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Calheta (R.A.M.) · report

New homes in Calheta (R.A.M.)

8.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
49
Per 1,000 residents
4.2

Homes licensed for construction in Calheta (R.A.M.)

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

  • Calheta (R.A.M.)
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCalheta (R.A.M.)
Aug 202649
Jul 202648
Jun 202654
May 202660
Apr 202662
Mar 202660
Feb 202661
Jan 202665
Dec 202574
Nov 202577
Oct 202583
Sep 202580
Aug 202584
Jul 202587
Jun 202584
May 202583
Apr 202583
Mar 202583
Feb 202585
Jan 202591
Dec 202490
Nov 202491
Oct 202487
Sep 202490
Aug 202478
Jul 202476
Jun 202474
May 202471
Apr 202469
Mar 202468
Feb 202461
Jan 202453
Dec 202352
Nov 202352
Oct 202352
Sep 202349
Aug 202354
Jul 202354
Jun 202355
May 202358
Apr 202358
Mar 202354
Feb 202358
Jan 202360
Dec 202255
Nov 202255
Oct 202255
Sep 202253
Aug 202250
Jul 202249
Jun 202252
May 202247
Apr 202245
Mar 202250
Feb 202249
Jan 202247
Dec 202148
Nov 202147
Oct 202144
Jul 202151
Apr 202153
Jan 202143
Oct 202048
Sep 202043
Aug 202045
Jul 202039
Jun 202041
May 202039
Apr 202040
Mar 202042
Feb 202047
Jan 202046
Dec 201946
Nov 201944
Oct 201944
Sep 201948
Aug 201947
Jul 201952
Jun 201951
May 201955
Apr 201951
Mar 201953
Feb 201950
Jan 201951
Dec 201850
Nov 201853
Oct 201848
Sep 201836
Aug 201845
Jul 201839
Jun 201835
May 201830
Apr 201839
Mar 201831
Feb 201827
Jan 201835
Dec 201732
Nov 201725
Oct 201735
Sep 201746
Aug 201731
Jul 201743
Jun 201740
May 201738
Apr 201738
Mar 201739
Feb 201739
Jan 201739
Dec 201637
Nov 201637
Oct 201636
Sep 201629
Aug 201627
Jul 201628
Jun 201630
May 201629
Apr 201631
Mar 201630
Feb 201628
Jan 201622
Dec 201525
Nov 201525
Oct 201520
Sep 201519
Aug 201525
Jul 201517
Jun 201515
May 201516
Apr 201510
Mar 201510
Feb 20159
Jan 201510
Dec 201411
Nov 201411
Oct 201416
Sep 201411
Aug 201414
Jul 201419
Jun 20147
May 201422
Apr 201424
Mar 20145
Feb 201430
Jan 201431
Dec 20138
Nov 201332
Oct 201329
Sep 20138
Aug 201333
Jul 201321
Jun 201315
May 201333
Apr 201319
Mar 201321
Feb 201330
Jan 201318
Dec 201219
Nov 201230
Oct 201218
Sep 201228
Aug 201231
Jul 201231
Jun 201232
May 201230
Apr 201236
Mar 201238
Feb 201239
Jan 201240
Dec 201141
Nov 201138
Oct 201141
Sep 201137
Aug 201132

Homes finished and licensed each year in Calheta (R.A.M.)

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
20254974
20244090
20234052
20224255
20213948
20203444
20194246
20183350
20172332
20162237
20151724
20142111
20133223
20124322
20114141
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.2

Who built the homes finished in Calheta (R.A.M.)

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
202514.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%49
202410.0%90.0%0.0%0.0%40
202315.0%85.0%0.0%0.0%40
20227.1%92.9%0.0%0.0%42
202120.5%79.5%0.0%0.0%39
202017.6%82.4%0.0%0.0%34
201919.0%78.6%2.4%0.0%42
201815.2%84.8%0.0%0.0%33
201713.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%23
201613.6%86.4%0.0%0.0%22
20155.9%94.1%0.0%0.0%17
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%21
20139.4%90.6%0.0%0.0%32
201225.6%74.4%0.0%0.0%43
201117.1%82.9%0.0%0.0%41

Homes finished in Calheta (R.A.M.), 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
20256.1%24.5%63.3%6.1%49
20242.5%20.0%65.0%12.5%40
20232.5%22.5%60.0%15.0%40
20220.0%21.4%76.2%2.4%42
20215.1%20.5%69.2%5.1%39
202011.8%32.4%55.9%0.0%34
201911.9%42.9%42.9%2.4%42
201821.2%27.3%45.5%6.1%33
201713.0%26.1%47.8%13.0%23
201622.7%31.8%27.3%18.2%22
20155.9%35.3%47.1%11.8%17
20144.8%23.8%61.9%9.5%21
201312.5%31.3%50.0%6.3%32
20129.3%30.2%55.8%4.7%43
201112.2%9.8%48.8%29.3%41

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 Calheta (R.A.M.)

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €4,647/m² and €5,422/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€5,035/m²
Chance of a rise
98%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €219,510. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €833 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
39%
Payment, one income
78%

Buy or rent

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
€547
Owning per month
€589

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 80.6% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +101.6%.

Gap today
+80.6%
Change in a year
−21.0 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região Autónoma da Madeira: Calheta (R.A.M.) 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 once since 2015. That fall began in August 2015.

Deepest fall
−16.3%
Recovery from the low
31 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 69 while 49 homes were finished: 1.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.4
Population change, 2025
+69

Empty homes

18.7% of the 7,630 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
18.7%
Empty homes
1,427

Renovation

In 2025, 9% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
9%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

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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