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Renovation in Mação

In 2025, 61% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
61%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
128.6

Buildings finished in Mação, by kind of work

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

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
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YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
2025720918
20241030114
20231712525
20221650223
20211131823
2020832215
20191031822
20181222622
20171241320
2016930416
20151452223
20141431624
20131232724
2012201131246
201122951046

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 Mação

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €31,950. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €121 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
5%
Payment, one income
11%

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
€320
Owning per month
€112

16.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
9
Per 1,000 residents
1.4

Figures for Médio Tejo: Mação has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 9.9% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−9.9%

In 2025 the population grew by 24 while 7 homes were finished: 3.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.4
Population change, 2025
+24

11.8% of the 6,690 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.8%
Empty homes
792

Public bodies signed €114.5K of housing works here in 2025, and €200.4K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€114.5K
Per resident, 2025
€18

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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