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Public housing works in Funchal

Public bodies signed €5.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €34.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€5.4M
Per resident, 2025
€48

Public housing works signed in Funchal

Contracts to build and renovate housing published on Portal BASE, by the year they were signed, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 22, 2026.

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YearValue signed
2025€5,443,400
2024€2,308,017
2023€6,004,266
2022€10,533,564
2021€1,837,935
2020€89,877
2019€996,739
2018€5,421,460
2017€923,175
2016€23,996
2015€180,439
2014€43,679
2013€143,910
2012€265,707

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Contracts are placed in a municipality from the place of work they name; one that names several municipalities is split evenly between them. A district or region adds up its municipalities. The value is the price at signing; later changes to it are not added.

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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,950/m² and €4,458/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€4,204/m²
Chance of a rise
76%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €273,330. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,037 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
39%
Payment, one income
79%

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
€1,263
Owning per month
€1,117

Sellers ask 33.9% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +48.3%.

Gap today
+33.9%
Change in a year
−14.4 pp

18.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
365
Per 1,000 residents
3.2

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 21.2% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+21.2%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2011. The deepest began in April 2011.

Deepest fall
−27.7%
Recovery from the low
41 months

In 2025 the population fell by 173 while 311 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
311
Population change, 2025
−173

13.2% of the 52,234 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
13.2%
Empty homes
6,883

In 2025, 36% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
36%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

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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