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New homes in Baixo Alentejo

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

Homes licensed for construction in Baixo Alentejo

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

  • Baixo Alentejo
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBaixo Alentejo
Aug 202687
Jul 202691
Jun 202697
May 202695
Apr 202697
Mar 2026100
Feb 202699
Jan 2026103
Dec 2025103
Nov 2025105
Oct 2025109
Sep 2025108
Aug 202597
Jul 2025109
Jun 2025127
May 2025104
Apr 2025109
Mar 2025141
Feb 2025100
Jan 2025116
Dec 2024166
Nov 202496
Oct 2024153
Sep 2024184
Aug 2024124
Jul 2024164
Jun 2024156
May 2024122
Apr 2024164
Mar 2024128
Feb 2024129
Jan 2024140
Dec 2023103
Nov 2023132
Oct 2023108
Sep 202367
Aug 2023110
Jul 2023101
Jun 202380
May 2023115
Apr 2023117
Mar 202397
Feb 2023105
Jan 2023130
Dec 2022133
Nov 2022135
Oct 2022173
Sep 2022159
Aug 2022153
Jul 2022173
Jun 2022163
May 2022151
Apr 2022171
Mar 2022175
Feb 2022170
Jan 2022184
Dec 2021150
Nov 2021159
Oct 2021147
Jul 2021153
Apr 2021147
Jan 2021137
Oct 2020133
Sep 2020145
Aug 2020142
Jul 2020121
Jun 2020144
May 2020138
Apr 2020129
Mar 2020154
Feb 2020145
Jan 2020129
Dec 2019149
Nov 2019151
Oct 2019146
Sep 2019133
Aug 2019148
Jul 2019157
Jun 2019126
May 2019150
Apr 2019150
Mar 2019129
Feb 2019147
Jan 2019169
Dec 2018119
Nov 2018160
Oct 2018165
Sep 2018112
Aug 2018150
Jul 2018166
Jun 2018117
May 2018148
Apr 2018156
Mar 201894
Feb 2018126
Jan 2018135
Dec 2017105
Nov 2017103
Oct 2017114
Sep 2017108
Aug 201799
Jul 2017108
Jun 2017102
May 201797
Apr 2017108
Mar 2017107
Feb 2017111
Jan 2017104
Dec 201684
Nov 2016110
Oct 2016117
Sep 201694
Aug 2016124
Jul 2016102
Jun 201684
May 2016130
Apr 2016102
Mar 201682
Feb 2016108
Jan 201694
Dec 201586
Nov 2015102
Oct 201578
Sep 201572
Aug 201575
Jul 201578
Jun 201561
May 201551
Apr 201566
Mar 201552
Feb 201560
Jan 201566
Dec 201446
Nov 201454
Oct 201461
Sep 201456
Aug 201455
Jul 201464
Jun 201464
May 201458
Apr 201469
Mar 201474
Feb 201454
Jan 201470
Dec 201390
Nov 201366
Oct 201385
Sep 201378
Aug 201362
Jul 201383
Jun 201377
May 201374
Apr 201389
Mar 201371
Feb 201376
Jan 201386
Dec 201270
Nov 201280
Oct 201289
Sep 201290
Aug 201296
Jul 201298
Jun 201299
May 2012113
Apr 2012128
Mar 2012145
Feb 2012156
Jan 2012170
Dec 2011189
Nov 2011205
Oct 2011206
Sep 2011206
Aug 2011198

Homes finished and licensed each year in Baixo Alentejo

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
2025106103
2024110123
2023117129
2022113148
2021113150
2020100136
2019110145
201885155
201799109
20165898
20156496
20148353
20137481
201228576
2011206184
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
0.8

Who built the homes finished in Baixo Alentejo

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
202521.7%75.5%0.0%2.8%106
202438.2%60.9%0.0%0.9%110
202324.8%75.2%0.0%0.0%117
202215.0%85.0%0.0%0.0%113
202126.5%71.7%0.0%1.8%113
202020.0%79.0%0.0%1.0%100
201920.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%110
201820.0%78.8%1.2%0.0%85
201714.1%83.8%2.0%0.0%99
201613.8%86.2%0.0%0.0%58
201515.6%84.4%0.0%0.0%64
201422.9%77.1%0.0%0.0%83
201320.3%79.7%0.0%0.0%74
201245.6%54.0%0.4%0.0%285
201123.8%75.2%0.0%1.0%206

Homes finished in Baixo Alentejo, 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
20253.8%28.3%53.8%14.2%106
20249.1%23.6%52.7%14.5%110
20238.5%23.9%47.9%19.7%117
20229.7%15.9%56.6%17.7%113
20216.2%15.9%56.6%21.2%113
20207.0%21.0%50.0%22.0%100
20195.5%22.7%50.0%21.8%110
20185.9%17.6%50.6%25.9%85
20173.0%25.3%51.5%20.2%99
201612.1%22.4%50.0%15.5%58
201514.1%23.4%42.2%20.3%64
201424.1%18.1%32.5%25.3%83
20139.5%25.7%43.2%21.6%74
20126.3%31.6%33.7%28.4%285
201112.6%18.9%43.7%24.8%206

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 Baixo Alentejo

Next 12 months

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%

Affordability

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%

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
€518
Owning per month
€298

Foreign buyers

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

Abroad against residents
−5.6%

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Renovation

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

Public housing works

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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