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Castro Daire · report

New homes in Castro Daire

4.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
25
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes licensed for construction in Castro Daire

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

  • Castro Daire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCastro Daire
Aug 202625
Jul 202633
Jun 202635
May 202635
Apr 202634
Mar 202634
Feb 202636
Jan 202638
Dec 202537
Nov 202538
Oct 202537
Sep 202537
Aug 202537
Jul 202526
Jun 202524
May 202525
Apr 202524
Mar 202522
Feb 202520
Jan 202517
Dec 202419
Nov 202417
Oct 202417
Sep 202421
Aug 202420
Jul 202419
Jun 202419
May 202419
Apr 202422
Mar 202423
Feb 202423
Jan 202423
Dec 202320
Nov 202321
Oct 202322
Sep 202313
Aug 202318
Jul 202321
Jun 202316
May 202319
Apr 202321
Mar 202314
Feb 202320
Jan 202323
Dec 202221
Nov 202226
Oct 202226
Sep 202225
Aug 202224
Jul 202225
Jun 202227
May 202231
Apr 202233
Mar 202234
Feb 202230
Jan 202228
Dec 202126
Nov 202127
Oct 202127
Jul 202131
Apr 202123
Jan 202123
Oct 202028
Sep 202025
Aug 202028
Jul 202030
Jun 202031
May 202031
Apr 202029
Mar 202031
Feb 202033
Jan 202032
Dec 201931
Nov 201930
Oct 201925
Sep 201932
Aug 201929
Jul 201929
Jun 201926
May 201927
Apr 201928
Mar 201927
Feb 201926
Jan 201927
Dec 201826
Nov 201834
Oct 201837
Sep 201829
Aug 201828
Jul 201828
Jun 201831
May 201831
Apr 201836
Mar 201838
Feb 201839
Jan 201840
Dec 201742
Nov 201735
Oct 201731
Sep 201730
Aug 201729
Jul 201728
Jun 201726
May 201724
Apr 201717
Mar 201715
Feb 201712
Jan 201711
Dec 20168
Nov 20169
Oct 20169
Sep 201611
Aug 201612
Jul 201611
Jun 201615
May 201616
Apr 201619
Mar 201622
Feb 201623
Jan 201624
Dec 201526
Nov 201526
Oct 201528
Sep 201527
Aug 201526
Jul 201525
Jun 201527
May 201526
Apr 201516
Mar 201527
Feb 201519
Jan 20159
Dec 201424
Nov 201415
Oct 201411
Sep 201424
Aug 201419
Jul 201414
Jun 201422
May 201415
Apr 201419
Mar 201418
Feb 201420
Jan 201422
Dec 201319
Nov 201319
Oct 201315
Sep 201319
Aug 201317
Jul 201320
Jun 201322
May 201324
Apr 201324
Mar 201324
Feb 201326
Jan 201324
Dec 201225
Nov 201226
Oct 201226
Sep 201225
Aug 201224
Jul 201225
Jun 201225
May 201224
Apr 201225
Mar 201226
Feb 201227
Jan 201231
Dec 201136
Nov 201137
Oct 201142
Sep 201139
Aug 201139

Homes finished and licensed each year in Castro Daire

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
20251937
20243819
20231620
20222424
20212126
20201925
20192631
20182126
20172442
2016128
20151626
20143417
20132019
20128025
20115536
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.4

Who built the homes finished in Castro Daire

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
202515.8%84.2%0.0%0.0%19
20240.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%38
20230.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%16
20228.3%91.7%0.0%0.0%24
20210.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%21
20205.3%94.7%0.0%0.0%19
20190.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%26
20184.8%95.2%0.0%0.0%21
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%24
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20156.3%93.8%0.0%0.0%16
201414.7%85.3%0.0%0.0%34
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%20
20122.5%97.5%0.0%0.0%80
20110.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%55

Homes finished in Castro Daire, 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
202510.5%10.5%52.6%26.3%19
20247.9%7.9%57.9%26.3%38
20230.0%12.5%68.8%18.8%16
20220.0%20.8%58.3%20.8%24
20210.0%0.0%76.2%23.8%21
202010.5%5.3%57.9%26.3%19
20193.8%3.8%61.5%30.8%26
20184.8%19.0%52.4%23.8%21
20170.0%8.3%70.8%20.8%24
201616.7%16.7%50.0%16.7%12
20156.3%12.5%31.3%50.0%16
20145.9%23.5%58.8%11.8%34
201310.0%15.0%45.0%30.0%20
20123.8%30.0%47.5%18.8%80
20115.5%20.0%56.4%18.2%55

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 Castro Daire

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €654/m² and €929/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€791/m²
Chance of a rise
40%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €65,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €250 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
12%
Payment, one income
23%

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
€430
Owning per month
€231

Foreign buyers

Figures for Viseu Dão Lafões: Castro Daire 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%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2018. The deepest began in April 2019.

Deepest fall
−19.9%
Recovery from the low
31 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 5 while 19 homes were finished: 0.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.3
Population change, 2025
+5

Empty homes

12.4% of the 12,917 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.4%
Empty homes
1,599

Renovation

In 2025, 37% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
37%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
19.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €38.8K of housing works here in 2025, and €741.7K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€38.8K
Per resident, 2025
€3

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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