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Renovation in Lagoa

In 2025, 55% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
55%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Buildings finished in Lagoa, by kind of work

Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
Show the numbers
YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
202527303060
202428456180
202336293068
202242160159
202141185064
202057203080
201937497093
201832301063
201730301061
201615271043
201511291041
20149163028
201314321047
201231230054
201137160053

INE counts buildings, not homes, and every kind of building, not only housing. A reconstruction rebuilds an existing building; an alteration changes its layout or use.

Other reports for Lagoa

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €4,232/m² and €4,598/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€4,415/m²
Chance of a rise
98%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €268,920. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,020 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
45%
Payment, one income
91%

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
€894
Owning per month
€1,064

Sellers ask 38.4% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +59.5%.

Gap today
+38.4%
Change in a year
−21.1 pp

66.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
143
Per 1,000 residents
5.0

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 27.3% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+27.3%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 15 times since 2015. The deepest began in January 2017.

Deepest fall
−24.6%
Recovery from the low
7 months

In 2025 the population grew by 78 while 58 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.3
Population change, 2025
+78

9.1% of the 21,104 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.1%
Empty homes
1,919

Public bodies signed €23.7K of housing works here in 2025, and €6.4M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€23.7K
Per resident, 2025
€1

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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