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Santarém district · report

New homes in Santarém district

63.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,171
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Homes licensed for construction in Santarém district

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

  • Santarém district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSantarém district
Aug 20261,171
Jul 20261,207
Jun 20261,180
May 20261,192
Apr 20261,164
Mar 20261,216
Feb 20261,181
Jan 20261,154
Dec 20251,191
Nov 20251,211
Oct 20251,199
Sep 20251,179
Aug 20251,163
Jul 20251,129
Jun 20251,129
May 20251,105
Apr 20251,052
Mar 2025990
Feb 2025941
Jan 2025951
Dec 2024921
Nov 2024863
Oct 2024854
Sep 2024857
Aug 2024830
Jul 2024866
Jun 2024829
May 2024840
Apr 2024853
Mar 2024799
Feb 2024824
Jan 2024819
Dec 2023777
Nov 2023811
Oct 2023845
Sep 2023851
Aug 2023799
Jul 2023801
Jun 2023828
May 2023783
Apr 2023812
Mar 2023817
Feb 2023776
Jan 2023787
Dec 2022788
Nov 2022760
Oct 2022757
Sep 2022775
Aug 2022761
Jul 2022778
Jun 2022789
May 2022737
Apr 2022728
Mar 2022745
Feb 2022726
Jan 2022748
Dec 2021795
Nov 2021727
Oct 2021728
Jul 2021673
Apr 2021659
Jan 2021627
Oct 2020653
Sep 2020659
Aug 2020636
Jul 2020644
Jun 2020673
May 2020600
Apr 2020624
Mar 2020637
Feb 2020557
Jan 2020607
Dec 2019568
Nov 2019544
Oct 2019536
Sep 2019520
Aug 2019506
Jul 2019502
Jun 2019476
May 2019511
Apr 2019524
Mar 2019490
Feb 2019468
Jan 2019505
Dec 2018472
Nov 2018443
Oct 2018497
Sep 2018454
Aug 2018438
Jul 2018462
Jun 2018434
May 2018384
Apr 2018390
Mar 2018389
Feb 2018388
Jan 2018345
Dec 2017368
Nov 2017423
Oct 2017374
Sep 2017411
Aug 2017433
Jul 2017406
Jun 2017417
May 2017442
Apr 2017426
Mar 2017474
Feb 2017467
Jan 2017459
Dec 2016478
Nov 2016443
Oct 2016425
Sep 2016443
Aug 2016432
Jul 2016416
Jun 2016423
May 2016426
Apr 2016407
Mar 2016390
Feb 2016399
Jan 2016405
Dec 2015370
Nov 2015352
Oct 2015358
Sep 2015318
Aug 2015305
Jul 2015312
Jun 2015279
May 2015257
Apr 2015272
Mar 2015244
Feb 2015236
Jan 2015239
Dec 2014232
Nov 2014231
Oct 2014238
Sep 2014227
Aug 2014227
Jul 2014228
Jun 2014236
May 2014242
Apr 2014245
Mar 2014239
Feb 2014231
Jan 2014231
Dec 2013231
Nov 2013231
Oct 2013244
Sep 2013255
Aug 2013276
Jul 2013284
Jun 2013285
May 2013297
Apr 2013300
Mar 2013315
Feb 2013333
Jan 2013354
Dec 2012372
Nov 2012383
Oct 2012392
Sep 2012434
Aug 2012421
Jul 2012440
Jun 2012488
May 2012498
Apr 2012555
Mar 2012570
Feb 2012556
Jan 2012599
Dec 2011673
Nov 2011696
Oct 2011739
Sep 2011695
Aug 2011647

Homes finished and licensed each year in Santarém 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
20257191,191
2024687900
2023582785
2022617772
2021432795
2020595629
2019405564
2018400476
2017374366
2016289478
2015251376
2014297232
2013409232
2012787365
20111,072666
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.5

Who built the homes finished in Santarém 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
202556.6%43.3%0.0%0.1%719
202438.9%61.1%0.0%0.0%687
202339.2%60.8%0.0%0.0%582
202240.4%59.5%0.2%0.0%617
202135.0%65.0%0.0%0.0%432
202042.7%56.6%0.5%0.2%595
201934.8%64.4%0.7%0.0%405
201830.5%69.0%0.3%0.3%400
201736.6%62.6%0.5%0.3%374
201633.9%65.4%0.3%0.3%289
201522.3%77.3%0.4%0.0%251
201419.9%79.8%0.0%0.3%297
201315.4%84.1%0.0%0.5%409
201232.8%66.8%0.3%0.1%787
201130.0%69.8%0.1%0.1%1,072

Homes finished in Santarém 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
20257.0%25.6%54.1%13.4%719
20248.4%16.0%56.2%19.4%687
20234.1%13.4%62.2%20.3%582
20225.5%16.7%57.7%20.1%617
202110.0%16.0%57.9%16.2%432
20205.2%20.3%58.3%16.1%595
20195.7%18.3%52.8%23.2%405
20183.5%18.8%60.8%17.0%400
20178.6%19.5%55.6%16.3%374
20162.8%22.1%58.1%17.0%289
20155.2%21.5%50.6%22.7%251
20144.4%21.9%50.2%23.6%297
20136.4%17.1%46.0%30.6%409
20129.1%19.6%44.9%26.4%787
20114.2%14.7%55.0%26.0%1,072

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 Santarém district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,962/m² and €2,138/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,050/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Santarém 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: Santarém 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: Santarém 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 2018.

Deepest fall
−11.7%
Recovery from the low
27 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 4,131 while 719 homes were finished: 5.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.7
Population change, 2025
+4,131

Empty homes

17.2% of the 269,099 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
17.2%
Empty homes
46,234

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
3.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €45.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €86.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€45.9M
Per resident, 2025
€98

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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