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Renovation in Monção

In 2025, 6% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
6%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
3.3

Buildings finished in Monção, by kind of work

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

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
Show the numbers
YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
20256011264
20247240783
20238243190
20227232784
20215031458
20204411147
20192510430
20182411026
20171810221
20162020123
20151850023
20143590044
20132830031
201257110169
20115480062

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 Monção

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,093/m² and €1,323/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,208/m²
Chance of a rise
77%

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €108,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €410 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
37%

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
€600
Owning per month
€379

40.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
147
Per 1,000 residents
8.1

Figures for Alto Minho: Monção has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 1.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−1.0%

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2017. The deepest began in May 2019.

Deepest fall
−17.7%
Recovery from the low
14 months

In 2025 the population fell by 92 while 79 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
79
Population change, 2025
−92

15.7% of the 13,849 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
15.7%
Empty homes
2,168

Public bodies signed €3.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €5M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€3.4M
Per resident, 2025
€188

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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