New-build housing in Portugal — October 2026
flatin.pt team · published 2026-10-11
Portugal licensed 10 166 new-build dwellings in Jun–Aug 2026, +4% compared with the same period of 2025 (INE). A square metre of new housing sold for 2 402 € (median, 12 months to Q1 2026), +14% compared with existing homes.
Five figures
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10 166
new-build dwellings licensed, Jun–Aug 2026
+4% compared with the same period of 2025 (9 770 dwellings). INE, family housing.
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2 402 €
per m² — median sale price of new housing
Portugal, 12 months to Q1 2026. Existing homes: 2 108 € (+14%). INE.
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118
flatin construction barometer index (2022 = 100)
Building-works cases over 12 months to Jul 2026, −1% year on year. Fixed panel: Lisboa, Matosinhos.
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74
developments with units for sale in the catalogue
1 132 units for sale in 23 municipalities; 250 developments in the catalogue. Checked up to 2026-10-11.
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5 791 €
per m² — median asking price of units for sale
Entry price: 190 000 €. These are developers' asking prices, not sale prices. flatin.pt catalogue, 2026-10-11.
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Early signal: 68 035 energy pre-certificates for new housing in the 12 months to Jun 2026 (+16%; ADENE — SCE, mainland and Madeira). They are issued at design stage, before the licence.
Reading
In Porto, the 283 units for sale in the catalogue ask a median of 5 073 € per m² — +30% against the median sale price of new housing recorded by INE (3 904 €, Q1 2026). An asking price is not a sale price: the gap includes negotiation and the lag of the INE series, which covers 12 months of deeds.
Among the municipalities in this table, Porto saw the largest rise in licensing: 1 400 dwellings in Jun–Aug 2026, against 363 a year earlier (+286%).
flatin barometer: building-works cases over 12 months
Index, 2022 = 100, fixed panel (Lisboa, Matosinhos): each point sums the 12 months up to that month. Series captured on 2026-10-11.
By municipality
Municipalities with developments in the flatin.pt catalogue or with a barometer series. “—”: the source does not publish the value (INE suppresses medians with few sales) or no units are for sale.
| Municipality | Dwellings licensed, Jun–Aug 2026 | Year on year | Dwellings licensed, 2025 | €/m² new housing (INE, Q1 2026) | Developments in catalogue | With units for sale | Units for sale | From | €/m² asked (median) | Building-works cases, 12 months |
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| Lisboa | 151 | −4% | 1 170 | 6 226 € | 36 | 12 | 231 | 299 500 € | 8 012 € | 1 715 |
| Porto | 1 400 | +286% | 1 904 | 3 904 € | 33 | 15 | 283 | 202 000 € | 5 073 € | 400 |
| Vila Nova de Gaia | 488 | −38% | 2 987 | 2 969 € | 24 | 4 | 142 | 247 500 € | 3 766 € | — |
| Matosinhos | 140 | −25% | 581 | 3 596 € | 18 | 8 | 39 | 190 000 € | 5 642 € | 250 |
| Oeiras | 205 | +46% | 809 | 4 698 € | 14 | 1 | 20 | 525 000 € | 7 896 € | — |
| Maia | 203 | −28% | 1 115 | 2 602 € | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Gondomar | 109 | −29% | 555 | 2 368 € | 7 | 3 | 16 | 250 000 € | 3 446 € | — |
| Loures | 70 | −71% | 1 275 | 3 358 € | 7 | 2 | 77 | 430 500 € | 6 373 € | — |
| Portimão | 25 | −76% | 594 | 3 184 € | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Loulé | 17 | −26% | 154 | 5 032 € | 6 | 2 | 6 | 680 000 € | 6 422 € | — |
| Leiria | 331 | +59% | 1 129 | 2 180 € | 5 | 4 | 35 | 204 750 € | 4 150 € | — |
| Vila do Conde | 154 | +29% | 732 | 2 230 € | 5 | 1 | 1 | 884 000 € | — | — |
| Albufeira | 1 | −67% | 53 | 3 420 € | 5 | 2 | 29 | 375 000 € | 3 571 € | — |
| Coimbra | 270 | +6% | 1 161 | 3 108 € | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Cascais | 127 | +21% | 575 | 5 027 € | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Ponta Delgada | 73 | +18% | 282 | 2 301 € | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Lagoa (Algarve) | 14 | −73% | 132 | 3 211 € | 4 | 2 | 5 | 640 000 € | 2 336 € | — |
| Guimarães | 193 | −27% | 739 | 1 903 € | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Setúbal | 125 | +62% | 250 | 3 093 € | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Braga | 117 | −21% | 931 | 2 375 € | 3 | 1 | 42 | 350 000 € | 3 763 € | — |
| Faro | 44 | +175% | 77 | 3 860 € | 3 | 2 | 41 | 380 000 € | 3 798 € | — |
| Ourém | 44 | −51% | 218 | 1 563 € | 3 | 3 | 33 | 288 750 € | 3 429 € | — |
| Montijo | 30 | +400% | 156 | 2 787 € | 3 | 2 | 23 | 299 250 € | 4 332 € | — |
| Nazaré | 29 | −3% | 112 | 2 970 € | 3 | 3 | 28 | 400 000 € | 11 476 € | — |
| Póvoa de Varzim | 19 | −82% | 238 | 2 329 € | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Sintra | 185 | +8% | 1 073 | 3 107 € | 2 | 1 | 52 | 520 000 € | 6 731 € | — |
| Seixal | 148 | −27% | 840 | 2 994 € | 2 | 2 | 18 | 305 000 € | 4 900 € | — |
| Funchal | 94 | +24% | 349 | 3 867 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Penafiel | 74 | −1% | 317 | 1 601 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Valongo | 59 | +556% | 79 | 2 256 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Paredes | 49 | −36% | 495 | 1 651 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Santarém | 8 | −67% | 260 | 1 511 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Espinho | 2 | −97% | 100 | 3 148 € | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Ovar | 129 | +207% | 253 | 1 851 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Viana do Castelo | 118 | +48% | 337 | 2 127 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Palmela | 94 | +68% | 213 | 2 267 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Mafra | 61 | −61% | 657 | 2 999 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Silves | 61 | +336% | 57 | 2 812 € | 1 | 1 | 2 | 995 000 € | — | — |
| Cantanhede | 45 | −38% | 190 | 1 489 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Pombal | 44 | −50% | 233 | 1 512 € | 1 | 1 | 1 | 298 500 € | — | — |
| Almada | 40 | +18% | 170 | 3 542 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Sesimbra | 39 | +18% | 169 | 3 161 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Lourinhã | 35 | 0% | 172 | 2 072 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Oliveira de Azeméis | 30 | −36% | 91 | 1 453 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Moita | 27 | −7% | 100 | 2 572 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Vila Real | 25 | +25% | 190 | 2 057 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Esposende | 20 | −29% | 123 | 2 598 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Figueira da Foz | 18 | −75% | 297 | 2 127 € | 1 | 1 | 1 | 445 000 € | — | — |
| Santa Cruz | 16 | −6% | 64 | 2 599 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Sertã | 14 | −39% | 41 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Alcochete | 6 | +50% | 67 | 3 102 € | 1 | 1 | 7 | 950 000 € | 3 049 € | — |
| Penalva do Castelo | 3 | +200% | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| São João da Madeira | 0 | −100% | 15 | 2 094 € | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Lousã | 6 | −80% | 52 | 1 399 € | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 |
| Portugal | 10 166 | +4% | 42 066 | 2 402 € | 250 | 74 | 1 132 | 190 000 € | 5 791 € | — |
Methodology and sources
- INE, indicator 0012098 — dwellings licensed in new buildings for family housing, 3-month sum (this edition's window: Jun–Aug 2026; updated by INE on 2026-10-09). The comparison is with the same window a year earlier. Windows ending in January or February are not used in the headline: in 2026 INE published them as year-to-date totals, not as 3 months (INE corrected them on 9 October 2026).
- INE, indicator 0013235 — dwellings licensed in new buildings for family housing, year 2025.
- INE, indicator 0012234 — median value per m² of sales of new and existing family dwellings, 12 months ending in Q1 2026. INE does not publish the median for municipalities with few sales.
- flatin.pt catalogue — published developments; units for sale: active, available and priced, reconfirmed at the source within the last 14 days when the source is a listing. Asking prices, not sale prices. A municipality's median per m² is shown from 3 units. Latest check: 2026-10-10.
- flatin barometer — building-works cases entering municipalities with open data (series captured on 2026-10-11); fixed-panel index. Cases are neither licences nor dwellings.
- ADENE — SCE: energy pre-certificates for new housing, as context only; they are not part of this page's dataset.
- Each edition's figures are frozen on the publication date (2026-10-11). Later revisions by the sources go into the next edition, not this one.
- Published monthly, from the 8th of each month, after INE's monthly release on building permits.
How the barometer is calculated
How to cite
flatin.pt (2026). New-build housing in Portugal — October 2026. https://flatin.pt/en/report/new-build/2026-10/
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