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New homes in Arcos de Valdevez

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

Homes licensed for construction in Arcos de Valdevez

Dwellings in new buildings licensed over the previous 12 months, at each month.

  • Arcos de Valdevez
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodArcos de Valdevez
Aug 2026210
Jul 2026203
Jun 2026165
May 2026163
Apr 2026163
Mar 2026161
Feb 2026158
Jan 2026144
Dec 2025160
Nov 2025107
Oct 2025103
Sep 2025109
Aug 2025111
Jul 2025107
Jun 202598
May 202591
Apr 202591
Mar 2025101
Feb 2025100
Jan 2025103
Dec 202483
Nov 202478
Oct 202475
Sep 202467
Aug 202465
Jul 202469
Jun 202467
May 202469
Apr 202471
Mar 202464
Feb 202465
Jan 202461
Dec 202358
Nov 202360
Oct 202374
Sep 202377
Aug 202393
Jul 202396
Jun 2023113
May 2023121
Apr 2023116
Mar 2023119
Feb 2023127
Jan 2023131
Dec 2022142
Nov 2022148
Oct 2022135
Sep 2022130
Aug 2022114
Jul 2022112
Jun 202297
May 202289
Apr 2022107
Mar 2022105
Feb 2022109
Jan 2022107
Dec 202198
Nov 202192
Oct 202189
Jul 202196
Apr 202198
Jan 202189
Oct 202099
Sep 2020124
Aug 2020117
Jul 2020115
Jun 2020111
May 2020118
Apr 2020101
Mar 2020108
Feb 2020103
Jan 2020101
Dec 201997
Nov 201985
Oct 201990
Sep 201960
Aug 201963
Jul 201980
Jun 201977
May 201967
Apr 201969
Mar 201961
Feb 201963
Jan 201959
Dec 201860
Nov 201861
Oct 201859
Sep 201862
Aug 201863
Jul 201854
Jun 201854
May 201853
Apr 201850
Mar 201855
Feb 201848
Jan 201852
Dec 201754
Nov 201755
Oct 201754
Sep 201758
Aug 201757
Jul 201754
Jun 201754
May 201755
Apr 201758
Mar 201756
Feb 201760
Jan 201758
Dec 201655
Nov 201653
Oct 201649
Sep 201653
Aug 201649
Jul 201645
Jun 201648
May 201649
Apr 201651
Mar 201653
Feb 201654
Jan 201657
Dec 201558
Nov 201560
Oct 201563
Sep 201557
Aug 201560
Jul 201560
Jun 201575
May 201578
Apr 201576
Mar 201574
Feb 201570
Jan 201569
Dec 201470
Nov 201470
Oct 201469
Sep 201473
Aug 201472
Jul 201472
Jun 201454
May 201455
Apr 201455
Mar 201459
Feb 201459
Jan 201459
Dec 201361
Nov 201360
Oct 201362
Sep 201354
Aug 201353
Jul 201352
Jun 201356
May 201358
Apr 201355
Mar 201354
Feb 201359
Jan 201358
Dec 201258
Nov 201258
Oct 201257
Sep 201259
Aug 201264
Jul 201263
Jun 201261
May 201253
Apr 201257
Mar 201256
Feb 201261
Jan 201262
Dec 201158
Nov 201164
Oct 201163
Sep 201160
Aug 201151

Homes finished and licensed each year in Arcos de Valdevez

Homes completed in new buildings (columns) against homes licensed for construction (line), each year since 2011. INE.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
202537160
20246583
20237258
2022108142
20214898
20205188
20192997
20183060
20176754
20163455
20154358
20145870
20134661
20125458
20117958
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.8

Who built the homes finished in Arcos de Valdevez

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
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YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202521.6%78.4%0.0%0.0%37
202432.3%67.7%0.0%0.0%65
202334.7%65.3%0.0%0.0%72
202259.3%40.7%0.0%0.0%108
202120.8%79.2%0.0%0.0%48
202025.5%74.5%0.0%0.0%51
201917.2%82.8%0.0%0.0%29
20183.3%96.7%0.0%0.0%30
201734.3%65.7%0.0%0.0%67
20162.9%97.1%0.0%0.0%34
20154.7%95.3%0.0%0.0%43
20141.7%98.3%0.0%0.0%58
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%46
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%54
201139.2%60.8%0.0%0.0%79

Homes finished in Arcos de Valdevez, by number of bedrooms

Homes completed in new buildings by number of bedrooms, as a share of each year. INE.

  • Four or more
  • Three bedrooms
  • Two bedrooms
  • Studio or one bedroom
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20255.4%13.5%64.9%16.2%37
202412.3%15.4%60.0%12.3%65
202315.3%26.4%51.4%6.9%72
202214.8%31.5%46.3%7.4%108
20212.1%12.5%68.8%16.7%48
20202.0%21.6%68.6%7.8%51
201910.3%6.9%62.1%20.7%29
201816.7%10.0%46.7%26.7%30
20173.0%9.0%67.2%20.9%67
20162.9%5.9%58.8%32.4%34
20159.3%9.3%53.5%27.9%43
201410.3%12.1%51.7%25.9%58
20132.2%19.6%56.5%21.7%46
20120.0%3.7%68.5%27.8%54
20111.3%30.4%58.2%10.1%79

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. INE publishes licensing three months at a time, so four windows make a year.

Other reports for Arcos de Valdevez

Next 12 months

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%

Affordability

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%

Buy or rent

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

Asking against valuation

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

Foreign buyers

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

Abroad against residents
+45.0%

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Empty homes

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

Renovation

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 housing works

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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