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New homes in Rio Maior

45.7% 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
3.1

Homes licensed for construction in Rio Maior

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

  • Rio Maior
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodRio Maior
Aug 202680
Jul 202678
Jun 202673
May 202678
Apr 202679
Mar 202685
Feb 202688
Jan 202683
Dec 202565
Nov 202570
Oct 202573
Sep 202578
Aug 202571
Jul 202570
Jun 202575
May 202573
Apr 202570
Mar 202565
Feb 202563
Jan 202564
Dec 202458
Nov 202452
Oct 202454
Sep 202473
Aug 202470
Jul 202471
Jun 202472
May 202468
Apr 202466
Mar 202464
Feb 202463
Jan 202468
Dec 202379
Nov 202379
Oct 202378
Sep 202355
Aug 202362
Jul 202360
Jun 202364
May 202366
Apr 202367
Mar 202369
Feb 202377
Jan 202368
Dec 202260
Nov 202259
Oct 202255
Sep 202265
Aug 202268
Jul 202271
Jun 202262
May 202258
Apr 202258
Mar 202258
Feb 202254
Jan 202252
Dec 202152
Nov 202153
Oct 202158
Jul 202136
Apr 202142
Jan 202151
Oct 202062
Sep 202063
Aug 202059
Jul 202062
Jun 202062
May 202062
Apr 202063
Mar 202061
Feb 202050
Jan 202051
Dec 201950
Nov 201950
Oct 201940
Sep 201940
Aug 201943
Jul 201941
Jun 201940
May 201937
Apr 201931
Mar 201933
Feb 201932
Jan 201933
Dec 201833
Nov 201832
Oct 201829
Sep 201831
Aug 201828
Jul 201827
Jun 201839
May 201840
Apr 201842
Mar 201842
Feb 201841
Jan 201843
Dec 201740
Nov 201740
Oct 201742
Sep 201740
Aug 201740
Jul 201740
Jun 201726
May 201727
Apr 201728
Mar 201738
Feb 201739
Jan 201735
Dec 201636
Nov 201631
Oct 201629
Sep 201630
Aug 201623
Jul 201623
Jun 201626
May 201620
Apr 201616
Mar 201611
Feb 20168
Jan 20164
Dec 20159
Nov 201510
Oct 20155
Sep 20159
Aug 201513
Jul 201510
Jun 201512
May 201513
Apr 201512
Mar 201511
Feb 201513
Jan 201516
Dec 201420
Nov 201421
Oct 201421
Sep 201419
Aug 201417
Jul 201416
Jun 201417
May 201419
Apr 201420
Mar 201421
Feb 201418
Jan 201417
Dec 201316
Nov 201314
Oct 201316
Sep 201319
Aug 201321
Jul 201323
Jun 201324
May 201322
Apr 201322
Mar 201323
Feb 201324
Jan 201326
Dec 201225
Nov 201229
Oct 201230
Sep 201228
Aug 201229
Jul 201232
Jun 201239
May 201241
Apr 201250
Mar 201248
Feb 201248
Jan 201251
Dec 201150
Nov 201152
Oct 201152
Sep 201151
Aug 201148

Homes finished and licensed each year in Rio Maior

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
20243558
20233079
20224060
20211952
20204351
20192650
20183833
20173340
20162533
2015229
20142220
20132916
20122725
20114450
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.3

Who built the homes finished in Rio Maior

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
202422.9%77.1%0.0%0.0%35
20233.3%96.7%0.0%0.0%30
202250.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%40
202115.8%84.2%0.0%0.0%19
202016.3%83.7%0.0%0.0%43
201923.1%76.9%0.0%0.0%26
201857.9%39.5%2.6%0.0%38
201745.5%54.5%0.0%0.0%33
201648.0%52.0%0.0%0.0%25
201522.7%77.3%0.0%0.0%22
201440.9%59.1%0.0%0.0%22
201313.8%86.2%0.0%0.0%29
201211.1%88.9%0.0%0.0%27
201131.8%68.2%0.0%0.0%44

Homes finished in Rio Maior, 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
20250.0%12.1%81.8%6.1%33
202411.4%8.6%62.9%17.1%35
20233.3%10.0%66.7%20.0%30
20225.0%22.5%60.0%12.5%40
20210.0%0.0%84.2%15.8%19
202016.3%4.7%72.1%7.0%43
20190.0%26.9%53.8%19.2%26
20182.6%28.9%55.3%13.2%38
201715.2%15.2%60.6%9.1%33
20164.0%0.0%92.0%4.0%25
20154.5%22.7%45.5%27.3%22
20140.0%22.7%63.6%13.6%22
201310.3%17.2%34.5%37.9%29
20123.7%11.1%70.4%14.8%27
20119.1%11.4%65.9%13.6%44

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 Rio Maior

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,039/m² and €2,439/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,239/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €145,980. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €554 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
49%

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
€531
Owning per month
€428

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 4.7% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −5.2%.

Gap today
+4.7%
Change in a year
+10.0 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Lezíria do Tejo: Rio Maior has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 7.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+7.0%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 2015. The deepest began in July 2015.

Deepest fall
−12.8%
Recovery from the low
5 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 106 while 33 homes were finished: 3.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.2
Population change, 2025
+106

Empty homes

17.0% of the 12,239 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
17.0%
Empty homes
2,084

Renovation

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
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €86.6K of housing works here in 2025, and €126.2K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€86.6K
Per resident, 2025
€3

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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