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New homes in Esposende

15.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
187
Per 1,000 residents
4.8

Homes licensed for construction in Esposende

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

  • Esposende
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodEsposende
Aug 2026187
Jul 2026193
Jun 2026191
May 2026195
Apr 2026204
Mar 2026169
Feb 2026128
Jan 2026125
Dec 2025123
Nov 2025128
Oct 2025126
Sep 2025115
Aug 2025128
Jul 2025120
Jun 2025156
May 2025184
Apr 2025172
Mar 2025209
Feb 2025214
Jan 2025215
Dec 2024224
Nov 2024254
Oct 2024251
Sep 2024252
Aug 2024280
Jul 2024281
Jun 2024244
May 2024218
Apr 2024223
Mar 2024189
Feb 2024186
Jan 2024184
Dec 2023179
Nov 2023146
Oct 2023147
Sep 2023151
Aug 2023108
Jul 2023106
Jun 2023105
May 2023269
Apr 2023302
Mar 2023305
Feb 2023303
Jan 2023305
Dec 2022313
Nov 2022309
Oct 2022312
Sep 2022312
Aug 2022317
Jul 2022320
Jun 2022322
May 2022166
Apr 2022130
Mar 2022133
Feb 2022141
Jan 2022144
Dec 2021130
Nov 2021223
Oct 2021214
Jul 2021200
Apr 2021185
Jan 2021174
Oct 2020106
Sep 2020107
Aug 2020216
Jul 2020216
Jun 2020212
May 2020211
Apr 2020213
Mar 2020206
Feb 2020206
Jan 2020214
Dec 2019219
Nov 2019194
Oct 2019214
Sep 2019214
Aug 2019101
Jul 2019101
Jun 2019108
May 2019110
Apr 2019105
Mar 2019110
Feb 2019108
Jan 2019100
Dec 201893
Nov 201894
Oct 201870
Sep 201869
Aug 201873
Jul 201877
Jun 201870
May 201867
Apr 201864
Mar 201861
Feb 201855
Jan 201859
Dec 201759
Nov 201758
Oct 201758
Sep 201756
Aug 201771
Jul 201771
Jun 201772
May 201774
Apr 201774
Mar 201780
Feb 201786
Jan 201785
Dec 201689
Nov 201690
Oct 201687
Sep 201685
Aug 201664
Jul 201658
Jun 201658
May 201658
Apr 201659
Mar 201650
Feb 201646
Jan 201643
Dec 201534
Nov 201534
Oct 201535
Sep 201537
Aug 201541
Jul 201544
Jun 201545
May 201552
Apr 201552
Mar 201555
Feb 201553
Jan 201557
Dec 201456
Nov 201453
Oct 201452
Sep 201450
Aug 201447
Jul 201448
Jun 201445
May 201442
Apr 201441
Mar 201441
Feb 201441
Jan 201437
Dec 201337
Nov 201337
Oct 201336
Sep 201334
Aug 201336
Jul 201341
Jun 201345
May 201342
Apr 201352
Mar 201354
Feb 201356
Jan 201355
Dec 201257
Nov 201263
Oct 201267
Sep 201278
Aug 201284
Jul 201284
Jun 201282
May 201284
Apr 201290
Mar 201291
Feb 201297
Jan 2012124
Dec 2011127
Nov 2011130
Oct 2011136
Sep 2011124
Aug 2011114

Homes finished and licensed each year in Esposende

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
202590123
2024282224
202386179
2022241313
202159130
202090173
201968219
20185693
20175759
20165189
20154234
20144656
20137437
201214557
2011170127
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.3

Who built the homes finished in Esposende

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
202521.1%78.9%0.0%0.0%90
202465.2%34.8%0.0%0.0%282
202323.3%76.7%0.0%0.0%86
202267.6%32.4%0.0%0.0%241
20218.5%91.5%0.0%0.0%59
202040.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%90
201945.6%54.4%0.0%0.0%68
201816.1%83.9%0.0%0.0%56
201719.3%80.7%0.0%0.0%57
201615.7%84.3%0.0%0.0%51
201514.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%42
201410.9%89.1%0.0%0.0%46
201321.6%78.4%0.0%0.0%74
201251.7%48.3%0.0%0.0%145
201134.1%65.9%0.0%0.0%170

Homes finished in Esposende, 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
202512.2%20.0%43.3%24.4%90
202412.8%23.8%52.5%11.0%282
20232.3%11.6%65.1%20.9%86
202210.8%31.1%47.3%10.8%241
20210.0%11.9%62.7%25.4%59
20207.8%15.6%66.7%10.0%90
20191.5%26.5%57.4%14.7%68
20181.8%7.1%76.8%14.3%56
20171.8%5.3%73.7%19.3%57
20162.0%7.8%64.7%25.5%51
20154.8%21.4%52.4%21.4%42
20140.0%13.0%52.2%34.8%46
20130.0%13.5%66.2%20.3%74
20128.3%26.2%44.8%20.7%145
20114.7%10.6%52.9%31.8%170

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 Esposende

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,688/m² and €3,130/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,909/m²
Chance of a rise
99%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €175,500. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €666 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
27%
Payment, one income
54%

Buy or rent

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
€700
Owning per month
€704

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 28.0% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +27.6%.

Gap today
+28.0%
Change in a year
+0.4 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 4.1% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−4.1%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 13 times since 2015. The deepest began in April 2015.

Deepest fall
−21.9%
Recovery from the low
28 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 462 while 90 homes were finished: 5.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.1
Population change, 2025
+462

Empty homes

6.7% of the 22,045 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
6.7%
Empty homes
1,473

Renovation

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 housing works

Public bodies signed €16.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €580K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€16.9K
Per resident, 2025
€0

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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