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New homes in Sintra

90.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,062
Per 1,000 residents
2.4

Homes licensed for construction in Sintra

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

  • Sintra
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSintra
Aug 20261,062
Jul 20261,085
Jun 20261,150
May 20261,048
Apr 20261,010
Mar 2026987
Feb 2026934
Jan 20261,004
Dec 20251,073
Nov 2025995
Oct 20251,044
Sep 2025890
Aug 2025875
Jul 2025889
Jun 2025967
May 20251,019
Apr 20251,006
Mar 20251,078
Feb 20251,133
Jan 20251,102
Dec 2024981
Nov 2024974
Oct 2024932
Sep 2024915
Aug 2024872
Jul 2024870
Jun 2024804
May 2024824
Apr 2024819
Mar 2024723
Feb 2024701
Jan 2024658
Dec 2023663
Nov 2023654
Oct 2023682
Sep 2023672
Aug 2023646
Jul 2023619
Jun 2023583
May 2023545
Apr 2023544
Mar 2023552
Feb 2023596
Jan 2023603
Dec 2022591
Nov 2022590
Oct 2022596
Sep 2022586
Aug 2022591
Jul 2022566
Jun 2022534
May 2022530
Apr 2022522
Mar 2022555
Feb 2022483
Jan 2022502
Dec 2021511
Nov 2021499
Oct 2021456
Jul 2021459
Apr 2021457
Jan 2021393
Oct 2020373
Sep 2020403
Aug 2020407
Jul 2020409
Jun 2020368
May 2020365
Apr 2020367
Mar 2020371
Feb 2020364
Jan 2020385
Dec 2019388
Nov 2019369
Oct 2019375
Sep 2019343
Aug 2019324
Jul 2019329
Jun 2019323
May 2019321
Apr 2019318
Mar 2019354
Feb 2019351
Jan 2019299
Dec 2018323
Nov 2018321
Oct 2018301
Sep 2018299
Aug 2018285
Jul 2018275
Jun 2018258
May 2018257
Apr 2018256
Mar 2018210
Feb 2018215
Jan 2018236
Dec 2017216
Nov 2017211
Oct 2017220
Sep 2017219
Aug 2017265
Jul 2017260
Jun 2017261
May 2017301
Apr 2017325
Mar 2017320
Feb 2017305
Jan 2017272
Dec 2016262
Nov 2016255
Oct 2016242
Sep 2016246
Aug 2016193
Jul 2016190
Jun 2016183
May 2016127
Apr 201686
Mar 201685
Feb 201683
Jan 201674
Dec 201571
Nov 201572
Oct 201571
Sep 201561
Aug 201560
Jul 201557
Jun 201555
May 201552
Apr 201557
Mar 201554
Feb 201552
Jan 201554
Dec 201453
Nov 201457
Oct 201457
Sep 201460
Aug 201463
Jul 201465
Jun 201470
May 201469
Apr 201459
Mar 201460
Feb 201456
Jan 201457
Dec 201363
Nov 201361
Oct 201365
Sep 201363
Aug 201370
Jul 201378
Jun 201382
May 201389
Apr 201398
Mar 2013100
Feb 2013104
Jan 2013105
Dec 2012110
Nov 2012110
Oct 2012115
Sep 2012121
Aug 2012119
Jul 2012135
Jun 2012142
May 2012144
Apr 2012197
Mar 2012220
Feb 2012231
Jan 2012268
Dec 2011287
Nov 2011305
Oct 2011303
Sep 2011289
Aug 2011279

Homes finished and licensed each year in Sintra

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
20255051,073
2024453981
2023396663
2022345591
2021293511
2020248355
2019186388
2018192323
2017125216
201681262
20154971
20148653
201313263
2012228110
2011405287
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.1

Who built the homes finished in Sintra

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
202560.8%33.3%0.0%5.9%505
202463.8%36.2%0.0%0.0%453
202352.5%47.5%0.0%0.0%396
202237.4%62.0%0.6%0.0%345
202142.7%55.3%0.0%2.0%293
202038.7%61.3%0.0%0.0%248
201941.4%58.1%0.0%0.5%186
201860.4%39.6%0.0%0.0%192
201745.6%54.4%0.0%0.0%125
201643.2%56.8%0.0%0.0%81
20158.2%91.8%0.0%0.0%49
201441.9%58.1%0.0%0.0%86
201349.2%49.2%0.0%1.5%132
201225.4%74.6%0.0%0.0%228
201145.4%52.8%0.2%1.5%405

Homes finished in Sintra, 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
20256.7%41.3%34.3%17.7%475
20247.5%30.7%42.8%19.0%453
20236.1%28.0%46.2%19.7%396
20225.2%27.2%48.4%19.1%345
20214.8%28.3%48.5%18.4%293
20206.5%19.4%55.6%18.5%248
20197.0%24.2%47.3%21.5%186
20184.7%20.3%37.5%37.5%192
20178.8%32.0%34.4%24.8%125
201613.6%25.9%27.2%33.3%81
20156.1%22.4%57.1%14.3%49
20143.5%38.4%31.4%26.7%86
20136.1%18.2%48.5%27.3%132
20127.5%32.5%37.7%22.4%228
20117.4%16.8%46.9%28.9%405

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 Sintra

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,615/m² and €4,069/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,842/m²
Chance of a rise
93%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €271,530. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,030 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
43%
Payment, one income
85%

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
€1,027
Owning per month
€969

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 18.5% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +27.2%.

Gap today
+18.5%
Change in a year
−8.7 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 7.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+7.8%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2011. That fall began in March 2011.

Deepest fall
−26.4%
Recovery from the low
45 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 3,306 while 505 homes were finished: 6.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
6.5
Population change, 2025
+3,306

Empty homes

9.3% of the 184,095 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.3%
Empty homes
17,035

Renovation

In 2025, 13% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
13%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.7

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €12.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €37.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€12.7M
Per resident, 2025
€28

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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