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Mealhada · report

New homes in Mealhada

57.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
49
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Homes licensed for construction in Mealhada

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

  • Mealhada
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodMealhada
Aug 202649
Jul 202649
Jun 202646
May 202657
Apr 202656
Mar 202653
Feb 202650
Jan 202654
Dec 202550
Nov 202557
Oct 202554
Sep 202555
Aug 202552
Jul 202554
Jun 202542
May 202536
Apr 202537
Mar 202539
Feb 202536
Jan 202535
Dec 202451
Nov 202445
Oct 202446
Sep 202445
Aug 202446
Jul 202449
Jun 202450
May 202455
Apr 202453
Mar 202451
Feb 202449
Jan 202448
Dec 202333
Nov 202332
Oct 202333
Sep 202335
Aug 202332
Jul 202327
Jun 202327
May 202314
Apr 202317
Mar 202317
Feb 202318
Jan 202321
Dec 202222
Nov 202220
Oct 202221
Sep 202220
Aug 202219
Jul 202223
Jun 202225
May 202226
Apr 202228
Mar 202230
Feb 202231
Jan 202228
Dec 202131
Nov 202132
Oct 202136
Jul 202135
Apr 202130
Jan 202126
Oct 202017
Sep 202017
Aug 202017
Jul 202018
Jun 202019
May 202021
Apr 202022
Mar 202024
Feb 202027
Jan 202027
Dec 201928
Nov 201930
Oct 201929
Sep 201928
Aug 201937
Jul 201934
Jun 201933
May 201930
Apr 201929
Mar 201927
Feb 201925
Jan 201928
Dec 201826
Nov 201824
Oct 201831
Sep 201832
Aug 201825
Jul 201827
Jun 201826
May 201827
Apr 201826
Mar 201826
Feb 201826
Jan 201824
Dec 201724
Nov 201726
Oct 201721
Sep 201718
Aug 201717
Jul 201716
Jun 201716
May 201716
Apr 201715
Mar 201714
Feb 201714
Jan 201713
Dec 201616
Nov 201616
Oct 201614
Sep 201615
Aug 201613
Jul 201614
Jun 201614
May 201614
Apr 201618
Mar 201619
Feb 201618
Jan 201620
Dec 201518
Nov 201510
Oct 201519
Sep 201523
Aug 201519
Jul 201526
Jun 201527
May 201519
Apr 201523
Mar 201521
Feb 201515
Jan 201521
Dec 201419
Nov 201417
Oct 201419
Sep 201414
Aug 201412
Jul 201412
Jun 201410
May 201410
Apr 201410
Mar 201410
Feb 201411
Jan 201412
Dec 201312
Nov 201316
Oct 201314
Sep 201314
Aug 201316
Jul 201318
Jun 201323
May 201323
Apr 201324
Mar 201326
Feb 201325
Jan 201320
Dec 201225
Nov 201222
Oct 201217
Sep 201223
Aug 201224
Jul 201221
Jun 201225
May 201225
Apr 201229
Mar 201233
Feb 201239
Jan 201241
Dec 201140
Nov 201138
Oct 201144
Sep 201142
Aug 201137

Homes finished and licensed each year in Mealhada

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
20252150
20242351
20232432
20222522
20211831
20202423
20192328
20181926
20171824
20161916
20151416
20145019
20134412
20124023
20113940
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.1

Who built the homes finished in Mealhada

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
Show the numbers
YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202557.1%42.9%0.0%0.0%21
20244.3%95.7%0.0%0.0%23
202325.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%24
202228.0%72.0%0.0%0.0%25
202111.1%88.9%0.0%0.0%18
202029.2%70.8%0.0%0.0%24
201926.1%73.9%0.0%0.0%23
20185.3%94.7%0.0%0.0%19
201711.1%88.9%0.0%0.0%18
201626.3%73.7%0.0%0.0%19
201514.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%14
201418.0%82.0%0.0%0.0%50
201315.9%84.1%0.0%0.0%44
201230.0%70.0%0.0%0.0%40
20115.1%94.9%0.0%0.0%39

Homes finished in Mealhada, 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
20250.0%23.8%71.4%4.8%21
202421.7%21.7%39.1%17.4%23
20234.2%20.8%45.8%29.2%24
20224.0%40.0%36.0%20.0%25
20215.6%11.1%61.1%22.2%18
20208.3%25.0%41.7%25.0%24
20190.0%47.8%30.4%21.7%23
201815.8%26.3%47.4%10.5%19
201711.1%44.4%16.7%27.8%18
20160.0%36.8%52.6%10.5%19
20157.1%28.6%50.0%14.3%14
20148.0%38.0%46.0%8.0%50
20136.8%34.1%54.5%4.5%44
20120.0%15.0%67.5%17.5%40
201112.8%15.4%38.5%33.3%39

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 Mealhada

Next 12 months

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,009/m² and €1,579/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,294/m²
Chance of a rise
49%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €116,910. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €444 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
17%
Payment, one income
34%

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
€481
Owning per month
€358

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região de Coimbra: Mealhada has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 10.7% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−10.7%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 86 while 21 homes were finished: 4.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.1
Population change, 2025
+86

Empty homes

15.1% of the 10,386 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
15.1%
Empty homes
1,566

Renovation

In 2025, 25% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
25%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.5M
Per resident, 2025
€73

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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