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New homes in Ovar

108.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
244
Per 1,000 residents
4.2

Homes licensed for construction in Ovar

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

  • Ovar
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodOvar
Aug 2026244
Jul 2026259
Jun 2026219
May 2026157
Apr 2026207
Mar 2026209
Feb 2026209
Jan 2026200
Dec 2025253
Nov 2025223
Oct 2025227
Sep 2025245
Aug 2025230
Jul 2025217
Jun 2025221
May 2025219
Apr 2025171
Mar 2025173
Feb 2025171
Jan 2025169
Dec 2024112
Nov 2024112
Oct 2024111
Sep 202490
Aug 2024118
Jul 2024125
Jun 2024125
May 2024125
Apr 2024135
Mar 2024131
Feb 2024147
Jan 2024148
Dec 2023152
Nov 2023150
Oct 2023143
Sep 2023146
Aug 2023126
Jul 2023115
Jun 2023110
May 2023131
Apr 2023115
Mar 2023111
Feb 202398
Jan 202397
Dec 2022108
Nov 2022109
Oct 2022121
Sep 2022159
Aug 2022156
Jul 2022166
Jun 2022167
May 2022146
Apr 2022151
Mar 2022150
Feb 2022153
Jan 2022155
Dec 2021142
Nov 2021148
Oct 2021138
Jul 202178
Apr 2021106
Jan 2021106
Oct 2020105
Sep 202090
Aug 2020109
Jul 2020108
Jun 202090
May 2020116
Apr 202076
Mar 202054
Feb 202082
Jan 202078
Dec 201980
Nov 201980
Oct 201978
Sep 201977
Aug 201981
Jul 201984
Jun 201978
May 201975
Apr 201972
Mar 201974
Feb 201965
Jan 201964
Dec 201860
Nov 201858
Oct 201851
Sep 201846
Aug 201845
Jul 201851
Jun 201853
May 201852
Apr 201854
Mar 201854
Feb 201854
Jan 201855
Dec 201762
Nov 201777
Oct 201778
Sep 201779
Aug 201777
Jul 201768
Jun 201766
May 201765
Apr 201766
Mar 201764
Feb 201760
Jan 201758
Dec 201651
Nov 201638
Oct 201635
Sep 201636
Aug 201634
Jul 201635
Jun 201637
May 201637
Apr 201638
Mar 201636
Feb 201638
Jan 201637
Dec 201534
Nov 201534
Oct 201535
Sep 201535
Aug 201536
Jul 201537
Jun 201536
May 201534
Apr 201532
Mar 201533
Feb 201534
Jan 201536
Dec 201438
Nov 201441
Oct 201438
Sep 201434
Aug 201432
Jul 201437
Jun 201437
May 201436
Apr 201435
Mar 201434
Feb 201458
Jan 201461
Dec 201362
Nov 201358
Oct 201358
Sep 201359
Aug 201361
Jul 201352
Jun 201350
May 201358
Apr 201360
Mar 201363
Feb 201339
Jan 201337
Dec 201249
Nov 201250
Oct 201257
Sep 201264
Aug 201268
Jul 201269
Jun 201269
May 201265
Apr 201272
Mar 201280
Feb 201276
Jan 201276
Dec 201162
Nov 201164
Oct 201157
Sep 201149
Aug 201143

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ovar

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
202598253
2024152112
202347152
202256108
202161142
202022101
20193780
20182560
20172362
20163851
20155734
20145438
20138362
201218049
201114562
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.7

Who built the homes finished in Ovar

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

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
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YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202545.9%54.1%0.0%0.0%98
202459.9%40.1%0.0%0.0%152
20238.5%91.5%0.0%0.0%47
202225.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%56
202142.6%57.4%0.0%0.0%61
202018.2%81.8%0.0%0.0%22
201910.8%89.2%0.0%0.0%37
201820.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%25
201717.4%82.6%0.0%0.0%23
201615.8%84.2%0.0%0.0%38
201514.0%86.0%0.0%0.0%57
201450.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%54
201313.3%86.7%0.0%0.0%83
201269.4%30.6%0.0%0.0%180
201148.3%51.7%0.0%0.0%145

Homes finished in Ovar, 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
20259.2%21.4%53.1%16.3%98
202413.8%33.6%41.4%11.2%152
20232.1%19.1%63.8%14.9%47
202214.3%19.6%51.8%14.3%56
20219.8%21.3%52.5%16.4%61
20200.0%13.6%63.6%22.7%22
20192.7%13.5%59.5%24.3%37
20180.0%12.0%72.0%16.0%25
20178.7%8.7%69.6%13.0%23
20165.3%15.8%44.7%34.2%38
201514.0%35.1%24.6%26.3%57
20141.9%5.6%77.8%14.8%54
20131.2%27.7%38.6%32.5%83
201224.4%32.2%30.6%12.8%180
20111.4%19.3%57.2%22.1%145

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 Ovar

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,359/m² and €2,819/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,589/m²
Chance of a rise
99%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €173,070. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €657 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
50%

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
€675
Owning per month
€612

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 13.7% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +15.8%.

Gap today
+13.7%
Change in a year
−2.1 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região de Aveiro: Ovar has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.3% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.3%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 12 times since 2014. The deepest began in August 2018.

Deepest fall
−10.3%
Recovery from the low
7 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 332 while 98 homes were finished: 3.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.4
Population change, 2025
+332

Empty homes

8.0% of the 28,587 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.0%
Empty homes
2,293

Renovation

In 2025, 2% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
2%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €5.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €13.5M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€5.9M
Per resident, 2025
€102

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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