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New homes in Monção

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

Homes licensed for construction in Monção

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

  • Monção
  • Ten-year average
Show the numbers
PeriodMonção
Aug 2026147
Jul 2026137
Jun 2026139
May 2026137
Apr 2026132
Mar 2026129
Feb 2026117
Jan 2026118
Dec 2025115
Nov 202587
Oct 202565
Sep 202598
Aug 202596
Jul 202597
Jun 202594
May 202599
Apr 202597
Mar 202596
Feb 2025102
Jan 2025138
Dec 2024176
Nov 2024169
Oct 2024174
Sep 2024143
Aug 2024147
Jul 2024150
Jun 2024150
May 2024147
Apr 2024153
Mar 2024154
Feb 2024182
Jan 2024157
Dec 2023121
Nov 2023124
Oct 2023118
Sep 2023117
Aug 2023127
Jul 2023121
Jun 2023146
May 2023145
Apr 2023142
Mar 2023136
Feb 2023145
Jan 2023135
Dec 2022132
Nov 2022131
Oct 2022132
Sep 2022133
Aug 2022122
Jul 2022123
Jun 202297
May 202296
Apr 202295
Mar 2022100
Feb 202258
Jan 202265
Dec 202161
Nov 202161
Oct 202159
Jul 202148
Apr 202181
Jan 202172
Oct 202088
Sep 202094
Aug 2020158
Jul 2020164
Jun 2020154
May 2020138
Apr 2020130
Mar 2020130
Feb 2020132
Jan 2020134
Dec 2019123
Nov 2019123
Oct 2019138
Sep 2019136
Aug 201971
Jul 201969
Jun 201966
May 201968
Apr 201966
Mar 201962
Feb 201982
Jan 201979
Dec 201879
Nov 201878
Oct 201861
Sep 201856
Aug 201859
Jul 201866
Jun 201867
May 201870
Apr 201870
Mar 2018124
Feb 2018100
Jan 2018101
Dec 2017102
Nov 2017102
Oct 201799
Sep 2017103
Aug 2017100
Jul 201791
Jun 201789
May 201783
Apr 201782
Mar 201726
Feb 201726
Jan 201726
Dec 201623
Nov 201622
Oct 201625
Sep 201622
Aug 201622
Jul 201622
Jun 201623
May 201623
Apr 201623
Mar 201623
Feb 201622
Jan 201622
Dec 201523
Nov 201524
Oct 201523
Sep 201522
Aug 201524
Jul 201524
Jun 201523
May 201524
Apr 201524
Mar 201528
Feb 201526
Jan 201526
Dec 201424
Nov 201424
Oct 201423
Sep 201423
Aug 201422
Jul 201420
Jun 201420
May 201418
Apr 201418
Mar 201414
Feb 201414
Jan 201413
Dec 201315
Nov 201314
Oct 201318
Sep 201319
Aug 201320
Jul 201322
Jun 201315
May 201325
Apr 201325
Mar 201319
Feb 201328
Jan 201329
Dec 201218
Nov 201227
Oct 201226
Sep 201218
Aug 201228
Jul 201229
Jun 201247
May 201248
Apr 201248
Mar 201248
Feb 201254
Jan 201260
Dec 201168
Nov 201170
Oct 201169
Sep 201166
Aug 201162

Homes finished and licensed each year in Monção

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
202579115
2024124176
2023100121
202285132
20213061
202012785
201930123
20181379
20175102
20161223
20151223
20141924
20132315
20124124
20118368
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.3

Who built the homes finished in Monção

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
202534.2%65.8%0.0%0.0%79
202466.9%33.1%0.0%0.0%124
202345.0%55.0%0.0%0.0%100
202230.6%69.4%0.0%0.0%85
20213.3%96.7%0.0%0.0%30
202082.7%17.3%0.0%0.0%127
201940.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%30
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%13
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%5
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20150.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%19
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%23
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%41
201151.8%48.2%0.0%0.0%83

Homes finished in Monção, 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
202540.5%15.2%30.4%13.9%79
202437.9%16.9%37.9%7.3%124
202326.0%31.0%35.0%8.0%100
202220.0%10.6%60.0%9.4%85
20210.0%30.0%60.0%10.0%30
202031.5%27.6%35.4%5.5%127
20193.3%26.7%56.7%13.3%30
20180.0%7.7%76.9%15.4%13
20170.0%0.0%60.0%40.0%5
20168.3%8.3%58.3%25.0%12
20158.3%0.0%58.3%33.3%12
20140.0%0.0%73.7%26.3%19
20134.3%4.3%69.6%21.7%23
20120.0%2.4%73.2%24.4%41
201136.1%16.9%37.3%9.6%83

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 Monção

Next 12 months

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%

Affordability

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%

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
€600
Owning per month
€379

Foreign buyers

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%

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Homes finished, 2025
79
Population change, 2025
−92

Empty homes

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

Renovation

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

Public housing works

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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