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New homes in Barcelos

87.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
949
Per 1,000 residents
7.7

Homes licensed for construction in Barcelos

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

  • Barcelos
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBarcelos
Aug 2026949
Jul 20261,023
Jun 20261,014
May 20261,083
Apr 20261,035
Mar 20261,056
Feb 20261,101
Jan 20261,102
Dec 20251,078
Nov 20251,108
Oct 20251,149
Sep 20251,098
Aug 20251,037
Jul 2025925
Jun 2025882
May 2025832
Apr 2025825
Mar 2025790
Feb 2025705
Jan 2025652
Dec 2024642
Nov 2024577
Oct 2024519
Sep 2024456
Aug 2024425
Jul 2024413
Jun 2024490
May 2024484
Apr 2024510
Mar 2024470
Feb 2024466
Jan 2024500
Dec 2023533
Nov 2023522
Oct 2023547
Sep 2023521
Aug 2023498
Jul 2023505
Jun 2023428
May 2023411
Apr 2023422
Mar 2023428
Feb 2023437
Jan 2023426
Dec 2022436
Nov 2022436
Oct 2022441
Sep 2022456
Aug 2022476
Jul 2022460
Jun 2022459
May 2022442
Apr 2022436
Mar 2022487
Feb 2022489
Jan 2022494
Dec 2021447
Nov 2021502
Oct 2021477
Jul 2021538
Apr 2021520
Jan 2021517
Oct 2020502
Sep 2020452
Aug 2020505
Jul 2020503
Jun 2020493
May 2020506
Apr 2020524
Mar 2020511
Feb 2020508
Jan 2020433
Dec 2019441
Nov 2019412
Oct 2019401
Sep 2019403
Aug 2019384
Jul 2019395
Jun 2019409
May 2019386
Apr 2019375
Mar 2019377
Feb 2019383
Jan 2019371
Dec 2018391
Nov 2018387
Oct 2018379
Sep 2018370
Aug 2018315
Jul 2018299
Jun 2018284
May 2018291
Apr 2018284
Mar 2018280
Feb 2018264
Jan 2018276
Dec 2017230
Nov 2017219
Oct 2017227
Sep 2017268
Aug 2017267
Jul 2017258
Jun 2017252
May 2017234
Apr 2017221
Mar 2017224
Feb 2017218
Jan 2017199
Dec 2016196
Nov 2016195
Oct 2016185
Sep 2016126
Aug 2016132
Jul 2016142
Jun 2016142
May 2016142
Apr 2016136
Mar 2016129
Feb 2016123
Jan 2016126
Dec 2015113
Nov 2015110
Oct 2015131
Sep 2015142
Aug 2015131
Jul 2015113
Jun 2015124
May 2015125
Apr 2015129
Mar 2015129
Feb 2015133
Jan 2015131
Dec 2014132
Nov 2014143
Oct 2014121
Sep 2014112
Aug 2014119
Jul 2014119
Jun 2014110
May 2014106
Apr 2014109
Mar 2014116
Feb 2014110
Jan 2014112
Dec 2013119
Nov 2013106
Oct 2013107
Sep 2013108
Aug 2013110
Jul 2013112
Jun 2013113
May 2013124
Apr 2013126
Mar 2013122
Feb 2013127
Jan 2013125
Dec 2012133
Nov 2012140
Oct 2012148
Sep 2012154
Aug 2012170
Jul 2012196
Jun 2012212
May 2012211
Apr 2012212
Mar 2012220
Feb 2012237
Jan 2012253
Dec 2011297
Nov 2011324
Oct 2011325
Sep 2011311
Aug 2011278

Homes finished and licensed each year in Barcelos

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
20253811,078
2024336642
2023537533
2022335436
2021287447
2020235527
2019282441
2018150391
2017220230
2016141196
2015110113
2014100132
2013216119
2012226133
2011377297
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.1

Who built the homes finished in Barcelos

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
202543.3%56.7%0.0%0.0%381
202438.1%61.9%0.0%0.0%336
202361.1%38.9%0.0%0.0%537
202249.0%51.0%0.0%0.0%335
202127.5%72.5%0.0%0.0%287
202031.9%68.1%0.0%0.0%235
201952.1%47.9%0.0%0.0%282
201824.0%76.0%0.0%0.0%150
201747.7%52.3%0.0%0.0%220
201627.0%73.0%0.0%0.0%141
201521.8%78.2%0.0%0.0%110
20148.0%92.0%0.0%0.0%100
201321.3%78.2%0.0%0.5%216
201221.2%78.3%0.4%0.0%226
201132.4%67.4%0.0%0.3%377

Homes finished in Barcelos, 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
202512.3%16.0%64.6%7.1%381
202416.1%20.2%56.3%7.4%336
202310.8%18.1%63.7%7.4%537
20226.6%15.5%69.0%9.0%335
20213.5%13.2%74.6%8.7%287
20200.4%13.6%80.9%5.1%235
20194.3%13.8%72.3%9.6%282
20182.7%6.7%71.3%19.3%150
201712.7%12.7%62.3%12.3%220
20160.0%3.5%78.0%18.4%141
20151.8%3.6%70.0%24.5%110
20140.0%3.0%73.0%24.0%100
20130.9%7.9%73.6%17.6%216
20120.4%5.8%71.7%22.1%226
20112.7%5.8%69.5%22.0%377

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 Barcelos

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,982/m² and €2,408/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,195/m²
Chance of a rise
88%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €165,870. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €629 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
27%
Payment, one income
53%

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
€593
Owning per month
€562

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 8.5% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +9.0%.

Gap today
+8.5%
Change in a year
−0.5 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Cávado: Barcelos has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 2.2% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−2.2%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2011. The deepest began in August 2012.

Deepest fall
−19.7%
Recovery from the low
14 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 841 while 381 homes were finished: 2.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.2
Population change, 2025
+841

Empty homes

8.5% of the 49,821 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.5%
Empty homes
4,214

Renovation

In 2025, 1% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
1%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €4.6M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.4M
Per resident, 2025
€11

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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