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Carregal do Sal · report

Past price cycles in Carregal do Sal

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2021. The deepest began in February 2021.

Deepest fall
−14.6%
Recovery from the low
19 months

Prices in Carregal do Sal and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in February 2021.

  • Carregal do Sal
  • Portugal
  • 100 = February 2021
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PeriodCarregal do SalPortugal
Sep 2026161.0154.5
Aug 2026166.8153.5
Jul 2026167.5153.7
Jun 2026170.4153.7
May 2026170.4153.1
Apr 2026162.6153.1
Mar 2026161.0151.9
Feb 2026157.1150.4
Jan 2026156.3149.0
Dec 2025159.1147.4
Nov 2025152.0146.6
Oct 2025145.0144.7
Sep 2025137.9143.3
Aug 2025149.2142.8
Jul 2025144.8142.3
Jun 2025148.7140.6
May 2025161.0138.4
Apr 2025150.8137.2
Mar 2025140.4135.6
Feb 2025130.0133.8
Jan 2025119.6131.8
Dec 2024120.1130.2
Nov 2024122.6128.2
Oct 2024120.6126.9
Sep 2024119.4126.2
Aug 2024113.2125.7
Jul 2024116.6125.6
Jun 2024119.9124.6
May 2024123.3123.9
Apr 2024124.9122.1
Mar 2024119.6121.2
Feb 2024114.1120.2
Jan 2024108.6119.6
Dec 2023103.7118.1
Nov 2023108.8117.0
Oct 2023111.1115.3
Sep 2023103.5114.4
Aug 2023108.6114.2
Jul 2023107.9114.6
Jun 2023106.7114.5
May 2023100.0113.4
Apr 2023104.9112.9
Mar 2023103.7111.9
Feb 2023102.6111.3
Jan 2023101.6110.6
Dec 202297.0110.1
Nov 202292.6109.8
Oct 202291.9108.1
Sep 202291.7107.5
Aug 202292.8107.3
Jul 202289.1107.2
Jun 202291.2107.1
May 202291.7107.0
Apr 202287.8106.4
Mar 202290.1106.5
Feb 202288.2106.0
Jan 202287.3105.5
Dec 202187.5105.4
Nov 202190.3105.1
Oct 202193.1104.5
Sep 202194.4103.3
Aug 202192.9102.8
Jul 202189.1102.4
Jun 202185.4101.5
May 202189.1100.9
Apr 202188.2100.4
Mar 202196.1100.3
Feb 2021100.0100.0

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
February 2021June 2021−14.6%419
April 2023May 2023−4.7%11
August 2023September 2023−4.7%11
October 2023December 2023−6.7%22
April 2024August 2024−9.3%46
May 2025September 2025−14.3%46
June 2026September 2026−5.5%3Not 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 Carregal do Sal

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €741/m² and €1,170/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€955/m²
Chance of a rise
60%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €69,660. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €264 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
11%
Payment, one income
22%

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
€416
Owning per month
€244

New homes

49.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
11
Per 1,000 residents
1.1

Foreign buyers

Figures for Viseu Dão Lafões: Carregal do Sal has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 12.5% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−12.5%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 113 while 8 homes were finished: 14.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
14.1
Population change, 2025
+113

Empty homes

17.4% of the 6,726 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
17.4%
Empty homes
1,172

Renovation

In 2025, 15% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
15%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €6.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €8.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€6.2M
Per resident, 2025
€650

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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