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People and new homes in Tavira

In 2025 the population fell by 152 while 85 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
85
Population change, 2025
−152

Population change and homes finished in Tavira

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. INE.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2025-152
2024333
20231,068
20221,844
20212,219

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
202585
2024252
2023190
2022105
202197

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
2021+2,420−201+2,21997
2022+2,039−195+1,844105
2023+1,258−190+1,068190
2024+519−186+333252
2025+31−183−15285

Population change is INE's net migration plus births minus deaths, by municipality since 2021. Homes finished are dwellings completed in new buildings. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for Tavira

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,617/m² and €3,986/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,802/m²
Chance of a rise
95%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €250,290. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €950 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
45%
Payment, one income
91%

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
€1,031
Owning per month
€1,036

Sellers ask 28.0% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +36.9%.

Gap today
+28.0%
Change in a year
−8.9 pp

24.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
108
Per 1,000 residents
3.3

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 16.4% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+16.4%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 14 times since 2015. The deepest began in July 2023.

Deepest fall
−16.9%
Recovery from the low
20 months

10.9% of the 25,608 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.9%
Empty homes
2,798

In 2025, 53% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
53%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
8.5

Public bodies signed €4.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €6.6M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€4.2M
Per resident, 2025
€129

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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