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Asking prices against bank valuations in Espinho

Sellers ask 34.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +24.3%.

Gap today
+34.1%
Change in a year
+9.9 pp

How far apart the three prices are in Espinho

Each line sets one measure of price against another, in %. Above zero, the first is higher.

  • Asking price against bank valuation
  • Asking price against sale price
  • Bank valuation against sale price
  • No gap
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PeriodAsking price against bank valuationAsking price against sale priceBank valuation against sale price
Sep 202634.1%——
Aug 202635.8%——
Jul 202631.8%——
Jun 202630.9%-5.5%-23.7%
May 202624.4%——
Apr 202625.9%——
Mar 202625.6%-6.3%-23.7%
Feb 202626.1%——
Jan 202630.0%——
Dec 202521.8%-6.1%-23.1%
Nov 202515.1%——
Oct 202514.4%——
Sep 202524.3%-3.8%-22.1%
Aug 202525.2%——
Jul 202523.4%——
Jun 202520.1%-2.1%-19.3%
May 202520.7%——
Apr 202528.8%——
Mar 202526.4%-3.7%-19.8%
Feb 202524.6%——
Jan 202522.1%——
Dec 202424.2%-2.3%-19.4%
Nov 202426.2%——
Oct 202415.3%——
Sep 202418.7%3.0%-17.8%
Aug 202417.5%——
Jul 202412.7%——
Jun 20249.3%8.7%-16.6%
May 202419.4%——
Apr 202426.3%——
Mar 202425.7%23.3%-8.1%
Feb 202428.5%——
Jan 202434.3%——
Dec 202342.8%20.3%—
Nov 202339.7%——
Oct 202338.3%——
Sep 202333.8%13.4%—
Aug 202336.3%——
Jul 202337.8%——
Jun 202335.4%16.0%—
May 202333.5%——
Apr 202326.5%——
Mar 202330.2%24.9%—

New homes against existing homes, Portugal

Eurostat's house price index for Portugal, newly built and existing dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, shown here as context.

  • Existing homes
  • New homes
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodExisting homesNew homes
Q2 2026327.5235.2
Q1 2026316.1227.2
Q4 2025303.2221.2
Q3 2025290.0215.6
Q2 2025277.5209.5
Q1 2025264.0201.7
Q4 2024250.8194.6
Q3 2024243.5189.0
Q2 2024234.5183.0
Q1 2024225.7176.2
Q4 2023223.2177.6
Q3 2023220.4175.0
Q2 2023216.5171.6
Q1 2023209.7167.0
Q4 2022206.4166.1
Q3 2022203.8165.3
Q2 2022198.7158.9
Q1 2022191.3157.9
Q4 2021183.2155.1
Q3 2021177.7152.5
Q2 2021173.2146.6
Q1 2021168.4142.4
Q4 2020163.6140.3
Q3 2020159.4136.6
Q2 2020160.3136.9
Q1 2020157.4135.0
Q4 2019151.5130.3
Q3 2019148.6129.4
Q2 2019145.2127.9
Q1 2019142.1122.8
Q4 2018136.6120.3
Q3 2018134.1117.2
Q2 2018132.9115.9
Q1 2018129.2115.8
Q4 2017124.7111.0
Q3 2017122.8110.9
Q2 2017118.0109.0
Q1 2017114.3105.6
Q4 2016111.5104.8
Q3 2016110.2103.8
Q2 2016108.3103.5
Q1 2016104.7101.3
Q4 2015102.1101.3
Q3 2015101.0100.0
Q2 201599.9101.9
Q1 201597.096.8

Asking prices are what sellers advertise on property portals. Bank valuations are what lenders' surveyors assess. Sale prices are what deeds record, as INE's 12-month median, so the other two are averaged over the same 12 months before they are compared.

Other reports for Espinho

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,009/m² and €3,742/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,376/m²
Chance of a rise
93%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €197,640. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €750 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
30%
Payment, one income
59%

Owning and renting a 90 m² home cost about the same each month. 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
€903
Owning per month
€883

35.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
86
Per 1,000 residents
2.6

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Espinho has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.6% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.6%

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2015. The deepest began in July 2015.

Deepest fall
−21.3%
Recovery from the low
18 months

In 2025 the population grew by 56 while 62 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.9
Population change, 2025
+56

10.1% of the 16,023 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.1%
Empty homes
1,626

In 2025, 9% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
9%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €2.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €3.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.5M
Per resident, 2025
€76

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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