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New homes in Leiria

74.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
979
Per 1,000 residents
6.7

Homes licensed for construction in Leiria

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

  • Leiria
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLeiria
Aug 2026979
Jul 2026995
Jun 2026967
May 2026856
Apr 2026945
Mar 2026982
Feb 2026944
Jan 20261,093
Dec 20251,129
Nov 20251,112
Oct 20251,036
Sep 2025922
Aug 2025892
Jul 2025859
Jun 2025852
May 2025891
Apr 2025797
Mar 2025703
Feb 2025697
Jan 2025621
Dec 2024594
Nov 2024579
Oct 2024603
Sep 2024612
Aug 2024600
Jul 2024640
Jun 2024572
May 2024556
Apr 2024551
Mar 2024609
Feb 2024646
Jan 2024598
Dec 2023585
Nov 2023548
Oct 2023545
Sep 2023532
Aug 2023535
Jul 2023515
Jun 2023591
May 2023565
Apr 2023582
Mar 2023568
Feb 2023521
Jan 2023497
Dec 2022598
Nov 2022627
Oct 2022670
Sep 2022655
Aug 2022676
Jul 2022670
Jun 2022584
May 2022580
Apr 2022531
Mar 2022540
Feb 2022557
Jan 2022572
Dec 2021600
Nov 2021578
Oct 2021552
Jul 2021599
Apr 2021669
Jan 2021673
Oct 2020618
Sep 2020605
Aug 2020597
Jul 2020583
Jun 2020554
May 2020544
Apr 2020583
Mar 2020542
Feb 2020519
Jan 2020531
Dec 2019493
Nov 2019458
Oct 2019462
Sep 2019457
Aug 2019443
Jul 2019472
Jun 2019445
May 2019477
Apr 2019406
Mar 2019419
Feb 2019449
Jan 2019416
Dec 2018407
Nov 2018407
Oct 2018389
Sep 2018379
Aug 2018428
Jul 2018394
Jun 2018398
May 2018383
Apr 2018397
Mar 2018363
Feb 2018326
Jan 2018343
Dec 2017314
Nov 2017321
Oct 2017344
Sep 2017330
Aug 2017309
Jul 2017299
Jun 2017277
May 2017275
Apr 2017242
Mar 2017246
Feb 2017230
Jan 2017210
Dec 2016205
Nov 2016199
Oct 2016197
Sep 2016199
Aug 2016168
Jul 2016159
Jun 2016158
May 2016132
Apr 2016133
Mar 2016130
Feb 2016129
Jan 2016140
Dec 2015146
Nov 2015135
Oct 2015109
Sep 2015104
Aug 2015101
Jul 2015104
Jun 2015120
May 2015129
Apr 2015132
Mar 2015146
Feb 2015145
Jan 2015135
Dec 2014133
Nov 2014131
Oct 2014122
Sep 2014131
Aug 2014130
Jul 2014128
Jun 2014112
May 2014107
Apr 2014123
Mar 2014111
Feb 2014108
Jan 2014113
Dec 2013114
Nov 2013113
Oct 2013116
Sep 2013116
Aug 2013120
Jul 2013124
Jun 2013125
May 2013125
Apr 2013111
Mar 2013110
Feb 2013121
Jan 2013133
Dec 2012138
Nov 2012136
Oct 2012139
Sep 2012133
Aug 2012147
Jul 2012159
Jun 2012168
May 2012175
Apr 2012187
Mar 2012197
Feb 2012203
Jan 2012207
Dec 2011215
Nov 2011226
Oct 2011241
Sep 2011227
Aug 2011202

Homes finished and licensed each year in Leiria

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
20256141,129
2024497594
2023520585
2022488598
2021355600
2020357598
2019222493
2018215407
2017115314
2016144205
201589146
2014135133
2013183114
2012350138
2011326215
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.2

Who built the homes finished in Leiria

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
202568.4%31.6%0.0%0.0%614
202454.7%45.3%0.0%0.0%497
202357.1%42.7%0.2%0.0%520
202255.5%44.5%0.0%0.0%488
202156.9%43.1%0.0%0.0%355
202058.3%41.5%0.3%0.0%357
201945.9%53.6%0.5%0.0%222
201850.7%48.4%0.9%0.0%215
201721.7%77.4%0.0%0.9%115
201643.8%51.4%0.0%4.9%144
201525.8%74.2%0.0%0.0%89
201422.2%77.0%0.0%0.7%135
201345.9%54.1%0.0%0.0%183
201238.0%62.0%0.0%0.0%350
201123.6%76.4%0.0%0.0%326

Homes finished in Leiria, 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
202524.1%21.8%45.6%8.5%614
202417.9%16.3%54.1%11.7%497
202315.4%14.2%60.6%9.8%520
20228.6%16.6%60.7%14.1%488
20218.7%18.0%60.3%13.0%355
20207.8%20.2%53.5%18.5%357
201910.4%17.1%56.3%16.2%222
201810.7%17.2%54.9%17.2%215
20173.5%14.8%60.0%21.7%115
201620.8%13.9%56.3%9.0%144
201514.6%22.5%46.1%16.9%89
201420.0%21.5%46.7%11.9%135
20139.3%14.8%45.9%30.1%183
20128.6%16.9%60.0%14.6%350
20116.7%13.5%64.7%15.0%326

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 Leiria

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,006/m² and €2,322/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,164/m²
Chance of a rise
93%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €149,670. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €568 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
21%
Payment, one income
42%

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
€717
Owning per month
€628

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 19.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +13.5%.

Gap today
+19.1%
Change in a year
+5.6 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 3.4% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+3.4%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2011. The deepest began in April 2011.

Deepest fall
−26.0%
Recovery from the low
33 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,240 while 614 homes were finished: 2.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.0
Population change, 2025
+1,240

Empty homes

11.4% of the 70,307 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.4%
Empty homes
8,018

Renovation

In 2025, 23% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
23%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €2.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €4.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.1M
Per resident, 2025
€14

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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