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Public housing works in Cávado

Public bodies signed €5.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €23M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€5.3M
Per resident, 2025
€12

Public housing works signed in Cávado

Contracts to build and renovate housing published on Portal BASE, by the year they were signed, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 22, 2026.

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YearValue signed
2025€5,301,727
2024€2,600,415
2023€6,178,101
2022€975,941
2021€389,221
2020€81,140
2019€51,592
2018€5,863,379
2017€494,663
2016€373,717
2015€642,034
2014€5,700
2013€14,365
2012€12,158

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Contracts are placed in a municipality from the place of work they name; one that names several municipalities is split evenly between them. A district or region adds up its municipalities. The value is the price at signing; later changes to it are not added.

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Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €2,198/m² and €2,469/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,334/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €172,350. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €654 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
26%
Payment, one income
52%

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
€727
Owning per month
€626

38.2% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
2,522
Per 1,000 residents
5.6

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 2.2% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−2.2%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 2 times since 2011. The deepest began in August 2012.

Deepest fall
−15.3%
Recovery from the low
41 months

In 2025 the population grew by 2,249 while 1,710 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.3
Population change, 2025
+2,249

In 2025, 7% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
7%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.4

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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