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New homes in Cartaxo

69.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
48
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Homes licensed for construction in Cartaxo

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

  • Cartaxo
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCartaxo
Aug 202648
Jul 202648
Jun 202650
May 202651
Apr 202651
Mar 202655
Feb 202650
Jan 202650
Dec 202538
Nov 202538
Oct 202535
Sep 202542
Aug 202533
Jul 202535
Jun 202535
May 202537
Apr 202537
Mar 202537
Feb 202537
Jan 202529
Dec 202439
Nov 202436
Oct 202431
Sep 202436
Aug 202432
Jul 202423
Jun 202436
May 202446
Apr 202439
Mar 202450
Feb 202446
Jan 202447
Dec 202347
Nov 202352
Oct 202351
Sep 202352
Aug 202350
Jul 202351
Jun 202347
May 202328
Apr 202326
Mar 202323
Feb 202323
Jan 202323
Dec 202225
Nov 202221
Oct 202220
Sep 202218
Aug 202219
Jul 202221
Jun 202221
May 202222
Apr 202224
Mar 202223
Feb 202224
Jan 202224
Dec 202121
Nov 202121
Oct 202123
Jul 202125
Apr 202129
Jan 202127
Oct 202029
Sep 202026
Aug 202024
Jul 202023
Jun 202022
May 202017
Apr 202017
Mar 202012
Feb 202018
Jan 202021
Dec 201912
Nov 201916
Oct 201919
Sep 201914
Aug 201919
Jul 201921
Jun 201917
May 201932
Apr 201932
Mar 201931
Feb 201931
Jan 201929
Dec 201829
Nov 201825
Oct 201832
Sep 201830
Aug 201828
Jul 201832
Jun 201830
May 201817
Apr 201821
Mar 201820
Feb 201817
Jan 201819
Dec 201720
Nov 201719
Oct 201714
Sep 201716
Aug 201715
Jul 20179
Jun 201716
May 201714
Apr 20177
Mar 201712
Feb 201712
Jan 20177
Dec 201612
Nov 201614
Oct 20167
Sep 201610
Aug 201611
Jul 201611
Jun 201612
May 201613
Apr 201612
Mar 201616
Feb 201615
Jan 201614
Dec 201513
Nov 201511
Oct 201512
Sep 201512
Aug 201512
Jul 201510
Jun 20157
May 20157
Apr 20157
Mar 20153
Feb 20154
Jan 20155
Dec 20147
Nov 20148
Oct 20147
Sep 20147
Aug 20148
Jul 201411
Jun 201413
May 201415
Apr 201415
Mar 201417
Feb 201417
Jan 201416
Dec 201314
Nov 201314
Oct 201317
Sep 201320
Aug 201317
Jul 201311
Jun 201315
May 201313
Apr 201312
Mar 201316
Feb 201313
Jan 201311
Dec 201221
Nov 201219
Oct 201215
Sep 201219
Aug 201218
Jul 201220
Jun 201222
May 201222
Apr 201225
Mar 201226
Feb 201227
Jan 201227
Dec 201135
Nov 201137
Oct 201138
Sep 201137
Aug 201135

Homes finished and licensed each year in Cartaxo

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
20254538
20242434
20234247
20222525
20212521
20204830
20193316
20182128
20172720
20161610
20151213
2014257
20131614
20125018
20115335
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.8

Who built the homes finished in Cartaxo

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
202551.1%48.9%0.0%0.0%45
202420.8%79.2%0.0%0.0%24
202326.2%73.8%0.0%0.0%42
20224.0%96.0%0.0%0.0%25
202156.0%44.0%0.0%0.0%25
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%48
201930.3%69.7%0.0%0.0%33
20184.8%95.2%0.0%0.0%21
201759.3%40.7%0.0%0.0%27
201656.3%43.8%0.0%0.0%16
20158.3%91.7%0.0%0.0%12
20144.0%96.0%0.0%0.0%25
201312.5%87.5%0.0%0.0%16
201238.0%62.0%0.0%0.0%50
201117.0%83.0%0.0%0.0%53

Homes finished in Cartaxo, 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
20256.7%24.4%51.1%17.8%45
202420.8%16.7%45.8%16.7%24
202319.0%21.4%40.5%19.0%42
20228.0%20.0%44.0%28.0%25
202128.0%16.0%44.0%12.0%25
20208.3%33.3%45.8%12.5%48
201912.1%18.2%45.5%24.2%33
20184.8%28.6%47.6%19.0%21
20177.4%51.9%22.2%18.5%27
20160.0%37.5%43.8%18.8%16
20158.3%41.7%33.3%16.7%12
20144.0%36.0%48.0%12.0%25
20136.3%12.5%37.5%43.8%16
20126.0%28.0%38.0%28.0%50
20113.8%13.2%47.2%35.8%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 Cartaxo

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,245/m² and €2,608/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,426/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €155,250. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €589 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
45%

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
€581
Owning per month
€512

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 13.6% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +17.9%.

Gap today
+13.6%
Change in a year
−4.3 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Lezíria do Tejo: Cartaxo has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 7.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+7.0%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2018. The deepest began in June 2019.

Deepest fall
−14.8%
Recovery from the low
8 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 236 while 45 homes were finished: 5.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.2
Population change, 2025
+236

Empty homes

13.8% of the 13,228 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
13.8%
Empty homes
1,832

Renovation

In 2025, 10% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
10%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €1.5M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.4M
Per resident, 2025
€53

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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