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Past price cycles in Madalena

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2023. The deepest began in January 2024.

Deepest fall
−12.4%
Recovery from the low
6 months

Prices in Madalena and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in June 2023.

  • Madalena
  • Portugal
  • 100 = June 2023
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PeriodMadalenaPortugal
Sep 2026148.0135.0
Aug 2026147.0134.1
Jul 2026142.6134.3
Jun 2026140.6134.3
May 2026141.9133.8
Apr 2026151.9133.8
Mar 2026148.6132.7
Feb 2026147.2131.4
Jan 2026140.9130.2
Dec 2025141.5128.8
Nov 2025137.6128.1
Oct 2025133.6126.4
Sep 2025129.6125.2
Aug 2025125.7124.8
Jul 2025121.8124.3
Jun 2025118.0122.9
May 2025114.1120.9
Apr 2025108.2119.9
Mar 2025110.9118.4
Feb 2025108.6116.9
Jan 2025106.2115.1
Dec 2024103.9113.8
Nov 2024101.6112.0
Oct 202499.2110.8
Sep 202495.6110.2
Aug 202497.3109.8
Jul 202497.3109.7
Jun 202496.6108.8
May 2024100.5108.2
Apr 2024104.4106.7
Mar 2024104.4105.9
Feb 2024108.8105.1
Jan 2024109.1104.5
Dec 2023104.6103.2
Nov 2023106.2102.3
Oct 2023105.7100.7
Sep 2023100.5100.0
Aug 2023103.299.7
Jul 2023102.1100.1
Jun 2023100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
January 2024September 2024−12.4%86
April 2026June 2026−7.4%2Not yet

Portugal against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Portugal
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodPortugalEU
Q2 2026301.4168.6
Q1 2026291.0166.5
Q4 2025280.2164.6
Q3 2025269.4163.5
Q2 2025258.8161.0
Q1 2025247.1158.5
Q4 2024235.7156.2
Q3 2024228.9155.1
Q2 2024220.7152.7
Q1 2024212.5149.8
Q4 2023211.3148.9
Q3 2023208.5149.1
Q2 2023204.7148.2
Q1 2023198.6147.6
Q4 2022195.9148.7
Q3 2022193.8150.9
Q2 2022188.3149.6
Q1 2022182.6146.2
Q4 2021176.0143.2
Q3 2021171.3140.2
Q2 2021166.4136.0
Q1 2021161.7132.1
Q4 2020157.7129.8
Q3 2020153.6128.1
Q2 2020154.3126.3
Q1 2020151.7124.4
Q4 2019146.1122.7
Q3 2019143.7121.5
Q2 2019140.7119.8
Q1 2019137.1117.6
Q4 2018132.3116.8
Q3 2018129.7115.9
Q2 2018128.5114.2
Q1 2018125.6112.3
Q4 2017121.1111.2
Q3 2017119.6110.4
Q2 2017115.5108.8
Q1 2017111.9106.9
Q4 2016109.6106.1
Q3 2016108.3105.4
Q2 2016106.9103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015101.8101.1
Q3 2015100.7100.8
Q2 2015100.699.8
Q1 201596.998.3

Bank valuations go back to 2011, so they include the fall after the euro crisis; asking prices start in 2015. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Madalena

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,996/m² and €2,523/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,259/m²
Chance of a rise
68%

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €114,930. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €436 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
18%
Payment, one income
35%

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
€449
Owning per month
€403

4.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
31
Per 1,000 residents
4.5

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Madalena has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.8%

In 2025 the population grew by 113 while 33 homes were finished: 3.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.4
Population change, 2025
+113

12.0% of the 3,620 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.0%
Empty homes
435

In 2025, 26% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
26%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

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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