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New homes in Elvas

43.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
14
Per 1,000 residents
0.6

Homes licensed for construction in Elvas

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

  • Elvas
  • Ten-year average
Show the numbers
PeriodElvas
Aug 202614
Jul 202617
Jun 202618
May 202619
Apr 202619
Mar 202619
Feb 202623
Jan 202623
Dec 202525
Nov 202525
Oct 202520
Sep 202524
Aug 202525
Jul 202523
Jun 202520
May 202521
Apr 202520
Mar 202521
Feb 202520
Jan 202520
Dec 202412
Nov 202420
Oct 202419
Sep 202413
Aug 202424
Jul 202422
Jun 202419
May 202424
Apr 202423
Mar 202417
Feb 202422
Jan 202422
Dec 202323
Nov 202323
Oct 202327
Sep 202326
Aug 202320
Jul 202320
Jun 202318
May 202319
Apr 202316
Mar 202317
Feb 202322
Jan 202320
Dec 202222
Nov 202224
Oct 202223
Sep 202226
Aug 202229
Jul 202229
Jun 202232
May 202234
Apr 202238
Mar 202244
Feb 202242
Jan 202245
Dec 202144
Nov 202142
Oct 202138
Jul 202134
Apr 202130
Jan 202114
Oct 202018
Sep 202036
Aug 202033
Jul 202020
Jun 202038
May 202032
Apr 202028
Mar 202040
Feb 202038
Jan 202038
Dec 201937
Nov 201943
Oct 201941
Sep 201931
Aug 201948
Jul 201938
Jun 201929
May 201946
Apr 201930
Mar 201919
Feb 201936
Jan 201928
Dec 201818
Nov 201828
Oct 201821
Sep 201822
Aug 201820
Jul 201820
Jun 201820
May 201822
Apr 201815
Mar 201823
Feb 201821
Jan 201811
Dec 201717
Nov 201716
Oct 201710
Sep 201716
Aug 201720
Jul 201715
Jun 201722
May 201719
Apr 201720
Mar 201721
Feb 201716
Jan 201719
Dec 201619
Nov 201619
Oct 201624
Sep 201623
Aug 201616
Jul 201617
Jun 201616
May 201612
Apr 201614
Mar 201611
Feb 20169
Jan 201611
Dec 20159
Nov 201512
Oct 20159
Sep 20159
Aug 201513
Jul 201514
Jun 201513
May 201513
Apr 201512
Mar 201513
Feb 201512
Jan 201516
Dec 201417
Nov 201410
Oct 201411
Sep 201412
Aug 20145
Jul 20146
Jun 20148
May 20147
Apr 20148
Mar 20149
Feb 20148
Jan 20146
Dec 20136
Nov 20135
Oct 20135
Sep 20134
Aug 20135
Jul 20138
Jun 20137
May 201321
Apr 201328
Mar 201327
Feb 201327
Jan 201326
Dec 201227
Nov 201227
Oct 201228
Sep 201228
Aug 201230
Jul 201229
Jun 201230
May 201215
Apr 20128
Mar 20129
Feb 20129
Jan 201216
Dec 201121
Nov 201123
Oct 201124
Sep 201124
Aug 201121

Homes finished and licensed each year in Elvas

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
20251725
20244216
20233123
20223122
20213344
20202326
20191737
20181527
20171814
20161019
2015119
2014716
2013166
20121427
20113021
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
0.8

Who built the homes finished in Elvas

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
Show the numbers
YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202529.4%70.6%0.0%0.0%17
202454.8%45.2%0.0%0.0%42
202319.4%80.6%0.0%0.0%31
202222.6%77.4%0.0%0.0%31
202118.2%81.8%0.0%0.0%33
202039.1%60.9%0.0%0.0%23
201917.6%82.4%0.0%0.0%17
201820.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%15
201755.6%44.4%0.0%0.0%18
201650.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%10
201590.9%9.1%0.0%0.0%11
201428.6%71.4%0.0%0.0%7
201356.3%43.8%0.0%0.0%16
201221.4%78.6%0.0%0.0%14
201140.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%30

Homes finished in Elvas, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20250.0%29.4%47.1%23.5%17
20242.4%21.4%64.3%11.9%42
20230.0%12.9%71.0%16.1%31
20223.2%16.1%61.3%19.4%31
20213.0%12.1%60.6%24.2%33
20208.7%8.7%73.9%8.7%23
20195.9%23.5%47.1%23.5%17
20186.7%6.7%80.0%6.7%15
20175.6%5.6%55.6%33.3%18
20160.0%0.0%70.0%30.0%10
20150.0%0.0%90.9%9.1%11
20140.0%14.3%57.1%28.6%7
20130.0%12.5%62.5%25.0%16
20127.1%0.0%21.4%71.4%14
20116.7%33.3%40.0%20.0%30

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 Elvas

Next 12 months

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €993/m² and €1,486/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,239/m²
Chance of a rise
65%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €104,670. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €397 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
17%
Payment, one income
34%

Buy or rent

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
€444
Owning per month
€306

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Alentejo: Elvas has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 24.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+24.0%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2020. The deepest began in December 2023.

Deepest fall
−16.9%
Recovery from the low
5 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 58 while 17 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
17
Population change, 2025
−58

Empty homes

20.3% of the 13,411 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
20.3%
Empty homes
2,728

Renovation

In 2025, 33% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
33%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €4M of housing works here in 2025, and €13.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€4M
Per resident, 2025
€181

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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