Press release: New-build housing in Portugal — November 2026
Portugal licensed 10 240 new-build dwellings for family housing in Jul–Sep 2026, +5% 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 2 476 € (median of the 12 months to Q2 2026), +12% compared with existing homes, which stood at 2 208 €.
The flatin.pt catalogue lists 447 new-build developments in 64 municipalities; 241 have units for sale with a published price — 2 516 in total. The median asking price is 5 338 € per m², and the cheapest unit costs 185 000 €.
The flatin construction barometer, which counts building-works cases as they enter municipalities with open data, stands at 122 (2022 = 100) for the 12 months to Aug 2026, +1% year on year.
In 2023–2025, Portugal completed 74 247 new dwellings for family housing, 77% of the 95 886 licensed in 2021–2023, according to INE. Figures from 2024 on are INE estimates.
Lisboa: 520 days passed between a case being filed and its permit (median of permits issued in the last 12 months). Porto: cases still in progress had a median age of 409 days. These are two different measures, each built from that municipality's open data.
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/2026-11/
Methodology and limitations: https://flatin.pt/en/construction-barometer/methodology/#m-coverage
Three figures to quote
- 10 240 — new-build dwellings licensed, Jul–Sep 2026
- 2 476 € — per m² — median sale price of new housing
- 122 — flatin construction barometer index (2022 = 100)
About flatin.pt
flatin.pt is a Portuguese platform about new-build housing: a catalogue of developments with checked prices and dates, a map of licensed works and open data. Every published figure carries its source and date. flatin.pt is also a licensed estate agency (AMI licence no. 28163) and answers buyers' requests itself.
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