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New homes in Câmara de Lobos

143.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
284
Per 1,000 residents
8.7

Homes licensed for construction in Câmara de Lobos

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

  • Câmara de Lobos
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCâmara de Lobos
Aug 2026284
Jul 2026265
Jun 2026292
May 2026294
Apr 2026276
Mar 2026278
Feb 2026276
Jan 2026250
Dec 2025270
Nov 2025275
Oct 2025289
Sep 2025249
Aug 2025269
Jul 2025236
Jun 2025196
May 2025224
Apr 2025205
Mar 2025206
Feb 2025162
Jan 2025165
Dec 2024145
Nov 2024142
Oct 2024125
Sep 2024130
Aug 2024103
Jul 2024137
Jun 2024133
May 2024106
Apr 2024104
Mar 2024112
Feb 2024127
Jan 2024165
Dec 2023257
Nov 2023255
Oct 2023254
Sep 2023241
Aug 2023248
Jul 2023214
Jun 2023214
May 2023205
Apr 2023212
Mar 2023205
Feb 2023199
Jan 2023165
Dec 202270
Nov 2022140
Oct 2022191
Sep 2022174
Aug 2022172
Jul 2022200
Jun 2022201
May 2022204
Apr 2022214
Mar 2022209
Feb 2022196
Jan 2022195
Dec 2021195
Nov 2021186
Oct 2021141
Jul 2021105
Apr 202194
Jan 202189
Oct 202029
Sep 202031
Aug 202030
Jul 202026
Jun 202025
May 202018
Apr 202018
Mar 202022
Feb 202017
Jan 202024
Dec 201922
Nov 201919
Oct 201913
Sep 201919
Aug 201914
Jul 201918
Jun 201915
May 201922
Apr 201928
Mar 201929
Feb 201929
Jan 201931
Dec 201825
Nov 201829
Oct 201833
Sep 201818
Aug 201827
Jul 201830
Jun 201822
May 201822
Apr 201822
Mar 201810
Feb 201814
Jan 201816
Dec 201710
Nov 201714
Oct 201712
Sep 201710
Aug 201710
Jul 20177
Jun 20178
May 20177
Apr 20177
Mar 20179
Feb 20177
Jan 20177
Dec 20167
Nov 201610
Oct 201611
Sep 201612
Aug 201612
Jul 201614
Jun 201615
May 201612
Apr 201617
Mar 201617
Feb 201614
Jan 201614
Dec 201520
Nov 20159
Oct 201510
Sep 201515
Aug 20159
Jul 20158
Jun 201513
May 201510
Apr 20154
Mar 20158
Feb 20159
Jan 20159
Dec 201410
Nov 201412
Oct 201413
Sep 201415
Aug 201414
Jul 201416
Jun 201415
May 201416
Apr 201415
Mar 201418
Feb 201415
Jan 201414
Dec 201315
Nov 201316
Oct 201316
Sep 201310
Aug 201320
Jul 201320
Jun 20137
May 201332
Apr 201331
Mar 201313
Feb 201331
Jan 201331
Dec 201236
Nov 201253
Oct 201225
Sep 201236
Aug 201268
Jul 201222
Jun 201243
May 201263
Apr 201220
Mar 201245
Feb 201271
Jan 201226
Dec 201125
Nov 201148
Oct 201129
Sep 201128
Aug 201127

Homes finished and licensed each year in Câmara de Lobos

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
2025277270
2024195145
2023118257
202210268
202131195
20201993
20192221
20181028
2017213
2016127
20151515
20141311
20134215
20124725
20115348
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
8.4

Who built the homes finished in Câmara de Lobos

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
202577.3%22.7%0.0%0.0%277
202479.0%21.0%0.0%0.0%195
202332.2%39.0%0.0%28.8%118
202285.3%14.7%0.0%0.0%102
202116.1%83.9%0.0%0.0%31
202042.1%57.9%0.0%0.0%19
20190.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%22
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%10
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%2
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20150.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%15
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%13
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%42
201242.6%57.4%0.0%0.0%47
201122.6%77.4%0.0%0.0%53

Homes finished in Câmara de Lobos, 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
202524.9%46.2%27.8%1.1%277
202419.0%44.1%36.4%0.5%195
20239.3%40.7%49.2%0.8%118
20221.0%41.2%56.9%1.0%102
20210.0%25.8%71.0%3.2%31
20200.0%26.3%73.7%0.0%19
20194.5%31.8%63.6%0.0%22
20180.0%30.0%70.0%0.0%10
20170.0%50.0%50.0%0.0%2
201616.7%25.0%58.3%0.0%12
20150.0%33.3%66.7%0.0%15
20147.7%15.4%76.9%0.0%13
20130.0%28.6%66.7%4.8%42
20120.0%6.4%89.4%4.3%47
20113.8%7.5%83.0%5.7%53

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 Câmara de Lobos

Next 12 months

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €2,237/m² and €3,311/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,774/m²
Chance of a rise
74%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €225,180. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €854 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
39%
Payment, one income
77%

Buy or rent

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
€716
Owning per month
€778

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região Autónoma da Madeira: Câmara de Lobos has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.6% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.6%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2021. The deepest began in January 2023.

Deepest fall
−10.1%
Recovery from the low
6 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 263 while 277 homes were finished: 0.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.9
Population change, 2025
+263

Empty homes

12.1% of the 13,746 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.1%
Empty homes
1,668

Renovation

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €132.3K of housing works here in 2025, and €4.7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€132.3K
Per resident, 2025
€4

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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