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New homes in Tavira

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

Homes licensed for construction in Tavira

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

  • Tavira
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodTavira
Aug 2026108
Jul 202692
Jun 202690
May 202689
Apr 202692
Mar 202690
Feb 202692
Jan 202687
Dec 202583
Nov 202590
Oct 202570
Sep 202565
Aug 202565
Jul 2025111
Jun 2025113
May 2025112
Apr 2025121
Mar 2025144
Feb 2025146
Jan 2025129
Dec 2024126
Nov 2024109
Oct 2024159
Sep 2024166
Aug 2024175
Jul 2024130
Jun 2024158
May 2024157
Apr 2024147
Mar 2024158
Feb 2024154
Jan 2024164
Dec 2023171
Nov 2023172
Oct 2023116
Sep 2023121
Aug 2023120
Jul 2023124
Jun 202396
May 2023117
Apr 2023164
Mar 2023133
Feb 2023161
Jan 2023184
Dec 2022179
Nov 2022197
Oct 2022199
Sep 2022187
Aug 2022183
Jul 2022181
Jun 2022176
May 2022158
Apr 2022136
Mar 2022179
Feb 2022162
Jan 2022132
Dec 2021133
Nov 2021140
Oct 2021152
Jul 2021156
Apr 2021161
Jan 2021116
Oct 202093
Sep 2020173
Aug 2020174
Jul 2020200
Jun 2020197
May 2020217
Apr 2020209
Mar 2020205
Feb 2020218
Jan 2020261
Dec 2019276
Nov 2019286
Oct 2019306
Sep 2019225
Aug 2019221
Jul 2019215
Jun 2019198
May 2019181
Apr 2019192
Mar 2019188
Feb 2019174
Jan 2019133
Dec 2018109
Nov 2018111
Oct 2018104
Sep 2018108
Aug 2018117
Jul 201899
Jun 201897
May 201894
Apr 2018115
Mar 2018137
Feb 2018155
Jan 2018154
Dec 2017153
Nov 2017145
Oct 2017130
Sep 2017124
Aug 2017116
Jul 2017118
Jun 2017118
May 2017122
Apr 2017125
Mar 201799
Feb 201788
Jan 201786
Dec 201676
Nov 201670
Oct 201669
Sep 201668
Aug 201665
Jul 201660
Jun 201657
May 201653
Apr 201614
Mar 201615
Feb 20167
Jan 20167
Dec 20159
Nov 201510
Oct 201510
Sep 201512
Aug 201511
Jul 20158
Jun 201512
May 201511
Apr 20159
Mar 201515
Feb 201514
Jan 201513
Dec 201415
Nov 201412
Oct 201410
Sep 201413
Aug 201411
Jul 201410
Jun 201411
May 201412
Apr 20149
Mar 20148
Feb 20148
Jan 20145
Dec 20137
Nov 20139
Oct 20139
Sep 20139
Aug 201311
Jul 201310
Jun 201312
May 201310
Apr 201312
Mar 201313
Feb 201317
Jan 201318
Dec 201221
Nov 201232
Oct 201233
Sep 201237
Aug 201239
Jul 201242
Jun 201243
May 201247
Apr 201248
Mar 201248
Feb 201251
Jan 201250
Dec 201154
Nov 201143
Oct 201148
Sep 201144
Aug 201141

Homes finished and licensed each year in Tavira

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
20258583
2024252126
2023190171
2022105179
202197133
2020122133
2019184276
201868109
201747153
20162676
2015259
20142613
2013237
20128421
201114054
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.6

Who built the homes finished in Tavira

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
202577.6%22.4%0.0%0.0%85
202488.9%11.1%0.0%0.0%252
202395.3%4.7%0.0%0.0%190
202269.5%30.5%0.0%0.0%105
202186.6%13.4%0.0%0.0%97
202084.4%15.6%0.0%0.0%122
201991.3%8.7%0.0%0.0%184
201885.3%14.7%0.0%0.0%68
201772.3%27.7%0.0%0.0%47
201657.7%42.3%0.0%0.0%26
201560.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%25
201434.6%65.4%0.0%0.0%26
20138.7%91.3%0.0%0.0%23
201257.1%42.9%0.0%0.0%84
201169.3%30.7%0.0%0.0%140

Homes finished in Tavira, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20257.1%45.9%31.8%15.3%85
202426.2%43.7%18.3%11.9%252
202339.5%41.1%16.8%2.6%190
20227.6%36.2%49.5%6.7%105
20213.1%40.2%37.1%19.6%97
20209.8%34.4%43.4%12.3%122
20193.8%47.3%45.7%3.3%184
20185.9%26.5%54.4%13.2%68
20172.1%48.9%36.2%12.8%47
20160.0%50.0%34.6%15.4%26
20150.0%60.0%20.0%20.0%25
201419.2%30.8%42.3%7.7%26
20130.0%17.4%60.9%21.7%23
201252.4%14.3%25.0%8.3%84
20118.6%46.4%33.6%11.4%140

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 Tavira

Next 12 months

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%

Affordability

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%

Buy or rent

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

Asking against valuation

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

Foreign buyers

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

Abroad against residents
+16.4%

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Homes finished, 2025
85
Population change, 2025
−152

Empty homes

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

Renovation

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 housing works

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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