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Renovation in Crato

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

Buildings finished in Crato, by kind of work

Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
Show the numbers
YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
202510203
202412003
202322105
2022244010
2021444012
202043209
201902114
20181020012
2017172111
201642006
201513004
2014744015
2013273012
20123101014
2011495523

INE counts buildings, not homes, and every kind of building, not only housing. A reconstruction rebuilds an existing building; an alteration changes its layout or use.

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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%

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%

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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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