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Renovation in Baixo Alentejo

In 2025, 19% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
19%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
4.4

Buildings finished in Baixo Alentejo, 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
20251361876167
2024139261911195
202315425152196
20221692993210
20211643289213
202016626177216
201916033143210
201813929107185
201714820160184
201612125102158
2015135292917210
2014142511512220
2013146602912247
2012225754512357
2011255806114410

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.

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Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,366/m² and €1,554/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,460/m²
Chance of a rise
99%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €115,650. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €439 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
37%

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
€518
Owning per month
€298

32.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
87
Per 1,000 residents
0.7

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 5.6% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−5.6%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2011. The deepest began in January 2011.

Deepest fall
−26.4%
Recovery from the low
58 months

In 2025 the population grew by 17 while 106 homes were finished: 0.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.2
Population change, 2025
+17

Public bodies signed €2M of housing works here in 2025, and €6.8M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2M
Per resident, 2025
€16

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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