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Vila Real district · report

New homes in Vila Real district

3.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
390
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Homes licensed for construction in Vila Real district

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

  • Vila Real district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodVila Real district
Aug 2026390
Jul 2026388
Jun 2026378
May 2026400
Apr 2026401
Mar 2026485
Feb 2026474
Jan 2026473
Dec 2025479
Nov 2025503
Oct 2025495
Sep 2025489
Aug 2025481
Jul 2025512
Jun 2025521
May 2025498
Apr 2025535
Mar 2025421
Feb 2025396
Jan 2025413
Dec 2024406
Nov 2024371
Oct 2024397
Sep 2024431
Aug 2024429
Jul 2024405
Jun 2024384
May 2024372
Apr 2024360
Mar 2024418
Feb 2024428
Jan 2024437
Dec 2023485
Nov 2023479
Oct 2023510
Sep 2023464
Aug 2023464
Jul 2023526
Jun 2023545
May 2023554
Apr 2023603
Mar 2023539
Feb 2023545
Jan 2023560
Dec 2022475
Nov 2022501
Oct 2022490
Sep 2022467
Aug 2022497
Jul 2022459
Jun 2022418
May 2022430
Apr 2022388
Mar 2022383
Feb 2022392
Jan 2022420
Dec 2021458
Nov 2021486
Oct 2021481
Jul 2021479
Apr 2021516
Jan 2021470
Oct 2020427
Sep 2020442
Aug 2020476
Jul 2020487
Jun 2020504
May 2020487
Apr 2020471
Mar 2020472
Feb 2020489
Jan 2020471
Dec 2019454
Nov 2019443
Oct 2019422
Sep 2019401
Aug 2019337
Jul 2019352
Jun 2019297
May 2019306
Apr 2019316
Mar 2019310
Feb 2019301
Jan 2019291
Dec 2018325
Nov 2018295
Oct 2018317
Sep 2018299
Aug 2018321
Jul 2018279
Jun 2018288
May 2018287
Apr 2018268
Mar 2018285
Feb 2018285
Jan 2018283
Dec 2017249
Nov 2017237
Oct 2017255
Sep 2017252
Aug 2017238
Jul 2017265
Jun 2017256
May 2017248
Apr 2017288
Mar 2017271
Feb 2017239
Jan 2017258
Dec 2016270
Nov 2016265
Oct 2016262
Sep 2016245
Aug 2016236
Jul 2016236
Jun 2016238
May 2016255
Apr 2016228
Mar 2016248
Feb 2016234
Jan 2016230
Dec 2015236
Nov 2015230
Oct 2015232
Sep 2015265
Aug 2015231
Jul 2015232
Jun 2015252
May 2015225
Apr 2015232
Mar 2015227
Feb 2015253
Jan 2015246
Dec 2014243
Nov 2014247
Oct 2014239
Sep 2014242
Aug 2014261
Jul 2014252
Jun 2014274
May 2014259
Apr 2014261
Mar 2014265
Feb 2014235
Jan 2014244
Dec 2013248
Nov 2013237
Oct 2013295
Sep 2013295
Aug 2013283
Jul 2013341
Jun 2013309
May 2013309
Apr 2013331
Mar 2013327
Feb 2013350
Jan 2013364
Dec 2012374
Nov 2012374
Oct 2012326
Sep 2012347
Aug 2012356
Jul 2012337
Jun 2012355
May 2012351
Apr 2012357
Mar 2012363
Feb 2012368
Jan 2012362
Dec 2011369
Nov 2011382
Oct 2011380
Sep 2011354
Aug 2011327

Homes finished and licensed each year in Vila Real 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
2025257479
2024278406
2023263476
2022310496
2021273458
2020226431
2019182456
2018241320
2017136243
2016143266
2015176231
2014183246
2013274241
2012353368
2011432373
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.4

Who built the homes finished in Vila Real 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
202522.2%77.8%0.0%0.0%257
202418.7%81.3%0.0%0.0%278
202317.9%82.1%0.0%0.0%263
202232.9%67.1%0.0%0.0%310
202127.8%72.2%0.0%0.0%273
202015.9%84.1%0.0%0.0%226
201919.8%80.2%0.0%0.0%182
201821.2%70.5%0.0%8.3%241
20171.5%98.5%0.0%0.0%136
20161.4%98.6%0.0%0.0%143
20151.1%98.9%0.0%0.0%176
201413.7%86.3%0.0%0.0%183
201319.3%80.7%0.0%0.0%274
201216.1%83.6%0.3%0.0%353
201118.3%81.7%0.0%0.0%432

Homes finished in Vila Real 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
20258.2%18.7%49.8%23.3%257
20247.2%16.9%52.5%23.4%278
20238.0%14.4%60.1%17.5%263
202212.9%11.0%60.6%15.5%310
202112.8%20.1%52.4%14.7%273
20202.2%19.5%57.5%20.8%226
20192.7%9.3%54.9%33.0%182
201810.4%10.4%59.8%19.5%241
20174.4%10.3%58.8%26.5%136
20163.5%16.8%59.4%20.3%143
20157.4%11.9%48.9%31.8%176
20148.7%16.9%43.7%30.6%183
20132.2%11.7%54.7%31.4%274
20122.5%14.2%51.8%31.4%353
20113.0%17.4%52.1%27.5%432

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 Vila Real district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,130/m² and €1,294/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,212/m²
Chance of a rise
96%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Vila Real 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: Vila Real 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: Vila Real 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 February 2016.

Deepest fall
−15.0%
Recovery from the low
23 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 32 while 257 homes were finished: 0.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.1
Population change, 2025
+32

Empty homes

10.9% of the 142,736 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.9%
Empty homes
15,526

Renovation

In 2025, 14% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
14%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
8.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €21.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €63.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€21.4M
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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