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New homes in Barreiro

117.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
257
Per 1,000 residents
2.8

Homes licensed for construction in Barreiro

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

  • Barreiro
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodBarreiro
Aug 2026257
Jul 2026245
Jun 2026149
May 2026146
Apr 2026141
Mar 2026144
Feb 2026131
Jan 2026118
Dec 2025108
Nov 2025120
Oct 2025187
Sep 2025182
Aug 2025164
Jul 2025165
Jun 2025174
May 2025177
Apr 2025168
Mar 2025191
Feb 2025191
Jan 2025189
Dec 2024205
Nov 2024222
Oct 2024132
Sep 2024131
Aug 2024129
Jul 2024147
Jun 2024138
May 2024173
Apr 2024232
Mar 2024231
Feb 2024232
Jan 2024236
Dec 2023220
Nov 2023194
Oct 2023193
Sep 2023190
Aug 2023192
Jul 2023182
Jun 2023308
May 2023273
Apr 2023230
Mar 2023227
Feb 2023227
Jan 2023222
Dec 2022227
Nov 2022226
Oct 2022224
Sep 2022219
Aug 2022214
Jul 2022207
Jun 202280
May 202282
Apr 202259
Mar 202230
Feb 202272
Jan 202267
Dec 202161
Nov 202159
Oct 202159
Jul 202177
Apr 2021119
Jan 2021102
Oct 2020126
Sep 2020122
Aug 2020136
Jul 2020137
Jun 2020140
May 2020144
Apr 2020112
Mar 202090
Feb 202093
Jan 202091
Dec 201991
Nov 201994
Oct 201977
Sep 201973
Aug 201950
Jul 201950
Jun 201947
May 201936
Apr 201933
Mar 201962
Feb 201956
Jan 201959
Dec 201847
Nov 201851
Oct 201857
Sep 201856
Aug 201859
Jul 201870
Jun 201852
May 201864
Apr 201876
Mar 201813
Feb 201833
Jan 201846
Dec 201717
Nov 201729
Oct 201739
Sep 20177
Aug 201724
Jul 201725
Jun 201710
May 201717
Apr 201716
Mar 201714
Feb 201713
Jan 201712
Dec 201614
Nov 201610
Oct 201613
Sep 201614
Aug 20166
Jul 201613
Jun 201611
May 20166
Apr 201614
Mar 201611
Feb 20169
Jan 201615
Dec 201514
Nov 201517
Oct 201521
Sep 201515
Aug 201519
Jul 201522
Jun 201521
May 201515
Apr 201517
Mar 201523
Feb 201515
Jan 201514
Dec 201430
Nov 201422
Oct 201419
Sep 201426
Aug 201422
Jul 201415
Jun 201420
May 201445
Apr 201437
Mar 201414
Feb 201441
Jan 201461
Dec 20134
Nov 201330
Oct 201347
Sep 201315
Aug 201327
Jul 201358
Jun 201330
May 201311
Apr 201342
Mar 201336
Feb 201317
Jan 201323
Dec 201237
Nov 201220
Oct 201234
Sep 201247
Aug 201238
Jul 201238
Jun 201247
May 201248
Apr 201246
Mar 201255
Feb 201270
Jan 201273
Dec 201174
Nov 2011140
Oct 2011148
Sep 2011135
Aug 2011135

Homes finished and licensed each year in Barreiro

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
2025340108
202447205
202330220
202299227
20213861
202076109
20193791
20181951
20171230
20162712
20153317
2014724
20132327
201210428
20119674
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.7

Who built the homes finished in Barreiro

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
202593.5%6.5%0.0%0.0%340
202463.8%36.2%0.0%0.0%47
202353.3%46.7%0.0%0.0%30
202283.8%16.2%0.0%0.0%99
202152.6%47.4%0.0%0.0%38
202075.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%76
201981.1%18.9%0.0%0.0%37
201826.3%73.7%0.0%0.0%19
201725.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%12
201663.0%37.0%0.0%0.0%27
201590.9%9.1%0.0%0.0%33
201414.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%7
201343.5%56.5%0.0%0.0%23
201276.9%23.1%0.0%0.0%104
201178.1%21.9%0.0%0.0%96

Homes finished in Barreiro, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20258.2%31.8%40.9%19.1%340
202412.8%31.9%36.2%19.1%47
20230.0%23.3%43.3%33.3%30
20223.0%33.3%49.5%14.1%99
20215.3%18.4%52.6%23.7%38
20200.0%34.2%48.7%17.1%76
20190.0%10.8%75.7%13.5%37
201810.5%31.6%5.3%52.6%19
20170.0%16.7%16.7%66.7%12
20160.0%14.8%44.4%40.7%27
20150.0%33.3%42.4%24.2%33
201414.3%14.3%14.3%57.1%7
20134.3%30.4%43.5%21.7%23
20127.7%37.5%38.5%16.3%104
20112.1%27.1%40.6%30.2%96

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 Barreiro

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,417/m² and €3,789/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,603/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €265,410. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,007 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
40%
Payment, one income
79%

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
€1,055
Owning per month
€910

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 7.9% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +9.8%.

Gap today
+7.9%
Change in a year
−1.9 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 24.1% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+24.1%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2011. That fall began in January 2011.

Deepest fall
−25.2%
Recovery from the low
44 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 863 while 340 homes were finished: 2.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.5
Population change, 2025
+863

Empty homes

11.2% of the 41,779 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.2%
Empty homes
4,661

Renovation

In 2025, 23% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
23%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.4

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €61.1K of housing works here in 2024, and €3.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2024
€61.1K
Per resident, 2024
€1

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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