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Past price cycles in Ribeira Grande

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2016. The deepest began in June 2016.

Deepest fall
−15.0%
Recovery from the low
18 months

Prices in Ribeira Grande and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in March 2016.

  • Ribeira Grande
  • Portugal
  • 100 = March 2016
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PeriodRibeira GrandePortugal
Sep 2026271.7280.7
Aug 2026278.3278.9
Jul 2026277.3279.1
Jun 2026273.4279.2
May 2026275.8278.1
Apr 2026267.3278.1
Mar 2026258.9276.0
Feb 2026250.4273.1
Jan 2026243.7270.6
Dec 2025241.4267.8
Nov 2025235.2266.3
Oct 2025229.4262.9
Sep 2025233.7260.3
Aug 2025235.7259.4
Jul 2025232.8258.4
Jun 2025225.0255.5
May 2025217.1251.4
Apr 2025209.1249.3
Mar 2025201.3246.3
Feb 2025199.4243.0
Jan 2025195.8239.4
Dec 2024189.5236.5
Nov 2024181.1232.9
Oct 2024182.5230.4
Sep 2024181.5229.2
Aug 2024176.4228.3
Jul 2024171.4228.2
Jun 2024166.2226.3
May 2024160.7225.0
Apr 2024153.5221.8
Mar 2024155.4220.2
Feb 2024157.0218.4
Jan 2024153.7217.2
Dec 2023149.9214.5
Nov 2023145.9212.6
Oct 2023141.2209.4
Sep 2023142.3207.8
Aug 2023141.3207.4
Jul 2023140.8208.1
Jun 2023139.3207.9
May 2023137.6206.0
Apr 2023137.6205.1
Mar 2023135.4203.2
Feb 2023132.3202.2
Jan 2023129.5200.9
Dec 2022128.5199.9
Nov 2022129.2199.5
Oct 2022126.2196.4
Sep 2022124.7195.3
Aug 2022121.8195.0
Jul 2022119.8194.7
Jun 2022117.6194.6
May 2022111.0194.3
Apr 2022108.7193.3
Mar 2022110.1193.4
Feb 2022112.9192.5
Jan 2022112.8191.7
Dec 2021110.4191.5
Nov 2021110.8191.0
Oct 2021111.9189.8
Sep 2021113.3187.6
Aug 2021110.5186.8
Jul 2021110.6186.1
Jun 2021106.7184.4
May 2021102.8183.3
Apr 202199.0182.3
Mar 202196.5182.3
Feb 202194.6181.7
Jan 202192.5182.1
Dec 202089.5181.0
Nov 202088.6179.5
Oct 202091.3177.2
Sep 202091.3175.2
Aug 202095.2174.3
Jul 202092.5173.2
Jun 202091.3174.1
May 202092.5174.8
Apr 202094.0175.7
Mar 202097.5173.9
Feb 202093.7172.8
Jan 202090.7170.8
Dec 201990.4171.9
Nov 201986.9171.0
Oct 201991.3170.5
Sep 201990.5170.3
Aug 201990.1170.4
Jul 201990.4170.5
Jun 201991.0167.9
May 201988.5164.0
Apr 201988.1160.4
Mar 201987.3158.7
Feb 201988.8156.7
Jan 201988.6155.0
Dec 201889.1154.6
Nov 201891.3153.4
Oct 201889.0151.6
Sep 201889.9148.1
Aug 201888.8145.3
Jul 201889.0144.9
Jun 201890.1141.7
May 201890.5140.3
Apr 201892.1137.4
Mar 201891.9136.0
Feb 201895.2135.4
Jan 201895.3133.3
Dec 201794.4133.7
Nov 201796.3132.1
Oct 201796.8130.2
Sep 201796.3127.4
Aug 201794.4125.7
Jul 201794.9123.5
Jun 201792.5121.8
May 201790.5119.0
Apr 201795.7118.9
Mar 201797.2117.6
Feb 201796.8115.7
Jan 201799.0114.3
Dec 2016100.1113.3
Nov 2016100.3112.6
Oct 2016100.5110.3
Sep 201697.2107.3
Aug 201698.4104.4
Jul 2016100.6100.9
Jun 2016102.3100.8
May 2016101.199.7
Apr 2016101.399.1
Mar 2016100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
June 2016November 2019−15.0%4118
September 2021April 2022−4.0%72

Portugal against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Portugal
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodPortugalEU
Q2 2026301.4168.6
Q1 2026291.0166.5
Q4 2025280.2164.6
Q3 2025269.4163.5
Q2 2025258.8161.0
Q1 2025247.1158.5
Q4 2024235.7156.2
Q3 2024228.9155.1
Q2 2024220.7152.7
Q1 2024212.5149.8
Q4 2023211.3148.9
Q3 2023208.5149.1
Q2 2023204.7148.2
Q1 2023198.6147.6
Q4 2022195.9148.7
Q3 2022193.8150.9
Q2 2022188.3149.6
Q1 2022182.6146.2
Q4 2021176.0143.2
Q3 2021171.3140.2
Q2 2021166.4136.0
Q1 2021161.7132.1
Q4 2020157.7129.8
Q3 2020153.6128.1
Q2 2020154.3126.3
Q1 2020151.7124.4
Q4 2019146.1122.7
Q3 2019143.7121.5
Q2 2019140.7119.8
Q1 2019137.1117.6
Q4 2018132.3116.8
Q3 2018129.7115.9
Q2 2018128.5114.2
Q1 2018125.6112.3
Q4 2017121.1111.2
Q3 2017119.6110.4
Q2 2017115.5108.8
Q1 2017111.9106.9
Q4 2016109.6106.1
Q3 2016108.3105.4
Q2 2016106.9103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015101.8101.1
Q3 2015100.7100.8
Q2 2015100.699.8
Q1 201596.998.3

Bank valuations go back to 2011, so they include the fall after the euro crisis; asking prices start in 2015. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Ribeira Grande

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,169/m² and €2,693/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,431/m²
Chance of a rise
92%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €154,530. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €586 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
51%

Owning and renting a 90 m² home cost about the same each month. 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
€512
Owning per month
€529

Sellers ask 24.9% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +14.2%.

Gap today
+24.9%
Change in a year
+10.7 pp

11.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
80
Per 1,000 residents
2.5

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Ribeira Grande has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.8%

In 2025 the population grew by 238 while 37 homes were finished: 6.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
6.4
Population change, 2025
+238

12.6% of the 11,741 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.6%
Empty homes
1,485

In 2025, 36% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
36%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €133K of housing works here in 2021, and €1.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2021
€133K
Per resident, 2021
€4

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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