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New homes in Viseu

12.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
352
Per 1,000 residents
3.2

Homes licensed for construction in Viseu

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

  • Viseu
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodViseu
Aug 2026352
Jul 2026369
Jun 2026342
May 2026250
Apr 2026287
Mar 2026276
Feb 2026276
Jan 2026291
Dec 2025284
Nov 2025295
Oct 2025304
Sep 2025308
Aug 2025314
Jul 2025303
Jun 2025314
May 2025304
Apr 2025274
Mar 2025252
Feb 2025280
Jan 2025279
Dec 2024261
Nov 2024255
Oct 2024235
Sep 2024264
Aug 2024265
Jul 2024266
Jun 2024251
May 2024251
Apr 2024255
Mar 2024278
Feb 2024322
Jan 2024367
Dec 2023394
Nov 2023390
Oct 2023409
Sep 2023361
Aug 2023357
Jul 2023348
Jun 2023363
May 2023365
Apr 2023380
Mar 2023358
Feb 2023277
Jan 2023228
Dec 2022225
Nov 2022282
Oct 2022295
Sep 2022294
Aug 2022290
Jul 2022287
Jun 2022311
May 2022306
Apr 2022319
Mar 2022338
Feb 2022354
Jan 2022375
Dec 2021377
Nov 2021323
Oct 2021343
Jul 2021371
Apr 2021389
Jan 2021340
Oct 2020343
Sep 2020335
Aug 2020352
Jul 2020346
Jun 2020377
May 2020364
Apr 2020327
Mar 2020350
Feb 2020396
Jan 2020387
Dec 2019385
Nov 2019370
Oct 2019363
Sep 2019337
Aug 2019345
Jul 2019368
Jun 2019336
May 2019341
Apr 2019370
Mar 2019361
Feb 2019346
Jan 2019371
Dec 2018374
Nov 2018357
Oct 2018370
Sep 2018385
Aug 2018363
Jul 2018366
Jun 2018351
May 2018333
Apr 2018322
Mar 2018317
Feb 2018305
Jan 2018279
Dec 2017306
Nov 2017292
Oct 2017259
Sep 2017250
Aug 2017244
Jul 2017221
Jun 2017220
May 2017230
Apr 2017206
Mar 2017205
Feb 2017206
Jan 2017198
Dec 2016164
Nov 2016204
Oct 2016218
Sep 2016229
Aug 2016230
Jul 2016244
Jun 2016259
May 2016225
Apr 2016227
Mar 2016252
Feb 2016236
Jan 2016251
Dec 2015255
Nov 2015217
Oct 2015219
Sep 2015203
Aug 2015222
Jul 2015210
Jun 2015196
May 2015204
Apr 2015244
Mar 2015213
Feb 2015210
Jan 2015197
Dec 2014194
Nov 2014233
Oct 2014211
Sep 2014213
Aug 2014187
Jul 2014183
Jun 2014191
May 2014188
Apr 2014147
Mar 2014149
Feb 2014143
Jan 2014143
Dec 2013144
Nov 2013120
Oct 2013127
Sep 2013148
Aug 2013166
Jul 2013181
Jun 2013189
May 2013192
Apr 2013207
Mar 2013223
Feb 2013256
Jan 2013268
Dec 2012268
Nov 2012268
Oct 2012273
Sep 2012260
Aug 2012256
Jul 2012280
Jun 2012276
May 2012286
Apr 2012283
Mar 2012354
Feb 2012331
Jan 2012330
Dec 2011339
Nov 2011328
Oct 2011334
Sep 2011318
Aug 2011299

Homes finished and licensed each year in Viseu

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
2025249284
2024159261
2023166394
2022194225
2021297377
2020296323
2019237385
2018202374
2017150306
2016243164
2015185255
2014183194
2013208144
2012385268
2011474339
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.3

Who built the homes finished in Viseu

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
202554.2%45.8%0.0%0.0%249
202452.2%47.8%0.0%0.0%159
202340.4%59.6%0.0%0.0%166
202232.5%67.5%0.0%0.0%194
202169.7%30.3%0.0%0.0%297
202059.1%33.8%0.0%7.1%296
201965.0%30.0%0.0%5.1%237
201845.5%49.5%0.0%5.0%202
201735.3%51.3%0.0%13.3%150
201651.0%49.0%0.0%0.0%243
201540.0%52.4%0.0%7.6%185
201433.3%66.7%0.0%0.0%183
201314.4%85.6%0.0%0.0%208
201242.1%57.9%0.0%0.0%385
201149.2%50.8%0.0%0.0%474

Homes finished in Viseu, 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
202512.0%21.7%48.2%18.1%249
20244.4%20.8%55.3%19.5%159
202310.8%10.2%54.8%24.1%166
202211.3%16.5%50.5%21.6%194
202117.2%21.2%50.2%11.4%297
202010.8%20.6%50.0%18.6%296
20198.4%24.5%56.5%10.5%237
201812.9%12.4%50.0%24.8%202
20170.7%24.0%50.0%25.3%150
20164.1%30.0%48.1%17.7%243
20159.7%11.9%50.3%28.1%185
20147.7%18.0%43.7%30.6%183
20139.6%13.9%36.1%40.4%208
201210.9%19.2%45.5%24.4%385
20117.0%16.7%48.1%28.3%474

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 Viseu

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,328/m² and €1,864/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,596/m²
Chance of a rise
22%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €131,580. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €499 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
18%
Payment, one income
37%

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
€615
Owning per month
€514

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 20.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +17.1%.

Gap today
+20.1%
Change in a year
+3.0 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 6.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−6.0%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2011. The deepest began in June 2011.

Deepest fall
−27.9%
Recovery from the low
45 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 1,095 while 249 homes were finished: 4.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.4
Population change, 2025
+1,095

Empty homes

12.1% of the 56,641 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.1%
Empty homes
6,858

Renovation

In 2025, 21% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
21%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
23.7

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €4.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €14.4M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€4.1M
Per resident, 2025
€37

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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