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New homes in Ílhavo

17.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
188
Per 1,000 residents
4.3

Homes licensed for construction in Ílhavo

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

  • Ílhavo
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodÍlhavo
Aug 2026188
Jul 2026198
Jun 2026201
May 2026237
Apr 2026245
Mar 2026227
Feb 2026240
Jan 2026240
Dec 2025210
Nov 2025215
Oct 2025216
Sep 2025191
Aug 2025194
Jul 2025203
Jun 2025199
May 2025183
Apr 2025182
Mar 2025183
Feb 2025167
Jan 2025234
Dec 2024234
Nov 2024231
Oct 2024218
Sep 2024226
Aug 2024222
Jul 2024205
Jun 2024230
May 2024234
Apr 2024230
Mar 2024227
Feb 2024227
Jan 2024182
Dec 2023189
Nov 2023184
Oct 2023202
Sep 2023203
Aug 2023205
Jul 2023206
Jun 2023180
May 2023166
Apr 2023175
Mar 2023176
Feb 2023181
Jan 2023158
Dec 2022150
Nov 2022173
Oct 2022192
Sep 2022184
Aug 2022174
Jul 2022165
Jun 2022208
May 2022214
Apr 2022218
Mar 2022231
Feb 2022223
Jan 2022220
Dec 2021236
Nov 2021217
Oct 2021179
Jul 2021202
Apr 2021185
Jan 2021183
Oct 2020164
Sep 2020147
Aug 2020149
Jul 2020160
Jun 2020127
May 2020122
Apr 2020116
Mar 2020106
Feb 2020109
Jan 2020108
Dec 2019108
Nov 2019106
Oct 2019137
Sep 2019132
Aug 2019130
Jul 2019110
Jun 2019131
May 2019133
Apr 2019123
Mar 2019131
Feb 2019141
Jan 2019138
Dec 2018132
Nov 2018143
Oct 2018111
Sep 2018117
Aug 2018116
Jul 2018118
Jun 2018105
May 2018101
Apr 201896
Mar 201886
Feb 201869
Jan 201871
Dec 201788
Nov 2017102
Oct 2017108
Sep 2017101
Aug 201796
Jul 201794
Jun 201778
May 201779
Apr 201777
Mar 201780
Feb 201783
Jan 201779
Dec 201662
Nov 201638
Oct 201631
Sep 201630
Aug 201631
Jul 201633
Jun 201639
May 201641
Apr 201641
Mar 201637
Feb 201637
Jan 201637
Dec 201539
Nov 201545
Oct 201543
Sep 201543
Aug 201542
Jul 201540
Jun 201534
May 201527
Apr 201529
Mar 201528
Feb 201519
Jan 201524
Dec 201422
Nov 201410
Oct 201417
Sep 20149
Aug 201413
Jul 201416
Jun 20149
May 201417
Apr 201417
Mar 201411
Feb 201425
Jan 201423
Dec 201316
Nov 201325
Oct 201325
Sep 201316
Aug 201329
Jul 201330
Jun 201342
May 201372
Apr 201377
Mar 201364
Feb 201376
Jan 201377
Dec 201274
Nov 201287
Oct 2012109
Sep 2012106
Aug 201277
Jul 2012128
Jun 201284
May 201242
Apr 201291
Mar 201268
Feb 201238
Jan 201293
Dec 201162
Nov 201133
Oct 201163
Sep 201138
Aug 201136

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ílhavo

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
2025204210
202491234
2023217189
2022145150
2021130236
202089167
201987108
201865132
20173388
20162862
20155839
20145620
20137022
20125082
201113160
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.7

Who built the homes finished in Ílhavo

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
202572.1%27.9%0.0%0.0%204
202446.2%53.8%0.0%0.0%91
202355.3%44.7%0.0%0.0%217
202228.3%71.7%0.0%0.0%145
202133.1%66.9%0.0%0.0%130
202015.7%84.3%0.0%0.0%89
201948.3%51.7%0.0%0.0%87
201843.1%56.9%0.0%0.0%65
201712.1%87.9%0.0%0.0%33
20167.1%92.9%0.0%0.0%28
201555.2%44.8%0.0%0.0%58
201458.9%39.3%1.8%0.0%56
201355.7%44.3%0.0%0.0%70
201222.0%78.0%0.0%0.0%50
201112.2%87.0%0.8%0.0%131

Homes finished in Ílhavo, 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
202524.0%36.3%27.9%11.8%204
20249.9%22.0%57.1%11.0%91
20238.8%42.4%40.6%8.3%217
202220.0%24.8%42.1%13.1%145
202114.6%30.0%46.9%8.5%130
20207.9%29.2%48.3%14.6%89
20196.9%46.0%32.2%14.9%87
201818.5%24.6%47.7%9.2%65
20173.0%15.2%45.5%36.4%33
20160.0%7.1%57.1%35.7%28
20158.6%34.5%37.9%19.0%58
20141.8%30.4%48.2%19.6%56
201324.3%34.3%27.1%14.3%70
20128.0%14.0%54.0%24.0%50
20115.3%29.8%38.9%26.0%131

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 Ílhavo

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,289/m² and €2,780/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,535/m²
Chance of a rise
67%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €162,540. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €617 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
46%

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
€756
Owning per month
€714

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 35.6% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +27.4%.

Gap today
+35.6%
Change in a year
+8.2 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região de Aveiro: Ílhavo has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.3% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.3%

Past cycles

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

Deepest fall
−19.4%
Recovery from the low
14 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 324 while 204 homes were finished: 1.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.6
Population change, 2025
+324

Empty homes

9.8% of the 22,515 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.8%
Empty homes
2,201

Renovation

In 2025, 12% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
12%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €9.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €10.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€9.6M
Per resident, 2025
€222

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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