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Renovation in Arcos de Valdevez

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

Buildings finished in Arcos de Valdevez, by kind of work

Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
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YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
202545913067
20246820221111
2023571426097
20227234340140
20216519195108
2020511529095
2019401224480
2018591122193
20177016118105
201649256888
201576441114145
20147230148124
201359239596
201266251799
2011562261094

INE counts buildings, not homes, and every kind of building, not only housing. A reconstruction rebuilds an existing building; an alteration changes its layout or use.

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

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

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

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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