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New homes in Pombal

7.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
173
Per 1,000 residents
3.1

Homes licensed for construction in Pombal

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

  • Pombal
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPombal
Aug 2026173
Jul 2026181
Jun 2026178
May 2026217
Apr 2026250
Mar 2026230
Feb 2026220
Jan 2026243
Dec 2025233
Nov 2025257
Oct 2025263
Sep 2025244
Aug 2025267
Jul 2025262
Jun 2025243
May 2025202
Apr 2025187
Mar 2025215
Feb 2025214
Jan 2025205
Dec 2024201
Nov 2024170
Oct 2024178
Sep 2024185
Aug 2024169
Jul 2024184
Jun 2024197
May 2024204
Apr 2024195
Mar 2024169
Feb 2024181
Jan 2024187
Dec 2023188
Nov 2023194
Oct 2023232
Sep 2023219
Aug 2023212
Jul 2023217
Jun 2023234
May 2023221
Apr 2023209
Mar 2023209
Feb 2023202
Jan 2023189
Dec 2022199
Nov 2022202
Oct 2022179
Sep 2022181
Aug 2022185
Jul 2022163
Jun 2022152
May 2022164
Apr 2022176
Mar 2022185
Feb 2022192
Jan 2022198
Dec 2021191
Nov 2021190
Oct 2021165
Jul 2021180
Apr 2021159
Jan 2021128
Oct 2020119
Sep 2020120
Aug 2020122
Jul 202095
Jun 202089
May 202092
Apr 2020108
Mar 2020112
Feb 2020110
Jan 2020113
Dec 2019103
Nov 2019103
Oct 2019116
Sep 2019121
Aug 2019122
Jul 2019114
Jun 2019104
May 2019104
Apr 201993
Mar 2019139
Feb 2019150
Jan 2019151
Dec 2018153
Nov 2018160
Oct 2018146
Sep 2018151
Aug 2018153
Jul 2018160
Jun 2018160
May 2018155
Apr 2018155
Mar 2018107
Feb 2018106
Jan 2018101
Dec 2017103
Nov 2017101
Oct 201799
Sep 201795
Aug 201797
Jul 201790
Jun 201792
May 201790
Apr 201786
Mar 201789
Feb 201779
Jan 201789
Dec 201685
Nov 201681
Oct 201683
Sep 201677
Aug 201677
Jul 201678
Jun 201680
May 201683
Apr 201679
Mar 201679
Feb 201680
Jan 201668
Dec 201568
Nov 201567
Oct 201565
Sep 201568
Aug 201567
Jul 201563
Jun 201559
May 201559
Apr 201561
Mar 201556
Feb 201554
Jan 201560
Dec 201468
Nov 201470
Oct 201475
Sep 201476
Aug 201480
Jul 201491
Jun 201499
May 2014101
Apr 2014106
Mar 2014113
Feb 2014118
Jan 2014114
Dec 2013107
Nov 2013114
Oct 2013115
Sep 2013117
Aug 2013118
Jul 2013118
Jun 2013120
May 2013125
Apr 2013124
Mar 2013128
Feb 2013125
Jan 2013129
Dec 2012133
Nov 2012139
Oct 2012140
Sep 2012143
Aug 2012146
Jul 2012149
Jun 2012148
May 2012148
Apr 2012150
Mar 2012154
Feb 2012160
Jan 2012160
Dec 2011171
Nov 2011161
Oct 2011160
Sep 2011145
Aug 2011131

Homes finished and licensed each year in Pombal

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
2025152233
2024142201
2023167188
2022104199
202187191
202072127
201967103
201861153
201771103
20165185
20157468
20148268
2013135107
2012153133
2011165171
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.8

Who built the homes finished in Pombal

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
202568.4%31.6%0.0%0.0%152
202449.3%50.7%0.0%0.0%142
202337.7%62.3%0.0%0.0%167
202239.4%60.6%0.0%0.0%104
202125.3%74.7%0.0%0.0%87
202022.2%77.8%0.0%0.0%72
201922.4%77.6%0.0%0.0%67
201814.8%85.2%0.0%0.0%61
201721.1%78.9%0.0%0.0%71
20162.0%98.0%0.0%0.0%51
20158.1%90.5%0.0%1.4%74
20142.4%97.6%0.0%0.0%82
20135.2%94.8%0.0%0.0%135
201212.4%87.6%0.0%0.0%153
20116.7%93.3%0.0%0.0%165

Homes finished in Pombal, 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
20258.6%30.3%52.0%9.2%152
202424.6%19.0%47.9%8.5%142
20236.6%26.3%53.9%13.2%167
20222.9%15.4%64.4%17.3%104
20212.3%25.3%60.9%11.5%87
20208.3%22.2%58.3%11.1%72
20191.5%23.9%53.7%20.9%67
201816.4%11.5%63.9%8.2%61
20175.6%18.3%66.2%9.9%71
20160.0%33.3%51.0%15.7%51
20152.7%16.2%63.5%17.6%74
20144.9%14.6%61.0%19.5%82
20133.7%11.1%58.5%26.7%135
20124.6%10.5%60.1%24.8%153
20113.0%22.4%60.0%14.5%165

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 Pombal

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,152/m² and €1,556/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,354/m²
Chance of a rise
69%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €125,010. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €474 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
38%

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
€518
Owning per month
€429

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 8.0% less than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −7.5%.

Gap today
−8.0%
Change in a year
−0.5 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 25.1% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+25.1%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2020. The deepest began in October 2022.

Deepest fall
−26.1%
Recovery from the low
17 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 484 while 152 homes were finished: 3.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.2
Population change, 2025
+484

Empty homes

16.1% of the 33,888 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
16.1%
Empty homes
5,471

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 €253.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€253.1K
Per resident, 2025
€5

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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