Penacova · report
Renovation in Penacova
In 2025, 30% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.
- Work on existing buildings, 2025
- 30%
- Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
- 10.5
Buildings finished in Penacova, by kind of work
Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.
- Reconstructions
- Alterations
- Extensions
- New construction
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| Year | New construction | Extensions | Alterations | Reconstructions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 2024 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 2021 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| 2020 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| 2019 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2017 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 2014 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2013 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 2012 | 45 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 72 |
| 2011 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 62 |
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.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €392/m² and €537/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- €464/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 50%
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €54,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €205 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 9%
- Payment, one income
- 17%
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
- €403
- Owning per month
- €189
33.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12
- Per 1,000 residents
- 0.9
Figures for Região de Coimbra: Penacova 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%
Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2016. That fall began in October 2016.
- Deepest fall
- −41.7%
- Recovery from the low
- Not yet
In 2025 the population fell by 53 while 14 homes were finished.
- Homes finished, 2025
- 14
- Population change, 2025
- −53
17.0% of the 8,376 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 17.0%
- Empty homes
- 1,421
Public bodies signed €2.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €2.3M since 2012.
- Signed in 2025
- €2.2M
- Per resident, 2025
- €168
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