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Castro Daire · report

Past price cycles in Castro Daire

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2018. The deepest began in April 2019.

Deepest fall
−19.9%
Recovery from the low
31 months

Prices in Castro Daire and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in August 2018.

  • Castro Daire
  • Portugal
  • 100 = August 2018
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PeriodCastro DairePortugal
Sep 2026158.7193.2
Aug 2026156.2191.9
Jul 2026157.8192.1
Jun 2026165.1192.2
May 2026157.6191.4
Apr 2026171.3191.4
Mar 2026165.9189.9
Feb 2026162.4188.0
Jan 2026162.4186.2
Dec 2025162.0184.3
Nov 2025154.3183.3
Oct 2025146.3180.9
Sep 2025138.4179.1
Aug 2025133.3178.5
Jul 2025128.3177.9
Jun 2025126.4175.8
May 2025124.6173.0
Apr 2025115.7171.6
Mar 2025117.4169.5
Feb 2025119.2167.3
Jan 2025115.5164.8
Dec 2024109.9162.8
Nov 2024114.0160.3
Oct 2024108.7158.6
Sep 2024105.4157.7
Aug 2024107.4157.2
Jul 2024104.7157.0
Jun 2024101.7155.7
May 202497.1154.9
Apr 202492.2152.7
Mar 202494.2151.5
Feb 202495.9150.3
Jan 202498.4149.5
Dec 2023101.2147.6
Nov 2023100.8146.3
Oct 2023101.6144.1
Sep 202395.7143.0
Aug 202399.4142.7
Jul 202399.0143.2
Jun 2023100.0143.1
May 202399.2141.8
Apr 202395.7141.2
Mar 202395.5139.9
Feb 202395.7139.1
Jan 202395.9138.2
Dec 202298.6137.6
Nov 202292.2137.3
Oct 202292.8135.2
Sep 202297.1134.4
Aug 202294.8134.2
Jul 202292.1134.0
Jun 202292.1133.9
May 202288.4133.8
Apr 202287.4133.0
Mar 202290.3133.1
Feb 202293.2132.5
Jan 202296.7131.9
Dec 2021100.2131.8
Nov 2021101.9131.4
Oct 2021101.2130.6
Sep 202199.6129.1
Aug 202197.9128.5
Jul 202192.2128.1
Jun 202195.9126.9
May 202197.9126.2
Apr 202197.7125.5
Mar 202196.9125.4
Feb 202196.5125.0
Jan 202196.7125.3
Dec 202096.5124.5
Nov 202097.7123.5
Oct 202096.5122.0
Sep 202099.4120.6
Aug 2020100.6119.9
Jul 2020103.9119.2
Jun 2020107.2119.8
May 2020104.5120.3
Apr 2020103.1120.9
Mar 2020107.6119.7
Feb 2020107.9118.9
Jan 2020104.3117.5
Dec 2019103.7118.3
Nov 2019103.1117.7
Oct 201998.6117.4
Sep 2019104.7117.2
Aug 2019100.2117.3
Jul 2019101.9117.4
Jun 2019103.1115.6
May 2019104.3112.9
Apr 2019109.1110.4
Mar 2019109.1109.2
Feb 2019104.1107.8
Jan 201998.8106.7
Dec 201898.3106.4
Nov 2018102.7105.6
Oct 201896.5104.3
Sep 201899.8101.9
Aug 2018100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
August 2018October 2018−3.5%21
November 2018December 2018−4.3%12
April 2019April 2022−19.9%3631
November 2024December 2024−3.6%11
April 2026August 2026−8.8%4Not yet

Portugal against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Portugal
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodPortugalEU
Q2 2026301.4168.6
Q1 2026291.0166.5
Q4 2025280.2164.6
Q3 2025269.4163.5
Q2 2025258.8161.0
Q1 2025247.1158.5
Q4 2024235.7156.2
Q3 2024228.9155.1
Q2 2024220.7152.7
Q1 2024212.5149.8
Q4 2023211.3148.9
Q3 2023208.5149.1
Q2 2023204.7148.2
Q1 2023198.6147.6
Q4 2022195.9148.7
Q3 2022193.8150.9
Q2 2022188.3149.6
Q1 2022182.6146.2
Q4 2021176.0143.2
Q3 2021171.3140.2
Q2 2021166.4136.0
Q1 2021161.7132.1
Q4 2020157.7129.8
Q3 2020153.6128.1
Q2 2020154.3126.3
Q1 2020151.7124.4
Q4 2019146.1122.7
Q3 2019143.7121.5
Q2 2019140.7119.8
Q1 2019137.1117.6
Q4 2018132.3116.8
Q3 2018129.7115.9
Q2 2018128.5114.2
Q1 2018125.6112.3
Q4 2017121.1111.2
Q3 2017119.6110.4
Q2 2017115.5108.8
Q1 2017111.9106.9
Q4 2016109.6106.1
Q3 2016108.3105.4
Q2 2016106.9103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015101.8101.1
Q3 2015100.7100.8
Q2 2015100.699.8
Q1 201596.998.3

Bank valuations go back to 2011, so they include the fall after the euro crisis; asking prices start in 2015. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Castro Daire

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €654/m² and €929/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€791/m²
Chance of a rise
40%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €65,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €250 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
12%
Payment, one income
23%

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
€430
Owning per month
€231

New homes

4.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
25
Per 1,000 residents
1.9

Foreign buyers

Figures for Viseu Dão Lafões: Castro Daire has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 12.5% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−12.5%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 5 while 19 homes were finished: 0.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.3
Population change, 2025
+5

Empty homes

12.4% of the 12,917 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.4%
Empty homes
1,599

Renovation

In 2025, 37% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
37%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
19.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €38.8K of housing works here in 2025, and €741.7K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€38.8K
Per resident, 2025
€3

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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