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People and new homes in Arcos de Valdevez

In 2025 the population grew by 9 while 37 homes were finished: 0.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.2
Population change, 2025
+9

Population change and homes finished in Arcos de Valdevez

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. INE.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
20259
202425
2023271
2022266
2021-935

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
202537
202465
202372
2022108
202148

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
2021−686−249−93548
2022+515−249+266108
2023+528−257+27172
2024+321−296+2565
2025+244−235+937

Population change is INE's net migration plus births minus deaths, by municipality since 2021. Homes finished are dwellings completed in new buildings. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for Arcos de Valdevez

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,213/m² and €1,444/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,328/m²
Chance of a rise
92%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €122,580. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €465 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
22%
Payment, one income
44%

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
€476
Owning per month
€294

Sellers ask 11.6% less than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −8.4%.

Gap today
−11.6%
Change in a year
−3.2 pp

131.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
210
Per 1,000 residents
10.3

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 45.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+45.0%

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2017. The deepest began in January 2018.

Deepest fall
−17.0%
Recovery from the low
12 months

10.6% of the 17,795 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.6%
Empty homes
1,888

In 2025, 33% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
33%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €766.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €5.8M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€766.4K
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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