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Vila Franca de Xira · report

New homes in Vila Franca de Xira

103.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
408
Per 1,000 residents
2.7

Homes licensed for construction in Vila Franca de Xira

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

  • Vila Franca de Xira
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodVila Franca de Xira
Aug 2026408
Jul 2026400
Jun 2026363
May 2026350
Apr 2026373
Mar 2026335
Feb 2026348
Jan 2026345
Dec 2025342
Nov 2025342
Oct 2025343
Sep 2025340
Aug 2025319
Jul 2025316
Jun 2025329
May 2025304
Apr 2025273
Mar 2025272
Feb 2025253
Jan 2025300
Dec 2024301
Nov 2024265
Oct 2024252
Sep 2024214
Aug 2024208
Jul 2024205
Jun 2024176
May 2024208
Apr 2024200
Mar 2024239
Feb 2024258
Jan 2024201
Dec 2023193
Nov 2023195
Oct 2023200
Sep 2023277
Aug 2023334
Jul 2023337
Jun 2023337
May 2023337
Apr 2023358
Mar 2023320
Feb 2023318
Jan 2023311
Dec 2022303
Nov 2022305
Oct 2022303
Sep 2022237
Aug 2022178
Jul 2022182
Jun 2022202
May 2022208
Apr 2022219
Mar 2022295
Feb 2022288
Jan 2022295
Dec 2021299
Nov 2021295
Oct 2021294
Jul 2021305
Apr 2021233
Jan 2021172
Oct 2020165
Sep 2020167
Aug 2020168
Jul 2020162
Jun 2020169
May 2020204
Apr 2020212
Mar 2020173
Feb 2020177
Jan 2020178
Dec 2019175
Nov 2019172
Oct 2019174
Sep 2019192
Aug 2019163
Jul 2019163
Jun 2019129
May 201994
Apr 201975
Mar 201988
Feb 201981
Jan 2019101
Dec 201898
Nov 201898
Oct 201893
Sep 201859
Aug 201863
Jul 201862
Jun 201861
May 201864
Apr 201861
Mar 201856
Feb 201859
Jan 201832
Dec 201763
Nov 201766
Oct 201765
Sep 201763
Aug 201767
Jul 201758
Jun 201751
May 201761
Apr 201757
Mar 201740
Feb 201749
Jan 201745
Dec 201611
Nov 201622
Oct 201626
Sep 201625
Aug 201631
Jul 201631
Jun 201630
May 201630
Apr 201629
Mar 201630
Feb 201630
Jan 201630
Dec 201527
Nov 201557
Oct 201548
Sep 201513
Aug 201580
Jul 201551
Jun 20158
May 201575
Apr 201555
Mar 20159
Feb 201576
Jan 201587
Dec 201449
Nov 201484
Oct 201464
Sep 201452
Aug 201449
Jul 201456
Jun 201455
May 201457
Apr 201457
Mar 201458
Feb 201457
Jan 201424
Dec 201316
Nov 201320
Oct 201319
Sep 201320
Aug 201323
Jul 201324
Jun 201322
May 201319
Apr 201321
Mar 201320
Feb 201321
Jan 201321
Dec 201225
Nov 201244
Oct 201243
Sep 201246
Aug 201248
Jul 201259
Jun 201258
May 201259
Apr 201259
Mar 201259
Feb 201259
Jan 201259
Dec 201152
Nov 201133
Oct 201133
Sep 201125
Aug 201125

Homes finished and licensed each year in Vila Franca de Xira

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
2025149342
2024156301
2023105193
2022239303
202131299
202094169
201949175
20181598
20174165
20161516
20151427
20142486
20136916
20127225
201129755
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.0

Who built the homes finished in Vila Franca de Xira

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
202553.0%47.0%0.0%0.0%149
202457.7%42.3%0.0%0.0%156
202349.5%49.5%1.0%0.0%105
202274.1%25.9%0.0%0.0%239
20216.5%93.5%0.0%0.0%31
202086.2%13.8%0.0%0.0%94
201985.7%14.3%0.0%0.0%49
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%15
201778.0%19.5%2.4%0.0%41
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%15
201521.4%78.6%0.0%0.0%14
201441.7%58.3%0.0%0.0%24
201368.1%27.5%0.0%4.3%69
201252.8%47.2%0.0%0.0%72
201180.5%17.8%0.0%1.7%297

Homes finished in Vila Franca de Xira, 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
20251.3%18.1%53.7%26.8%149
20241.9%16.7%51.3%30.1%156
202310.5%29.5%40.0%20.0%105
20224.2%35.1%41.8%18.8%239
20216.5%19.4%32.3%41.9%31
20206.4%42.6%46.8%4.3%94
20192.0%40.8%46.9%10.2%49
20180.0%0.0%73.3%26.7%15
20172.4%39.0%51.2%7.3%41
20160.0%20.0%60.0%20.0%15
201514.3%14.3%50.0%21.4%14
20148.3%8.3%66.7%16.7%24
20137.2%34.8%44.9%13.0%69
20124.2%43.1%29.2%23.6%72
20114.7%26.9%50.8%17.5%297

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 Vila Franca de Xira

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,530/m² and €3,841/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,685/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €254,070. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €964 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
34%
Payment, one income
68%

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
€993
Owning per month
€942

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 14.3% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +10.7%.

Gap today
+14.3%
Change in a year
+3.6 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Grande Lisboa: Vila Franca de Xira has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 47.7% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+47.7%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2011. The deepest began in March 2011.

Deepest fall
−22.7%
Recovery from the low
60 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 823 while 149 homes were finished: 5.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.5
Population change, 2025
+823

Empty homes

8.5% of the 65,237 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.5%
Empty homes
5,547

Renovation

In 2025, 10% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
10%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
3.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €9.8M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.2M
Per resident, 2025
€8

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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