Marinha Grande · report
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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
- €580
- Owning per month
- €483
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Starting from INE's median sale price of €1,531/m² and median new-lease rent of 6.4 €/m² a month in Marinha Grande, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.
Owning costs less each month than renting.
- Rent a month
- €580
- Owning a month, not recovered
- €483
- Interest
- €310
- Running costs
- €115
- Return given up
- €59
- Cash out a month, if buying
- €638
Gross rental yield in Marinha Grande
A year's rent as a share of the sale price, from INE's medians. Higher means rent is dear compared with buying.
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| Period | Marinha Grande |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 5.0% |
| Q1 2026 | 5.3% |
| Q4 2025 | 5.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 5.4% |
| Q2 2025 | 5.4% |
| Q1 2025 | 5.6% |
| Q4 2024 | 5.8% |
| Q3 2024 | 5.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 5.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 5.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 5.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 5.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 5.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 5.4% |
| Q4 2022 | 5.5% |
| Q3 2022 | 5.6% |
| Q2 2022 | 5.6% |
| Q1 2022 | 5.9% |
| Q4 2021 | 6.1% |
| Q3 2021 | 6.1% |
| Q2 2021 | 6.1% |
| Q1 2021 | 5.9% |
| Q4 2020 | 5.9% |
| Q3 2020 | 6.0% |
| Q2 2020 | 6.0% |
| Q1 2020 | 6.0% |
The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,848/m² and €2,169/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- €2,009/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 99%
At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €143,100. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €543 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 41%
Sellers ask 7.2% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +19.2%.
- Gap today
- +7.2%
- Change in a year
- −12.0 pp
27.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 35
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.8
Figures for Região de Leiria: Marinha Grande has no reliable figures of its own.
Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 12.9% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.
- Abroad against residents
- −12.9%
Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2014. The deepest began in February 2015.
- Deepest fall
- −14.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 12 months
In 2025 the population grew by 18 while 74 homes were finished: 0.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.2
- Population change, 2025
- +18
13.9% of the 22,012 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 13.9%
- Empty homes
- 3,058
In 2025, 9% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.
- Work on existing buildings, 2025
- 9%
- Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
- 0.0
Public bodies signed €3.6M of housing works here in 2025, and €5M since 2012.
- Signed in 2025
- €3.6M
- Per resident, 2025
- €79
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