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New homes in Caminha

7.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
62
Per 1,000 residents
3.6

Homes licensed for construction in Caminha

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

  • Caminha
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCaminha
Aug 202662
Jul 202680
Jun 202687
May 202698
Apr 202693
Mar 202690
Feb 2026106
Jan 2026115
Dec 2025125
Nov 2025127
Oct 2025133
Sep 2025128
Aug 2025131
Jul 2025124
Jun 2025121
May 2025114
Apr 2025111
Mar 2025110
Feb 202595
Jan 202596
Dec 202489
Nov 202484
Oct 202482
Sep 202483
Aug 202485
Jul 202480
Jun 202487
May 202483
Apr 202482
Mar 202489
Feb 202498
Jan 202494
Dec 202396
Nov 202399
Oct 2023100
Sep 202399
Aug 202398
Jul 202392
Jun 202388
May 202387
Apr 202391
Mar 202383
Feb 202384
Jan 2023102
Dec 202296
Nov 202297
Oct 202296
Sep 202294
Aug 202289
Jul 202290
Jun 202284
May 202281
Apr 202275
Mar 202274
Feb 202266
Jan 202245
Dec 202147
Nov 202143
Oct 202140
Jul 202142
Apr 202131
Jan 202128
Oct 202043
Sep 202058
Aug 202058
Jul 202049
Jun 202067
May 202065
Apr 202061
Mar 202059
Feb 202061
Jan 202059
Dec 201957
Nov 201946
Oct 201942
Sep 201936
Aug 201940
Jul 201934
Jun 201921
May 201932
Apr 201935
Mar 201939
Feb 201949
Jan 201945
Dec 201843
Nov 201851
Oct 201846
Sep 201838
Aug 201845
Jul 201844
Jun 201845
May 201846
Apr 201839
Mar 201827
Feb 201824
Jan 201828
Dec 201727
Nov 201729
Oct 201731
Sep 201735
Aug 201734
Jul 201732
Jun 201730
May 201725
Apr 201729
Mar 201723
Feb 201733
Jan 201722
Dec 201622
Nov 201626
Oct 201616
Sep 201619
Aug 201625
Jul 201624
Jun 201634
May 201644
Apr 201641
Mar 201654
Feb 201634
Jan 201679
Dec 201573
Nov 201555
Oct 201581
Sep 201572
Aug 201557
Jul 201575
Jun 201564
May 201542
Apr 201558
Mar 201548
Feb 201547
Jan 201528
Dec 201425
Nov 201424
Oct 201427
Sep 201428
Aug 201429
Jul 201431
Jun 201429
May 201428
Apr 201429
Mar 201428
Feb 201427
Jan 201430
Dec 201330
Nov 201331
Oct 201330
Sep 201332
Aug 201327
Jul 201339
Jun 201340
May 201342
Apr 201381
Mar 201384
Feb 2013112
Jan 2013108
Dec 2012111
Nov 2012113
Oct 2012117
Sep 2012117
Aug 2012121
Jul 2012116
Jun 2012120
May 2012122
Apr 201284
Mar 201289
Feb 201268
Jan 201270
Dec 201172
Nov 201191
Oct 201197
Sep 201192
Aug 201188

Homes finished and licensed each year in Caminha

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
202556125
20247489
20233396
20223696
20215447
20203937
20191157
20182549
20172627
20164722
20157170
20143425
20135630
201288111
20117672
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.3

Who built the homes finished in Caminha

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
202519.6%80.4%0.0%0.0%56
202443.2%56.8%0.0%0.0%74
202318.2%81.8%0.0%0.0%33
20222.8%97.2%0.0%0.0%36
202131.5%68.5%0.0%0.0%54
202025.6%74.4%0.0%0.0%39
20199.1%90.9%0.0%0.0%11
201820.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%25
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%26
201634.0%66.0%0.0%0.0%47
20154.2%95.8%0.0%0.0%71
201411.8%88.2%0.0%0.0%34
20138.9%91.1%0.0%0.0%56
201225.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%88
201150.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%76

Homes finished in Caminha, 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
202510.7%19.6%55.4%14.3%56
20246.8%35.1%48.6%9.5%74
20230.0%12.1%78.8%9.1%33
20222.8%25.0%63.9%8.3%36
20219.3%38.9%38.9%13.0%54
202012.8%10.3%61.5%15.4%39
201927.3%9.1%27.3%36.4%11
20184.0%12.0%48.0%36.0%25
201711.5%23.1%57.7%7.7%26
201614.9%40.4%38.3%6.4%47
201526.8%36.6%29.6%7.0%71
20148.8%26.5%47.1%17.6%34
201314.3%30.4%42.9%12.5%56
20120.0%25.0%51.1%23.9%88
20117.9%28.9%59.2%3.9%76

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 Caminha

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,440/m² and €2,883/m² by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
€2,661/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €156,150. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €593 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
51%

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
€600
Owning per month
€550

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 17.3% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +9.1%.

Gap today
+17.3%
Change in a year
+8.2 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 8.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+8.8%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2015. The deepest began in May 2016.

Deepest fall
−8.2%
Recovery from the low
18 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 60 while 56 homes were finished: 1.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.1
Population change, 2025
+60

Empty homes

8.3% of the 14,361 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.3%
Empty homes
1,193

Renovation

In 2025, 9% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
9%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €119.8K of housing works here in 2025, and €134K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€119.8K
Per resident, 2025
€7

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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