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New homes in Fafe

70.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
257
Per 1,000 residents
5.1

Homes licensed for construction in Fafe

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

  • Fafe
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodFafe
Aug 2026257
Jul 2026271
Jun 2026273
May 2026244
Apr 2026243
Mar 2026229
Feb 2026197
Jan 2026178
Dec 2025179
Nov 2025165
Oct 2025201
Sep 2025162
Aug 2025167
Jul 2025148
Jun 2025143
May 2025165
Apr 2025167
Mar 2025204
Feb 2025207
Jan 2025213
Dec 2024209
Nov 2024208
Oct 2024163
Sep 2024171
Aug 2024169
Jul 2024186
Jun 2024197
May 2024174
Apr 2024164
Mar 2024126
Feb 2024126
Jan 2024130
Dec 2023131
Nov 2023132
Oct 2023142
Sep 2023153
Aug 2023142
Jul 2023135
Jun 2023128
May 2023146
Apr 2023145
Mar 2023146
Feb 2023151
Jan 2023143
Dec 2022142
Nov 2022146
Oct 2022144
Sep 2022125
Aug 2022133
Jul 2022125
Jun 2022118
May 2022123
Apr 2022128
Mar 2022145
Feb 2022141
Jan 2022150
Dec 2021159
Nov 2021157
Oct 2021158
Jul 2021200
Apr 2021170
Jan 2021141
Oct 2020168
Sep 2020169
Aug 2020143
Jul 2020140
Jun 2020144
May 2020147
Apr 2020155
Mar 2020158
Feb 2020156
Jan 2020153
Dec 2019148
Nov 2019151
Oct 2019144
Sep 2019138
Aug 2019140
Jul 2019144
Jun 2019148
May 2019145
Apr 2019148
Mar 2019142
Feb 2019148
Jan 2019151
Dec 2018148
Nov 2018132
Oct 2018118
Sep 2018121
Aug 2018139
Jul 2018137
Jun 2018131
May 2018136
Apr 2018126
Mar 2018121
Feb 2018120
Jan 2018128
Dec 2017122
Nov 2017128
Oct 2017130
Sep 2017126
Aug 2017104
Jul 2017104
Jun 2017107
May 2017101
Apr 2017110
Mar 2017112
Feb 2017109
Jan 201796
Dec 201691
Nov 201682
Oct 201685
Sep 201687
Aug 201688
Jul 201685
Jun 201680
May 201678
Apr 201675
Mar 201671
Feb 201667
Jan 201670
Dec 201577
Nov 201580
Oct 201576
Sep 201572
Aug 201566
Jul 201563
Jun 201564
May 201565
Apr 201561
Mar 201560
Feb 201560
Jan 201558
Dec 201453
Nov 201455
Oct 201451
Sep 201451
Aug 201455
Jul 201462
Jun 201465
May 201465
Apr 201466
Mar 201471
Feb 201474
Jan 201473
Dec 201375
Nov 201374
Oct 201376
Sep 201376
Aug 201369
Jul 201396
Jun 2013101
May 2013104
Apr 2013109
Mar 2013111
Feb 2013111
Jan 2013111
Dec 2012116
Nov 2012112
Oct 2012122
Sep 2012146
Aug 2012170
Jul 2012136
Jun 2012138
May 2012147
Apr 2012149
Mar 2012145
Feb 2012162
Jan 2012167
Dec 2011170
Nov 2011191
Oct 2011185
Sep 2011156
Aug 2011132

Homes finished and licensed each year in Fafe

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
2025149179
2024165209
202369131
2022134142
2021153159
2020114148
201986148
201896148
201776122
20167291
20155177
20147153
201314875
2012120116
2011196170
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.0

Who built the homes finished in Fafe

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
202552.3%47.7%0.0%0.0%149
202450.9%49.1%0.0%0.0%165
202323.2%76.8%0.0%0.0%69
202254.5%45.5%0.0%0.0%134
202137.9%59.5%0.0%2.6%153
202037.7%62.3%0.0%0.0%114
201918.6%81.4%0.0%0.0%86
201842.7%57.3%0.0%0.0%96
201730.3%69.7%0.0%0.0%76
201612.5%86.1%0.0%1.4%72
201527.5%72.5%0.0%0.0%51
201440.8%59.2%0.0%0.0%71
201354.1%45.3%0.0%0.7%148
20127.5%92.5%0.0%0.0%120
201133.2%66.8%0.0%0.0%196

Homes finished in Fafe, 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
20253.4%28.9%59.1%8.7%149
20244.2%18.2%75.8%1.8%165
20231.4%8.7%82.6%7.2%69
202210.4%8.2%73.1%8.2%134
20210.7%17.6%75.8%5.9%153
20202.6%10.5%75.4%11.4%114
20194.7%19.8%70.9%4.7%86
201811.5%4.2%76.0%8.3%96
20173.9%5.3%81.6%9.2%76
20162.8%15.3%66.7%15.3%72
20150.0%3.9%82.4%13.7%51
20141.4%16.9%67.6%14.1%71
20131.4%16.2%66.9%15.5%148
20123.3%16.7%67.5%12.5%120
20110.0%11.7%76.0%12.2%196

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 Fafe

Next 12 months

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,294/m² and €1,627/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,461/m²
Chance of a rise
70%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €125,190. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €475 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
21%
Payment, one income
43%

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
€436
Owning per month
€433

Foreign buyers

Figures for Ave: Fafe has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 17.9% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−17.9%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 17 times since 2015. The deepest began in February 2016.

Deepest fall
−12.9%
Recovery from the low
6 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 387 while 149 homes were finished: 2.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.6
Population change, 2025
+387

Empty homes

10.3% of the 26,374 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.3%
Empty homes
2,724

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
1.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €10.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €11.4M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€10.9M
Per resident, 2025
€216

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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