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New homes in Braga

6.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
808
Per 1,000 residents
3.8

Homes licensed for construction in Braga

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

  • Braga
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBraga
Aug 2026808
Jul 2026821
Jun 2026799
May 2026840
Apr 2026824
Mar 2026768
Feb 2026820
Jan 2026900
Dec 2025931
Nov 2025957
Oct 2025804
Sep 2025739
Aug 2025772
Jul 2025824
Jun 2025942
May 2025998
Apr 20251,039
Mar 20251,010
Feb 20251,027
Jan 20251,043
Dec 20241,048
Nov 20241,084
Oct 20241,113
Sep 20241,165
Aug 20241,105
Jul 20241,057
Jun 2024996
May 2024918
Apr 2024919
Mar 20241,037
Feb 20241,048
Jan 20241,029
Dec 20231,076
Nov 20231,076
Oct 20231,130
Sep 20231,150
Aug 20231,214
Jul 20231,228
Jun 20231,184
May 20231,208
Apr 20231,171
Mar 20231,054
Feb 20231,019
Jan 2023928
Dec 2022850
Nov 2022836
Oct 2022869
Sep 2022803
Aug 2022794
Jul 2022840
Jun 2022795
May 2022836
Apr 2022849
Mar 2022869
Feb 2022850
Jan 2022862
Dec 2021902
Nov 2021903
Oct 2021806
Jul 2021779
Apr 2021845
Jan 2021828
Oct 2020963
Sep 2020974
Aug 2020891
Jul 2020942
Jun 20201,016
May 2020956
Apr 2020921
Mar 2020933
Feb 2020998
Jan 20201,112
Dec 20191,075
Nov 20191,037
Oct 2019993
Sep 20191,074
Aug 20191,119
Jul 20191,095
Jun 20191,078
May 20191,120
Apr 20191,152
Mar 20191,150
Feb 20191,081
Jan 2019999
Dec 2018937
Nov 2018931
Oct 2018937
Sep 2018870
Aug 2018827
Jul 2018802
Jun 2018740
May 2018648
Apr 2018605
Mar 2018596
Feb 2018562
Jan 2018512
Dec 2017515
Nov 2017499
Oct 2017466
Sep 2017425
Aug 2017442
Jul 2017437
Jun 2017414
May 2017427
Apr 2017409
Mar 2017395
Feb 2017384
Jan 2017369
Dec 2016332
Nov 2016327
Oct 2016318
Sep 2016289
Aug 2016229
Jul 2016223
Jun 2016207
May 2016206
Apr 2016186
Mar 2016187
Feb 2016185
Jan 2016199
Dec 2015207
Nov 2015188
Oct 2015215
Sep 2015213
Aug 2015224
Jul 2015222
Jun 2015225
May 2015201
Apr 2015201
Mar 2015186
Feb 2015191
Jan 2015187
Dec 2014183
Nov 2014184
Oct 2014150
Sep 2014144
Aug 2014136
Jul 2014133
Jun 2014133
May 2014138
Apr 2014140
Mar 2014144
Feb 2014126
Jan 2014138
Dec 2013130
Nov 2013129
Oct 2013147
Sep 2013161
Aug 2013162
Jul 2013175
Jun 2013250
May 2013253
Apr 2013271
Mar 2013271
Feb 2013297
Jan 2013339
Dec 2012420
Nov 2012416
Oct 2012416
Sep 2012420
Aug 2012428
Jul 2012426
Jun 2012542
May 2012560
Apr 2012546
Mar 2012574
Feb 2012566
Jan 2012517
Dec 2011482
Nov 2011516
Oct 2011544
Sep 2011521
Aug 2011504

Homes finished and licensed each year in Braga

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
20251,011931
20246351,048
20235621,076
2022921850
2021776902
2020648881
20195491,075
2018320937
2017203515
2016158332
2015184207
2014220183
2013309130
2012808420
2011664482
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.8

Who built the homes finished in Braga

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
202566.5%31.0%1.9%0.7%1,011
202444.7%55.0%0.2%0.2%635
202370.8%29.0%0.2%0.0%562
202257.1%42.5%0.4%0.0%921
202157.9%40.2%1.9%0.0%776
202072.7%25.9%0.3%1.1%648
201952.6%41.7%0.9%4.7%549
201848.4%50.0%1.3%0.3%320
201734.0%65.5%0.5%0.0%203
201625.9%73.4%0.0%0.6%158
201537.0%56.0%6.5%0.5%184
201428.2%71.8%0.0%0.0%220
201330.4%67.6%0.0%1.9%309
201228.1%71.9%0.0%0.0%808
201114.0%85.8%0.2%0.0%664

Homes finished in Braga, 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
202516.3%19.2%57.4%7.1%1,011
20249.6%7.7%66.8%15.9%635
202318.9%18.0%55.0%8.2%562
202210.2%16.2%59.2%14.4%921
20216.8%17.0%62.2%13.9%776
202010.2%13.7%57.7%18.4%648
20199.5%13.1%61.6%15.8%549
20183.1%14.1%64.1%18.8%320
20171.0%6.9%58.6%33.5%203
20160.0%6.3%62.7%31.0%158
20154.9%9.2%56.5%29.3%184
20149.5%20.5%42.7%27.3%220
20133.2%15.2%51.8%29.8%309
201223.5%16.1%41.1%19.3%808
20119.3%11.4%39.2%40.1%664

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 Braga

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,595/m² and €2,881/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,738/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €183,960. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €698 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
26%
Payment, one income
51%

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
€781
Owning per month
€694

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 17.2% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +21.5%.

Gap today
+17.2%
Change in a year
−4.3 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 16.2% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+16.2%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2011. The deepest began in January 2012.

Deepest fall
−24.4%
Recovery from the low
49 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 255 while 1,011 homes were finished: 0.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.3
Population change, 2025
+255

Empty homes

8.8% of the 88,623 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.8%
Empty homes
7,772

Renovation

In 2025, 11% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
11%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
5.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €2.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €16.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.4M
Per resident, 2025
€11

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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