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New homes in Ponta Delgada

67.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
297
Per 1,000 residents
4.1

Homes licensed for construction in Ponta Delgada

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

  • Ponta Delgada
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPonta Delgada
Aug 2026297
Jul 2026325
Jun 2026331
May 2026286
Apr 2026314
Mar 2026285
Feb 2026302
Jan 2026304
Dec 2025282
Nov 2025285
Oct 2025327
Sep 2025273
Aug 2025284
Jul 2025258
Jun 2025255
May 2025273
Apr 2025264
Mar 2025279
Feb 2025248
Jan 2025241
Dec 2024237
Nov 2024239
Oct 2024209
Sep 2024188
Aug 2024176
Jul 2024174
Jun 2024162
May 2024152
Apr 2024136
Mar 2024118
Feb 2024122
Jan 2024127
Dec 2023119
Nov 2023117
Oct 2023108
Sep 2023127
Aug 2023136
Jul 2023141
Jun 2023149
May 2023139
Apr 2023141
Mar 2023143
Feb 2023154
Jan 2023160
Dec 2022204
Nov 2022211
Oct 2022229
Sep 2022202
Aug 2022196
Jul 2022194
Jun 2022207
May 2022215
Apr 2022222
Mar 2022225
Feb 2022212
Jan 2022208
Dec 2021166
Nov 2021161
Oct 2021145
Jul 2021179
Apr 2021155
Jan 2021153
Oct 2020160
Sep 2020149
Aug 2020158
Jul 2020143
Jun 2020139
May 2020136
Apr 2020189
Mar 2020182
Feb 2020188
Jan 2020193
Dec 2019220
Nov 2019219
Oct 2019220
Sep 2019222
Aug 2019212
Jul 2019210
Jun 2019230
May 2019233
Apr 2019177
Mar 2019183
Feb 2019174
Jan 2019165
Dec 2018138
Nov 2018136
Oct 2018141
Sep 2018140
Aug 2018156
Jul 2018150
Jun 2018130
May 2018126
Apr 2018124
Mar 2018116
Feb 2018138
Jan 2018140
Dec 2017125
Nov 2017121
Oct 2017115
Sep 2017109
Aug 201769
Jul 201790
Jun 201764
May 201766
Apr 201786
Mar 201766
Feb 201746
Jan 201765
Dec 201648
Nov 201650
Oct 201666
Sep 201644
Aug 201659
Jul 201656
Jun 201656
May 201658
Apr 201654
Mar 201650
Feb 201649
Jan 201653
Dec 201547
Nov 201548
Oct 201551
Sep 201547
Aug 201545
Jul 201546
Jun 201543
May 201541
Apr 201543
Mar 201544
Feb 201544
Jan 201536
Dec 201434
Nov 201432
Oct 201430
Sep 201431
Aug 201437
Jul 201437
Jun 201436
May 201434
Apr 201432
Mar 201436
Feb 201432
Jan 201433
Dec 201336
Nov 201338
Oct 201342
Sep 201343
Aug 201342
Jul 201349
Jun 201351
May 201351
Apr 201351
Mar 201345
Feb 201354
Jan 201355
Dec 201257
Nov 201256
Oct 201259
Sep 201267
Aug 2012149
Jul 2012146
Jun 2012148
May 2012182
Apr 2012191
Mar 2012209
Feb 2012206
Jan 2012214
Dec 2011219
Nov 2011255
Oct 2011274
Sep 2011263
Aug 2011176

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ponta Delgada

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
2025130282
2024179237
2023179119
202295204
2021205166
2020111165
2019134220
2018106138
201766125
20163856
201510647
20144934
20137736
201223157
2011164219
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.8

Who built the homes finished in Ponta Delgada

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
202513.1%84.6%2.3%0.0%130
202438.5%61.5%0.0%0.0%179
202345.3%54.7%0.0%0.0%179
202245.3%54.7%0.0%0.0%95
202154.6%44.9%0.5%0.0%205
202038.7%61.3%0.0%0.0%111
201927.6%70.9%1.5%0.0%134
201853.8%46.2%0.0%0.0%106
201725.8%74.2%0.0%0.0%66
201626.3%71.1%2.6%0.0%38
201559.4%39.6%0.9%0.0%106
201430.6%69.4%0.0%0.0%49
201346.8%53.2%0.0%0.0%77
201271.0%29.0%0.0%0.0%231
201145.7%54.3%0.0%0.0%164

Homes finished in Ponta Delgada, 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
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
202513.8%23.8%32.3%30.0%130
202412.3%30.2%36.9%20.7%179
202311.2%29.1%39.1%20.7%179
20225.3%35.8%30.5%28.4%95
20213.4%43.4%30.2%22.9%205
202021.6%16.2%31.5%30.6%111
20196.0%47.8%23.9%22.4%134
201817.0%35.8%32.1%15.1%106
201716.7%18.2%22.7%42.4%66
20165.3%15.8%36.8%42.1%38
20153.8%27.4%41.5%27.4%106
201410.2%8.2%61.2%20.4%49
20132.6%3.9%62.3%31.2%77
20128.2%42.0%32.5%17.3%231
201111.6%24.4%40.2%23.8%164

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 Ponta Delgada

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,482/m² and €3,428/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,955/m²
Chance of a rise
85%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €189,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €717 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
26%
Payment, one income
52%

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
€720
Owning per month
€658

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 22.6% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +35.2%.

Gap today
+22.6%
Change in a year
−12.6 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 2.4% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−2.4%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2011. The deepest began in June 2011.

Deepest fall
−24.3%
Recovery from the low
54 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 162 while 130 homes were finished: 1.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.2
Population change, 2025
+162

Empty homes

11.8% of the 29,150 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.8%
Empty homes
3,442

Renovation

In 2025, 26% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
26%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €17.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €21.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€17.2M
Per resident, 2025
€239

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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