec 202477
Nov 202479
Oct 202481
Sep 202478
Aug 202479
Jul 202480
Jun 202468
May 202458
Apr 202449
Mar 202440
Feb 202448
Jan 202448
Dec 202346
Nov 202353
Oct 202349
Sep 202352
Aug 202352
Jul 202373
Jun 202375
May 202376
Apr 202373
Mar 202373
Feb 202368
Jan 202377
Dec 202277
Nov 202277
Oct 202279
Sep 202281
Aug 202282
Jul 202263
Jun 202262
May 202265
Apr 202267
Mar 202280
Feb 202282
Jan 202278
Dec 202179
Nov 202169
Oct 202170
Jul 202165
Apr 202164
Jan 202147
Oct 202070
Sep 202069
Aug 202076
Jul 202072
Jun 202071
May 202083
Apr 202081
Mar 202079
Feb 202080
Jan 202085
Dec 201984
Nov 201982
Oct 201965
Sep 201965
Aug 201960
Jul 201958
Jun 201957
May 201946
Apr 201946
Mar 201951
Feb 201949
Jan 201943
Dec 201842
Nov 201841
Oct 201844
Sep 201846
Aug 201846
Jul 201844
Jun 201844
May 201846
Apr 201870
Mar 201864
Feb 201865
Jan 201864
Dec 201769
Nov 201770
Oct 201766
Sep 201763
Aug 201762
Jul 201761
Jun 201761
May 201761
Apr 201736
Mar 201736
Feb 201734
Jan 201735
Dec 201628
Nov 201626
Oct 201632
Sep 201631
Aug 201630
Jul 201632
Jun 201631
May 201627
Apr 201635
Mar 201640
Feb 201644
Jan 201643
Dec 201545
Nov 201547
Oct 201541
Sep 201545
Aug 201549
Jul 201549
Jun 201551
May 201553
Apr 201542
Mar 201537
Feb 201531
Jan 201531
Dec 201429
Nov 201432
Oct 201431
Sep 201428
Aug 201427
Jul 201426
Jun 201430
May 201428
Apr 201431
Mar 201435
Feb 201438
Jan 201437
Dec 201337
Nov 201334
Oct 201336
Sep 201342
Aug 201339
Jul 201340
Jun 201336
May 201336
Apr 201337
Mar 201336
Feb 201333
Jan 201343
Dec 201249
Nov 201250
Oct 201251
Sep 201252
Aug 201255
Jul 201260
Jun 201263
May 201267
Apr 201268
Mar 201268
Feb 201274
Jan 201268
Dec 201177
Nov 201173
Oct 201173
Sep 201164
Aug 201160

Homes finished and licensed each year in Arouca

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
20252680
20244877
20233946
20224577
20213979
20202149
20192984
20184742
20173069
20163928
20152745
20143529
20134337
20126149
20117277
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.2

Who built the homes finished in Arouca

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
20257.7%92.3%0.0%0.0%26
202441.7%58.3%0.0%0.0%48
202359.0%41.0%0.0%0.0%39
202224.4%75.6%0.0%0.0%45
202148.7%51.3%0.0%0.0%39
20209.5%90.5%0.0%0.0%21
20193.4%96.6%0.0%0.0%29
201868.1%31.9%0.0%0.0%47
201730.0%70.0%0.0%0.0%30
201625.6%74.4%0.0%0.0%39
20150.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%27
201411.4%88.6%0.0%0.0%35
20134.7%95.3%0.0%0.0%43
201229.5%70.5%0.0%0.0%61
20114.2%95.8%0.0%0.0%72

Homes finished in Arouca, 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
20253.8%23.1%65.4%7.7%26
20240.0%25.0%62.5%12.5%48
20230.0%20.5%79.5%0.0%39
20226.7%17.8%68.9%6.7%45
202117.9%7.7%66.7%7.7%39
20200.0%14.3%76.2%9.5%21
20193.4%17.2%79.3%0.0%29
201819.1%29.8%48.9%2.1%47
201710.0%10.0%73.3%6.7%30
20167.7%20.5%66.7%5.1%39
201511.1%22.2%63.0%3.7%27
20145.7%14.3%65.7%14.3%35
20132.3%27.9%58.1%11.6%43
20128.2%29.5%57.4%4.9%61
20114.2%9.7%66.7%19.4%72

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 Arouca

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,196/m² and €1,640/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,418/m²
Chance of a rise
83%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €94,590. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €359 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
16%
Payment, one income
31%

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
€475
Owning per month
€332

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 14.3% less than banks value homes at.

Gap today
−14.3%

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Arouca has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.6% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.6%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2017. The deepest began in February 2024.

Deepest fall
−14.3%
Recovery from the low
11 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 27 while 26 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
26
Population change, 2025
−27

Empty homes

10.1% of the 11,157 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.1%
Empty homes
1,127

Renovation

In 2025, 21% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
21%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.7M of housing works here in 2024, and €4.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2024
€1.7M
Per resident, 2024
€81

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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