Salvaterra de Magos · report
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Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
- €538
- Owning per month
- €585
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Starting from INE's median sale price of €1,853/m² and median new-lease rent of 6.0 €/m² a month in Salvaterra de Magos, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.
Renting costs less each month than owning.
- Rent a month
- €538
- Owning a month, not recovered
- €585
- Interest
- €375
- Running costs
- €139
- Return given up
- €71
- Cash out a month, if buying
- €772
Gross rental yield in Salvaterra de Magos
A year's rent as a share of the sale price, from INE's medians. Higher means rent is dear compared with buying.
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| Period | Salvaterra de Magos |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 3.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 4.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 4.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 4.3% |
| Q2 2025 | 4.7% |
| Q1 2025 | 4.8% |
| Q4 2024 | 4.6% |
| Q3 2024 | 4.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 4.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 4.5% |
| Q4 2023 | 4.6% |
| Q3 2023 | 4.7% |
| Q2 2023 | 4.9% |
| Q1 2023 | 4.6% |
| Q4 2022 | 4.6% |
| Q3 2022 | 4.5% |
| Q2 2022 | 4.6% |
| Q1 2022 | 4.8% |
| Q4 2021 | 5.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 5.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 5.1% |
| Q1 2021 | 5.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 4.9% |
| Q3 2020 | 5.0% |
| Q2 2020 | 5.5% |
| Q1 2020 | 5.8% |
The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance.
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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,099/m² and €2,582/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- €2,340/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 90%
At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €171,090. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €649 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 26%
- Payment, one income
- 52%
Sellers ask 10.2% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +26.8%.
- Gap today
- +10.2%
- Change in a year
- −16.6 pp
22.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 89
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.7
Figures for Lezíria do Tejo: Salvaterra de Magos 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%
Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 12 times since 2019. The deepest began in May 2023.
- Deepest fall
- −11.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 9 months
In 2025 the population grew by 443 while 80 homes were finished: 5.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 5.5
- Population change, 2025
- +443
15.0% of the 11,863 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 15.0%
- Empty homes
- 1,783
In 2025, 6% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.
- Work on existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
- Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
- 0.0
Public bodies signed €1.8M of housing works here in 2024, and €3.6M since 2012.
- Signed in 2024
- €1.8M
- Per resident, 2024
- €77
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