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Castelo Branco district · report

New homes in Castelo Branco district

67.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
741
Per 1,000 residents
3.9

Homes licensed for construction in Castelo Branco district

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

  • Castelo Branco district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCastelo Branco district
Aug 2026741
Jul 2026687
Jun 2026673
May 2026656
Apr 2026617
Mar 2026630
Feb 2026580
Jan 2026597
Dec 2025656
Nov 2025686
Oct 2025606
Sep 2025654
Aug 2025639
Jul 2025632
Jun 2025612
May 2025622
Apr 2025646
Mar 2025608
Feb 2025636
Jan 2025576
Dec 2024491
Nov 2024506
Oct 2024481
Sep 2024404
Aug 2024436
Jul 2024419
Jun 2024329
May 2024383
Apr 2024356
Mar 2024280
Feb 2024361
Jan 2024456
Dec 2023417
Nov 2023456
Oct 2023488
Sep 2023443
Aug 2023433
Jul 2023504
Jun 2023510
May 2023486
Apr 2023586
Mar 2023621
Feb 2023558
Jan 2023504
Dec 2022535
Nov 2022471
Oct 2022523
Sep 2022521
Aug 2022485
Jul 2022431
Jun 2022462
May 2022415
Apr 2022383
Mar 2022415
Feb 2022400
Jan 2022399
Dec 2021385
Nov 2021370
Oct 2021378
Jul 2021427
Apr 2021390
Jan 2021399
Oct 2020357
Sep 2020348
Aug 2020312
Jul 2020335
Jun 2020331
May 2020346
Apr 2020420
Mar 2020406
Feb 2020407
Jan 2020386
Dec 2019359
Nov 2019372
Oct 2019419
Sep 2019381
Aug 2019411
Jul 2019476
Jun 2019421
May 2019453
Apr 2019430
Mar 2019402
Feb 2019422
Jan 2019439
Dec 2018444
Nov 2018427
Oct 2018391
Sep 2018429
Aug 2018424
Jul 2018369
Jun 2018401
May 2018362
Apr 2018350
Mar 2018345
Feb 2018394
Jan 2018356
Dec 2017337
Nov 2017418
Oct 2017407
Sep 2017364
Aug 2017376
Jul 2017359
Jun 2017326
May 2017336
Apr 2017304
Mar 2017289
Feb 2017252
Jan 2017241
Dec 2016235
Nov 2016210
Oct 2016165
Sep 2016186
Aug 2016193
Jul 2016147
Jun 2016170
May 2016175
Apr 2016139
Mar 2016162
Feb 2016170
Jan 2016156
Dec 2015157
Nov 2015153
Oct 2015153
Sep 2015147
Aug 2015150
Jul 2015147
Jun 2015141
May 2015130
Apr 2015128
Mar 2015155
Feb 2015134
Jan 2015137
Dec 2014137
Nov 2014135
Oct 2014133
Sep 2014131
Aug 2014125
Jul 2014129
Jun 2014141
May 2014162
Apr 2014174
Mar 2014161
Feb 2014167
Jan 2014155
Dec 2013168
Nov 2013161
Oct 2013168
Sep 2013168
Aug 2013178
Jul 2013187
Jun 2013178
May 2013168
Apr 2013157
Mar 2013153
Feb 2013151
Jan 2013162
Dec 2012164
Nov 2012185
Oct 2012219
Sep 2012222
Aug 2012235
Jul 2012250
Jun 2012273
May 2012287
Apr 2012328
Mar 2012335
Feb 2012360
Jan 2012372
Dec 2011382
Nov 2011368
Oct 2011358
Sep 2011343
Aug 2011307

Homes finished and licensed each year in Castelo Branco district

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
2025475656
2024442503
2023316457
2022322503
2021299385
2020284403
2019347375
2018256428
2017169363
2016186227
201596162
2014110134
2013255165
2012354167
2011453381
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.5

Who built the homes finished in Castelo Branco district

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
202570.3%29.5%0.0%0.2%475
202460.9%39.1%0.0%0.0%442
202345.6%54.4%0.0%0.0%316
202245.7%54.3%0.0%0.0%322
202142.5%57.2%0.3%0.0%299
202045.1%48.6%6.3%0.0%284
201957.6%42.1%0.3%0.0%347
201861.3%35.9%2.7%0.0%256
201759.2%40.2%0.6%0.0%169
201662.9%33.9%3.2%0.0%186
201514.6%84.4%1.0%0.0%96
201422.7%77.3%0.0%0.0%110
201328.6%71.4%0.0%0.0%255
201229.1%68.4%2.5%0.0%354
201132.0%68.0%0.0%0.0%453

Homes finished in Castelo Branco district, 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
202517.5%23.6%39.8%19.2%475
20244.3%24.7%55.4%15.6%442
202317.4%17.1%44.0%21.5%316
202210.6%13.7%50.3%25.5%322
20214.0%19.4%53.8%22.7%299
202011.6%21.8%46.1%20.4%284
201914.7%17.9%47.6%19.9%347
201812.5%26.6%37.5%23.4%256
201714.8%22.5%43.2%19.5%169
201625.3%30.1%31.7%12.9%186
20156.3%12.5%45.8%35.4%96
20143.6%19.1%45.5%31.8%110
20137.8%22.0%40.0%30.2%255
201210.7%17.2%39.0%33.1%354
20114.6%19.4%39.5%36.4%453

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 Castelo Branco district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €970/m² and €1,171/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,070/m²
Chance of a rise
76%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Castelo Branco district has no reliable figures of its own.

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €205,020. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €778 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
31%
Payment, one income
63%

Buy or rent

Figures for Portugal: Castelo Branco district has no reliable figures of its own.

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
€878
Owning per month
€715

Foreign buyers

Figures for Portugal: Castelo Branco district has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 33.5% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+33.5%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2015. The deepest began in January 2024.

Deepest fall
−8.7%
Recovery from the low
6 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 611 while 475 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.3
Population change, 2025
+611

Empty homes

13.7% of the 152,205 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
13.7%
Empty homes
20,805

Renovation

In 2025, 16% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
16%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.4

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €21.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €44.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€21.5M
Per resident, 2025
€114

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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