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Viana do Castelo district · report

New homes in Viana do Castelo district

54.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,267
Per 1,000 residents
5.2

Homes licensed for construction in Viana do Castelo district

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

  • Viana do Castelo district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodViana do Castelo district
Aug 20261,267
Jul 20261,270
Jun 20261,174
May 20261,170
Apr 20261,193
Mar 20261,252
Feb 20261,363
Jan 20261,344
Dec 20251,337
Nov 20251,228
Oct 20251,211
Sep 20251,257
Aug 20251,241
Jul 20251,245
Jun 20251,197
May 20251,173
Apr 20251,151
Mar 20251,091
Feb 2025921
Jan 2025974
Dec 2024936
Nov 2024959
Oct 20241,017
Sep 2024935
Aug 2024972
Jul 20241,013
Jun 20241,010
May 2024988
Apr 20241,026
Mar 20241,076
Feb 20241,156
Jan 20241,142
Dec 20231,109
Nov 20231,047
Oct 2023979
Sep 2023987
Aug 2023967
Jul 2023916
Jun 2023949
May 2023939
Apr 2023956
Mar 2023888
Feb 2023879
Jan 2023894
Dec 2022893
Nov 2022875
Oct 2022887
Sep 2022867
Aug 2022814
Jul 2022830
Jun 2022767
May 2022772
Apr 2022766
Mar 2022764
Feb 2022724
Jan 2022719
Dec 2021745
Nov 2021746
Oct 2021721
Jul 2021751
Apr 2021821
Jan 2021688
Oct 2020693
Sep 2020757
Aug 2020794
Jul 2020782
Jun 2020834
May 2020786
Apr 2020717
Mar 2020739
Feb 2020755
Jan 2020811
Dec 2019797
Nov 2019815
Oct 2019837
Sep 2019803
Aug 2019737
Jul 2019739
Jun 2019709
May 2019706
Apr 2019699
Mar 2019682
Feb 2019732
Jan 2019689
Dec 2018673
Nov 2018637
Oct 2018613
Sep 2018561
Aug 2018578
Jul 2018576
Jun 2018526
May 2018526
Apr 2018526
Mar 2018553
Feb 2018497
Jan 2018514
Dec 2017469
Nov 2017495
Oct 2017479
Sep 2017479
Aug 2017469
Jul 2017460
Jun 2017455
May 2017443
Apr 2017435
Mar 2017363
Feb 2017382
Jan 2017353
Dec 2016362
Nov 2016345
Oct 2016334
Sep 2016359
Aug 2016353
Jul 2016340
Jun 2016361
May 2016378
Apr 2016362
Mar 2016389
Feb 2016359
Jan 2016406
Dec 2015413
Nov 2015389
Oct 2015420
Sep 2015400
Aug 2015386
Jul 2015418
Jun 2015420
May 2015395
Apr 2015420
Mar 2015415
Feb 2015405
Jan 2015381
Dec 2014364
Nov 2014359
Oct 2014354
Sep 2014363
Aug 2014368
Jul 2014343
Jun 2014339
May 2014336
Apr 2014313
Mar 2014323
Feb 2014318
Jan 2014307
Dec 2013341
Nov 2013343
Oct 2013344
Sep 2013369
Aug 2013365
Jul 2013390
Jun 2013419
May 2013446
Apr 2013494
Mar 2013511
Feb 2013582
Jan 2013575
Dec 2012570
Nov 2012588
Oct 2012597
Sep 2012585
Aug 2012622
Jul 2012617
Jun 2012617
May 2012617
Apr 2012583
Mar 2012575
Feb 2012563
Jan 2012589
Dec 2011602
Nov 2011629
Oct 2011633
Sep 2011588
Aug 2011535

Homes finished and licensed each year in Viana do Castelo 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
20255821,337
2024656941
20235811,108
2022596888
2021588745
2020579679
2019369792
2018285681
2017265484
2016323354
2015324409
2014341362
2013422338
2012633581
2011785598
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.4

Who built the homes finished in Viana do Castelo 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
202530.1%63.7%0.0%6.2%582
202434.3%65.5%0.2%0.0%656
202331.7%63.3%0.2%4.8%581
202233.4%66.6%0.0%0.0%596
202136.7%62.9%0.3%0.0%588
202045.8%53.9%0.3%0.0%579
201928.2%71.5%0.3%0.0%369
20188.1%91.9%0.0%0.0%285
201717.7%81.9%0.4%0.0%265
201619.2%80.5%0.3%0.0%323
20157.4%92.6%0.0%0.0%324
20146.5%93.5%0.0%0.0%341
20135.9%94.1%0.0%0.0%422
201211.2%88.6%0.2%0.0%633
201124.8%73.6%1.5%0.0%785

Homes finished in Viana do Castelo 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
202513.9%20.1%54.0%12.0%582
202415.5%22.9%52.1%9.5%656
202310.7%25.0%55.4%9.0%581
202210.1%22.3%59.7%7.9%596
202110.9%23.0%58.2%8.0%588
202010.5%22.5%56.5%10.5%579
20195.1%15.4%66.4%13.0%369
20183.9%15.1%64.2%16.8%285
20173.8%15.5%63.8%17.0%265
20165.6%19.2%58.2%17.0%323
201510.5%17.0%56.2%16.4%324
20144.4%12.3%58.9%24.3%341
20133.1%13.7%62.6%20.6%422
20123.9%11.5%61.6%22.9%633
20118.9%19.2%58.5%13.4%785

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 Viana do Castelo district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,717/m² and €2,088/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,903/m²
Chance of a rise
81%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Viana do Castelo 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: Viana do Castelo 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: Viana do Castelo 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 4 times since 2015. The deepest began in June 2016.

Deepest fall
−7.5%
Recovery from the low
11 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 491 while 582 homes were finished: 0.8 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.8
Population change, 2025
+491

Empty homes

10.9% of the 155,259 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.9%
Empty homes
16,922

Renovation

In 2025, 18% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
18%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
5.3

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €18.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €52.6M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€18.1M
Per resident, 2025
€74

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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