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New homes in Coimbra

156.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,152
Per 1,000 residents
7.4

Homes licensed for construction in Coimbra

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

  • Coimbra
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodCoimbra
Aug 20261,152
Jul 20261,148
Jun 20261,062
May 20261,136
Apr 20261,101
Mar 20261,137
Feb 20261,170
Jan 20261,187
Dec 20251,161
Nov 20251,320
Oct 20251,144
Sep 20251,190
Aug 20251,176
Jul 20251,203
Jun 20251,263
May 20251,136
Apr 20251,116
Mar 20251,090
Feb 2025991
Jan 2025999
Dec 2024938
Nov 2024740
Oct 2024726
Sep 2024776
Aug 2024772
Jul 2024720
Jun 2024676
May 2024754
Apr 2024706
Mar 2024657
Feb 2024645
Jan 2024614
Dec 2023613
Nov 2023601
Oct 2023595
Sep 2023448
Aug 2023389
Jul 2023372
Jun 2023341
May 2023253
Apr 2023265
Mar 2023282
Feb 2023255
Jan 2023265
Dec 2022264
Nov 2022293
Oct 2022282
Sep 2022291
Aug 2022283
Jul 2022290
Jun 2022293
May 2022294
Apr 2022305
Mar 2022291
Feb 2022294
Jan 2022278
Dec 2021268
Nov 2021237
Oct 2021234
Jul 2021266
Apr 2021230
Jan 2021203
Oct 2020206
Sep 2020213
Aug 2020193
Jul 2020175
Jun 2020182
May 2020191
Apr 2020171
Mar 2020192
Feb 2020186
Jan 2020213
Dec 2019212
Nov 2019221
Oct 2019212
Sep 2019218
Aug 2019221
Jul 2019213
Jun 2019209
May 2019201
Apr 2019183
Mar 2019167
Feb 2019161
Jan 2019139
Dec 2018137
Nov 2018128
Oct 2018126
Sep 2018106
Aug 2018129
Jul 2018142
Jun 2018131
May 2018139
Apr 2018142
Mar 2018150
Feb 2018149
Jan 2018171
Dec 2017174
Nov 2017190
Oct 2017187
Sep 2017201
Aug 2017174
Jul 2017166
Jun 2017174
May 2017191
Apr 2017223
Mar 2017223
Feb 2017243
Jan 2017216
Dec 2016215
Nov 2016196
Oct 2016193
Sep 2016193
Aug 2016180
Jul 2016174
Jun 2016175
May 2016148
Apr 2016104
Mar 201697
Feb 201676
Jan 201686
Dec 201584
Nov 201586
Oct 201594
Sep 201583
Aug 201585
Jul 201594
Jun 201583
May 201579
Apr 201576
Mar 201571
Feb 201567
Jan 201563
Dec 201460
Nov 201459
Oct 201453
Sep 201450
Aug 201452
Jul 201441
Jun 201439
May 201439
Apr 201449
Mar 201445
Feb 201465
Jan 201460
Dec 201380
Nov 201382
Oct 201390
Sep 2013105
Aug 2013114
Jul 2013130
Jun 2013139
May 2013144
Apr 2013154
Mar 2013171
Feb 2013170
Jan 2013192
Dec 2012185
Nov 2012201
Oct 2012207
Sep 2012199
Aug 2012195
Jul 2012199
Jun 2012195
May 2012234
Apr 2012239
Mar 2012245
Feb 2012242
Jan 2012238
Dec 2011250
Nov 2011270
Oct 2011278
Sep 2011270
Aug 2011259

Homes finished and licensed each year in Coimbra

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
20255251,161
2024324938
2023331613
2022200264
2021107268
2020122201
2019133212
2018142137
2017156174
201683215
20154584
201415160
201323780
2012522185
2011726250
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.4

Who built the homes finished in Coimbra

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
202563.0%37.0%0.0%0.0%525
202452.8%47.2%0.0%0.0%324
202365.6%34.4%0.0%0.0%331
202273.5%26.5%0.0%0.0%200
202144.9%54.2%0.0%0.9%107
202065.6%34.4%0.0%0.0%122
201963.2%36.8%0.0%0.0%133
201872.5%27.5%0.0%0.0%142
201751.3%48.7%0.0%0.0%156
201662.7%37.3%0.0%0.0%83
201544.4%55.6%0.0%0.0%45
201444.4%55.6%0.0%0.0%151
201326.6%73.4%0.0%0.0%237
201248.9%50.8%0.4%0.0%522
201154.7%45.3%0.0%0.0%726

Homes finished in Coimbra, 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
202520.6%28.4%37.1%13.9%525
202416.7%23.1%39.2%21.0%324
202317.8%34.1%32.3%15.7%331
202214.5%32.0%38.0%15.5%200
20214.7%30.8%40.2%24.3%107
202014.8%9.8%35.2%40.2%122
20199.0%25.6%51.1%14.3%133
201816.9%35.2%33.1%14.8%142
201714.1%25.0%33.3%27.6%156
20167.2%25.3%45.8%21.7%83
20156.7%31.1%28.9%33.3%45
201426.5%29.8%21.2%22.5%151
201313.5%30.4%27.8%28.3%237
201212.5%36.6%33.3%17.6%522
201113.9%28.2%35.7%22.2%726

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 Coimbra

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,298/m² and €2,902/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,600/m²
Chance of a rise
67%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €190,980. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €725 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
24%
Payment, one income
48%

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
€850
Owning per month
€725

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 17.8% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +19.1%.

Gap today
+17.8%
Change in a year
−1.3 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 0.3% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−0.3%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2011. The deepest began in July 2011.

Deepest fall
−24.4%
Recovery from the low
38 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 73 while 525 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
525
Population change, 2025
−73

Empty homes

19.4% of the 81,872 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
19.4%
Empty homes
15,854

Renovation

In 2025, 15% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
15%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
1.4

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €5.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €67.3M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€5.9M
Per resident, 2025
€38

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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