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New homes in Porto district

94.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
12,750
Per 1,000 residents
6.7

Homes licensed for construction in Porto district

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

  • Porto district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPorto district
Aug 202612,750
Jul 202612,435
Jun 202612,405
May 202612,129
Apr 202611,817
Mar 202611,828
Feb 202611,497
Jan 202611,302
Dec 202511,193
Nov 202511,124
Oct 202511,011
Sep 202510,714
Aug 202510,562
Jul 202510,178
Jun 20259,894
May 20259,942
Apr 202510,210
Mar 20259,590
Feb 20259,529
Jan 20259,406
Dec 20249,317
Nov 20249,324
Oct 20249,019
Sep 20248,973
Aug 20249,183
Jul 20249,186
Jun 20248,962
May 20248,992
Apr 20248,424
Mar 20248,440
Feb 20248,914
Jan 20248,888
Dec 20238,844
Nov 20238,799
Oct 20238,645
Sep 20238,203
Aug 20237,775
Jul 20237,655
Jun 20238,087
May 20237,797
Apr 20237,800
Mar 20237,940
Feb 20237,623
Jan 20237,789
Dec 20227,556
Nov 20227,505
Oct 20227,498
Sep 20227,658
Aug 20227,266
Jul 20227,617
Jun 20227,758
May 20227,678
Apr 20227,562
Mar 20227,247
Feb 20226,967
Jan 20226,715
Dec 20216,924
Nov 20217,067
Oct 20217,099
Jul 20216,961
Apr 20216,398
Jan 20216,285
Oct 20205,840
Sep 20205,916
Aug 20206,074
Jul 20205,864
Jun 20205,580
May 20205,373
Apr 20205,340
Mar 20205,206
Feb 20205,106
Jan 20205,111
Dec 20195,008
Nov 20195,137
Oct 20195,083
Sep 20194,785
Aug 20194,470
Jul 20194,404
Jun 20194,379
May 20194,433
Apr 20194,354
Mar 20194,204
Feb 20194,450
Jan 20194,412
Dec 20184,103
Nov 20183,792
Oct 20183,598
Sep 20183,402
Aug 20183,343
Jul 20183,184
Jun 20183,047
May 20182,887
Apr 20182,798
Mar 20182,820
Feb 20182,415
Jan 20182,122
Dec 20172,221
Nov 20172,210
Oct 20172,162
Sep 20172,056
Aug 20172,078
Jul 20172,082
Jun 20172,082
May 20172,036
Apr 20171,994
Mar 20171,946
Feb 20171,863
Jan 20171,859
Dec 20161,704
Nov 20161,662
Oct 20161,635
Sep 20161,630
Aug 20161,509
Jul 20161,459
Jun 20161,406
May 20161,326
Apr 20161,237
Mar 20161,206
Feb 20161,193
Jan 20161,135
Dec 20151,208
Nov 20151,190
Oct 20151,122
Sep 20151,094
Aug 20151,161
Jul 20151,147
Jun 20151,125
May 20151,114
Apr 20151,057
Mar 20151,040
Feb 20151,024
Jan 20151,042
Dec 2014954
Nov 2014941
Oct 2014938
Sep 2014917
Aug 2014898
Jul 2014872
Jun 20141,029
May 20141,081
Apr 20141,051
Mar 20141,145
Feb 20141,159
Jan 20141,084
Dec 20131,228
Nov 20131,253
Oct 20131,190
Sep 20131,330
Aug 20131,353
Jul 20131,351
Jun 20131,277
May 20131,305
Apr 20131,342
Mar 20131,431
Feb 20131,529
Jan 20131,512
Dec 20121,665
Nov 20121,709
Oct 20121,732
Sep 20121,761
Aug 20121,903
Jul 20121,897
Jun 20121,941
May 20122,049
Apr 20122,094
Mar 20122,132
Feb 20122,234
Jan 20122,377
Dec 20112,405
Nov 20112,473
Oct 20112,639
Sep 20112,465
Aug 20112,206

Homes finished and licensed each year in Porto 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
20256,63811,193
20245,9969,317
20235,1578,844
20223,8477,556
20214,3256,924
20203,4296,191
20191,8075,017
20181,5924,103
20171,0352,212
20161,3271,704
20159441,206
20141,325962
20131,9771,201
20122,8961,665
20114,0232,405
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.5

Who built the homes finished in Porto 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
202576.8%23.2%0.0%0.0%6,638
202474.8%25.0%0.0%0.2%5,996
202370.3%29.3%0.3%0.1%5,157
202260.5%39.3%0.1%0.1%3,847
202161.3%36.0%2.6%0.0%4,325
202065.7%34.2%0.0%0.1%3,429
201946.3%53.7%0.0%0.0%1,807
201851.5%48.4%0.1%0.0%1,592
201743.0%56.8%0.2%0.0%1,035
201645.1%51.8%2.9%0.2%1,327
201532.4%63.3%4.2%0.0%944
201436.2%58.8%4.9%0.1%1,325
201342.1%57.1%0.8%0.1%1,977
201230.4%63.1%5.3%1.2%2,896
201143.2%51.6%4.3%0.9%4,023

Homes finished in Porto 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
202526.5%29.7%36.8%7.0%6,638
202425.9%29.2%37.9%7.0%5,996
202326.3%25.4%41.9%6.5%5,157
202221.4%23.8%46.5%8.4%3,847
202126.2%23.6%41.5%8.7%4,325
202022.7%22.5%46.4%8.5%3,429
201915.2%20.3%53.8%10.6%1,807
201812.2%24.7%52.4%10.6%1,592
20177.1%19.2%61.0%12.7%1,035
201614.1%21.7%53.8%10.4%1,327
20156.3%19.0%59.1%15.7%944
20145.0%16.2%56.3%22.6%1,325
20139.6%18.9%50.4%21.1%1,977
20125.7%19.4%53.9%20.9%2,896
20117.6%22.2%54.9%15.3%4,023

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 Porto district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,962/m² and €3,368/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,165/m²
Chance of a rise
54%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Porto 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: Porto 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: Porto 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 2 times since 2015. The deepest began in June 2023.

Deepest fall
−4.8%
Recovery from the low
3 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 6,861 while 6,638 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.0
Population change, 2025
+6,861

Empty homes

10.3% of the 859,324 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.3%
Empty homes
88,641

Renovation

In 2025, 24% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
24%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.8

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €147M of housing works here in 2025, and €549.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€147M
Per resident, 2025
€77

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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