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New homes in Ponte da Barca

106.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
78
Per 1,000 residents
7.0

Homes licensed for construction in Ponte da Barca

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

  • Ponte da Barca
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPonte da Barca
Aug 202678
Jul 202683
Jun 202675
May 202673
Apr 202671
Mar 202669
Feb 202669
Jan 202669
Dec 202565
Nov 202558
Oct 202558
Sep 202563
Aug 202562
Jul 202557
Jun 202538
May 202539
Apr 202534
Mar 202535
Feb 202535
Jan 202535
Dec 202426
Nov 202427
Oct 202428
Sep 202425
Aug 202425
Jul 202428
Jun 202427
May 202429
Apr 202431
Mar 202427
Feb 202442
Jan 202442
Dec 202341
Nov 202340
Oct 202339
Sep 202346
Aug 202345
Jul 202345
Jun 202349
May 202337
Apr 202359
Mar 202365
Feb 202340
Jan 202351
Dec 202256
Nov 202243
Oct 202265
Sep 202258
Aug 202245
Jul 202255
Jun 202255
May 202253
Apr 202243
Mar 202239
Feb 202237
Jan 202239
Dec 202142
Nov 202143
Oct 202133
Jul 202132
Apr 202145
Jan 202139
Oct 202040
Sep 202040
Aug 202043
Jul 202043
Jun 202047
May 202045
Apr 202025
Mar 202026
Feb 202030
Jan 202035
Dec 201933
Nov 201926
Oct 201925
Sep 201924
Aug 201923
Jul 201924
Jun 201922
May 201922
Apr 201926
Mar 201926
Feb 201923
Jan 201920
Dec 201822
Nov 201823
Oct 201821
Sep 201821
Aug 201823
Jul 201824
Jun 201825
May 201825
Apr 201827
Mar 201826
Feb 201826
Jan 201827
Dec 201726
Nov 201725
Oct 201727
Sep 201728
Aug 201725
Jul 201724
Jun 201724
May 201725
Apr 201719
Mar 201721
Feb 201721
Jan 201714
Dec 201621
Nov 201619
Oct 201618
Sep 201632
Aug 201630
Jul 201624
Jun 201629
May 201626
Apr 201623
Mar 201627
Feb 201626
Jan 201626
Dec 201528
Nov 201528
Oct 201524
Sep 201516
Aug 201514
Jul 201513
Jun 201512
May 201516
Apr 201515
Mar 201521
Feb 201520
Jan 201521
Dec 201418
Nov 201418
Oct 201418
Sep 201419
Aug 201422
Jul 201423
Jun 201426
May 201423
Apr 201426
Mar 201422
Feb 201423
Jan 201423
Dec 201323
Nov 201324
Oct 201324
Sep 201323
Aug 201322
Jul 201323
Jun 201325
May 201326
Apr 201322
Mar 201322
Feb 201323
Jan 201322
Dec 201226
Nov 201227
Oct 201229
Sep 201229
Aug 201227
Jul 201227
Jun 201222
May 201228
Apr 201233
Mar 201234
Feb 201233
Jan 201234
Dec 201130
Nov 201127
Oct 201125
Sep 201124
Aug 201124

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ponte da Barca

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
20253365
20243126
20233741
20222151
20214342
20202134
20191333
20182222
20171126
20161218
20151528
20141918
20133823
20125826
20115430
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.0

Who built the homes finished in Ponte da Barca

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
202548.5%51.5%0.0%0.0%33
202451.6%48.4%0.0%0.0%31
202362.2%37.8%0.0%0.0%37
20229.5%90.5%0.0%0.0%21
202137.2%62.8%0.0%0.0%43
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%21
20197.7%92.3%0.0%0.0%13
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%22
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%11
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20156.7%93.3%0.0%0.0%15
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%19
20135.3%94.7%0.0%0.0%38
201215.5%84.5%0.0%0.0%58
201114.8%85.2%0.0%0.0%54

Homes finished in Ponte da Barca, 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
202515.2%6.1%75.8%3.0%33
20240.0%22.6%61.3%16.1%31
20235.4%13.5%75.7%5.4%37
20224.8%42.9%47.6%4.8%21
20210.0%4.7%88.4%7.0%43
20200.0%9.5%71.4%19.0%21
20197.7%0.0%76.9%15.4%13
20180.0%27.3%50.0%22.7%22
20170.0%36.4%54.5%9.1%11
20160.0%16.7%50.0%33.3%12
20150.0%20.0%73.3%6.7%15
20145.3%10.5%52.6%31.6%19
20130.0%13.2%71.1%15.8%38
20120.0%5.2%75.9%19.0%58
20110.0%9.3%75.9%14.8%54

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 Ponte da Barca

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €106,200. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €403 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
39%

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
€399
Owning per month
€373

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Minho: Ponte da Barca 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%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 7 while 33 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
33
Population change, 2025
−7

Empty homes

12.1% of the 8,350 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.1%
Empty homes
1,011

Renovation

In 2025, 39% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
39%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
28.6

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €154.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €1.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€154.9K
Per resident, 2025
€14

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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