Press release: New-build housing in Portugal — October 2026
Portugal licensed 10 166 new-build dwellings for family housing in Jun–Aug 2026, +4% compared with the same period of 2025, according to INE data compiled by flatin.pt in its monthly report “New-build housing in Portugal”, published today.
A square metre of new housing sold for 2 402 € (median of the 12 months to Q1 2026), +14% compared with existing homes, which stood at 2 108 €.
The flatin.pt catalogue lists 250 new-build developments in 53 municipalities; 74 have units for sale with a published price — 1 132 in total. The median asking price is 5 791 € per m², and the cheapest unit costs 190 000 €.
The flatin construction barometer, which counts building-works cases as they enter municipalities with open data, stands at 118 (2022 = 100) for the 12 months to Jul 2026, −1% year on year.
The full report, with the table by municipality, the methodology and the data in CSV and JSON (CC BY 4.0 licence), is at https://flatin.pt/en/report/new-build/2026-10/
Three figures to quote
- 10 166 — new-build dwellings licensed, Jun–Aug 2026
- 2 402 € — per m² — median sale price of new housing
- 118 — flatin construction barometer index (2022 = 100)
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