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New homes in Lousada

137.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
454
Per 1,000 residents
9.0

Homes licensed for construction in Lousada

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

  • Lousada
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLousada
Aug 2026454
Jul 2026447
Jun 2026406
May 2026383
Apr 2026379
Mar 2026331
Feb 2026267
Jan 2026295
Dec 2025292
Nov 2025289
Oct 2025254
Sep 2025187
Aug 2025191
Jul 2025204
Jun 2025205
May 2025204
Apr 2025213
Mar 2025205
Feb 2025223
Jan 2025223
Dec 2024211
Nov 2024208
Oct 2024229
Sep 2024249
Aug 2024236
Jul 2024219
Jun 2024210
May 2024209
Apr 2024199
Mar 2024197
Feb 2024185
Jan 2024170
Dec 2023174
Nov 2023187
Oct 2023170
Sep 2023172
Aug 2023179
Jul 2023194
Jun 2023196
May 2023210
Apr 2023270
Mar 2023279
Feb 2023269
Jan 2023291
Dec 2022287
Nov 2022291
Oct 2022286
Sep 2022278
Aug 2022299
Jul 2022297
Jun 2022312
May 2022294
Apr 2022236
Mar 2022226
Feb 2022231
Jan 2022205
Dec 2021220
Nov 2021209
Oct 2021225
Jul 2021166
Apr 2021172
Jan 2021165
Oct 2020141
Sep 2020143
Aug 2020163
Jul 2020159
Jun 2020150
May 2020151
Apr 2020146
Mar 2020140
Feb 2020155
Jan 2020168
Dec 2019163
Nov 2019161
Oct 2019161
Sep 2019168
Aug 2019148
Jul 2019145
Jun 2019138
May 2019134
Apr 2019134
Mar 2019138
Feb 2019136
Jan 2019132
Dec 2018134
Nov 2018134
Oct 2018123
Sep 2018112
Aug 2018128
Jul 2018134
Jun 2018131
May 2018135
Apr 2018144
Mar 2018145
Feb 2018127
Jan 2018117
Dec 2017123
Nov 2017119
Oct 2017115
Sep 2017109
Aug 201795
Jul 201787
Jun 201783
May 201774
Apr 201763
Mar 201760
Feb 201780
Jan 201784
Dec 201675
Nov 201678
Oct 201684
Sep 201698
Aug 201691
Jul 201693
Jun 201696
May 201696
Apr 201695
Mar 201698
Feb 201680
Jan 201674
Dec 201574
Nov 201571
Oct 201564
Sep 201552
Aug 201555
Jul 201554
Jun 201560
May 201560
Apr 201558
Mar 201566
Feb 201567
Jan 201566
Dec 201467
Nov 201468
Oct 201475
Sep 201485
Aug 201493
Jul 201492
Jun 201488
May 201487
Apr 201491
Mar 201490
Feb 201486
Jan 201499
Dec 201398
Nov 2013101
Oct 201398
Sep 201391
Aug 201383
Jul 201382
Jun 201379
May 201388
Apr 201387
Mar 201379
Feb 201377
Jan 201365
Dec 201264
Nov 201271
Oct 201272
Sep 201268
Aug 201268
Jul 201268
Jun 201268
May 201264
Apr 201269
Mar 201275
Feb 201292
Jan 201291
Dec 2011100
Nov 201190
Oct 201191
Sep 201187
Aug 201183

Homes finished and licensed each year in Lousada

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
2025178292
2024239211
2023133174
2022129287
2021103220
2020119151
2019119163
201847134
201776123
20166775
20157374
20145867
20136798
201214264
2011134100
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.5

Who built the homes finished in Lousada

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
202556.7%43.3%0.0%0.0%178
202454.8%45.2%0.0%0.0%239
202351.9%47.4%0.8%0.0%133
202242.6%57.4%0.0%0.0%129
202139.8%60.2%0.0%0.0%103
202055.5%44.5%0.0%0.0%119
201935.3%64.7%0.0%0.0%119
201834.0%66.0%0.0%0.0%47
201746.1%53.9%0.0%0.0%76
201638.8%61.2%0.0%0.0%67
201516.4%83.6%0.0%0.0%73
201436.2%63.8%0.0%0.0%58
201338.8%61.2%0.0%0.0%67
201214.8%85.2%0.0%0.0%142
201126.9%73.1%0.0%0.0%134

Homes finished in Lousada, 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
20256.7%20.8%66.9%5.6%178
20242.1%20.5%74.1%3.3%239
20231.5%22.6%67.7%8.3%133
202211.6%14.7%69.0%4.7%129
20213.9%17.5%72.8%5.8%103
20204.2%2.5%89.1%4.2%119
20190.0%7.6%90.8%1.7%119
20182.1%12.8%72.3%12.8%47
20170.0%1.3%86.8%11.8%76
20161.5%7.5%82.1%9.0%67
20150.0%2.7%87.7%9.6%73
20141.7%10.3%75.9%12.1%58
20130.0%17.9%70.1%11.9%67
20122.8%4.2%76.1%16.9%142
20110.0%4.5%83.6%11.9%134

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 Lousada

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,631/m² and €2,088/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,860/m²
Chance of a rise
70%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €135,360. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €514 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
47%

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
€437
Owning per month
€459

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 17.4% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +24.9%.

Gap today
+17.4%
Change in a year
−7.5 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Tâmega e Sousa: Lousada has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 17.8% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−17.8%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2015. The deepest began in August 2016.

Deepest fall
−13.7%
Recovery from the low
10 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 753 while 178 homes were finished: 4.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.2
Population change, 2025
+753

Empty homes

9.6% of the 20,038 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.6%
Empty homes
1,917

Renovation

In 2025, 16% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
16%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
1.7

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €354.6K of housing works here in 2025, and €4.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€354.6K
Per resident, 2025
€7

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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