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Past price cycles in Crato

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2019. The deepest began in July 2020.

Deepest fall
−23.0%
Recovery from the low
31 months

Prices in Crato and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in January 2019.

  • Crato
  • Portugal
  • 100 = January 2019
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PeriodCratoPortugal
Sep 2026205.8181.0
Aug 2026196.5179.9
Jul 2026187.3180.0
Jun 2026178.3180.1
May 2026169.1179.4
Apr 2026159.9179.4
Mar 2026175.1178.0
Feb 2026170.0176.2
Jan 2026166.1174.5
Dec 2025162.4172.7
Nov 2025162.7171.8
Oct 2025155.8169.5
Sep 2025148.6167.9
Aug 2025141.5167.3
Jul 2025144.0166.7
Jun 2025142.4164.8
May 2025137.6162.1
Apr 2025143.3160.8
Mar 2025146.3158.8
Feb 2025138.7156.8
Jan 2025130.9154.4
Dec 2024123.3152.6
Nov 2024115.7150.2
Oct 2024113.1148.6
Sep 2024115.9147.8
Aug 2024114.5147.3
Jul 2024116.8147.2
Jun 2024117.3145.9
May 2024112.7145.1
Apr 2024108.1143.1
Mar 2024103.5142.0
Feb 202499.1140.9
Jan 202498.8140.1
Dec 2023103.2138.4
Nov 2023101.4137.1
Oct 202398.6135.1
Sep 202399.1134.0
Aug 2023101.2133.8
Jul 2023103.2134.2
Jun 2023100.2134.1
May 202399.5132.9
Apr 2023103.0132.3
Mar 2023102.3131.1
Feb 202398.2130.4
Jan 2023103.7129.6
Dec 2022109.4128.9
Nov 2022115.2128.7
Oct 2022111.3126.7
Sep 2022109.9126.0
Aug 2022108.5125.7
Jul 2022106.2125.6
Jun 202296.5125.5
May 2022103.0125.4
Apr 2022100.2124.7
Mar 2022104.8124.7
Feb 2022105.1124.2
Jan 2022108.8123.6
Dec 2021108.3123.5
Nov 2021109.0123.2
Oct 2021109.7122.4
Sep 2021110.8121.0
Aug 2021111.1120.5
Jul 2021112.4120.0
Jun 2021119.8119.0
May 2021116.8118.2
Apr 2021117.7117.6
Mar 2021116.4117.6
Feb 2021119.4117.2
Jan 2021120.7117.4
Dec 2020120.7116.7
Nov 2020124.7115.8
Oct 2020122.4114.3
Sep 2020120.7113.0
Aug 2020123.7112.4
Jul 2020125.3111.7
Jun 2020119.6112.3
May 2020121.0112.7
Apr 2020115.7113.3
Mar 2020116.1112.2
Feb 2020114.3111.4
Jan 2020113.8110.2
Dec 2019116.8110.9
Nov 2019115.9110.3
Oct 2019111.8110.0
Sep 2019110.1109.8
Aug 2019108.5109.9
Jul 2019106.9110.0
Jun 2019104.4108.3
May 2019101.8105.8
Apr 201998.6103.5
Mar 201996.5102.4
Feb 201997.5101.1
Jan 2019100.0100.0

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
January 2019March 2019−3.5%22
July 2020June 2022−23.0%2331
March 2025May 2025−6.0%24
March 2026April 2026−8.7%12

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 Crato

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €996/m² and €1,338/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,167/m²
Chance of a rise
98%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €47,790. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €181 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
8%
Payment, one income
15%

Buy or rent

Figures for Alto Alentejo: Crato has no reliable figures of its own.

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
€410
Owning per month
€246

New homes

75.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
3
Per 1,000 residents
0.9

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Alentejo: Crato has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 24.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+24.0%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 20 while 1 homes were finished: 20.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
20.0
Population change, 2025
+20

Empty homes

12.5% of the 3,195 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.5%
Empty homes
400

Renovation

In 2025, 67% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
67%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €29.9K of housing works here in 2021, and €29.9K since 2012.

Signed in 2021
€29.9K
Per resident, 2021
€9

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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