Algarve · report
Buy or rent in Algarve
Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
- €986
- Owning per month
- €1,054
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Starting from INE's median sale price of €3,338/m² and median new-lease rent of 11.0 €/m² a month in Algarve, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.
Renting costs less each month than owning.
- Rent a month
- €986
- Owning a month, not recovered
- €1,054
- Interest
- €676
- Running costs
- €250
- Return given up
- €128
- Cash out a month, if buying
- €1,390
Gross rental yield in Algarve
A year's rent as a share of the sale price, from INE's medians. Higher means rent is dear compared with buying.
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| Period | Algarve |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 3.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 4.0% |
| Q4 2025 | 4.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 4.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 4.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 4.3% |
| Q4 2024 | 4.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 4.2% |
| Q2 2024 | 4.1% |
| Q1 2024 | 4.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 4.0% |
| Q3 2023 | 3.9% |
| Q2 2023 | 3.9% |
| Q1 2023 | 3.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 4.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 3.9% |
| Q2 2022 | 4.0% |
| Q1 2022 | 4.1% |
| Q4 2021 | 4.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 4.3% |
| Q2 2021 | 4.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 4.4% |
| Q4 2020 | 4.4% |
| Q3 2020 | 4.6% |
| Q2 2020 | 4.6% |
| Q1 2020 | 4.6% |
The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance.
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Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €3,027/m² and €3,433/m² by September 2027.
- Expected, September 2027
- €3,230/m²
- Chance of a rise
- 96%
At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €265,770. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,008 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 46%
- Payment, one income
- 92%
0.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,611
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.8
Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 25.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.
- Abroad against residents
- +25.0%
Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2011. The deepest began in April 2011.
- Deepest fall
- −21.5%
- Recovery from the low
- 37 months
In 2025 the population grew by 937 while 1,397 homes were finished: 0.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2025
- 0.7
- Population change, 2025
- +937
In 2025, 34% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.
- Work on existing buildings, 2025
- 34%
- Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
- 2.4
Public bodies signed €103M of housing works here in 2025, and €162.4M since 2012.
- Signed in 2025
- €103M
- Per resident, 2025
- €178
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