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Renovation in Setúbal district

In 2025, 6% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
6%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.3

Buildings finished in Setúbal district, 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
20251,266511941,340
20241,453683381,562
20231,348622131,434
20221,250592471,340
20211,263532391,348
20201,293492021,364
2019946601851,029
201874527188798
201753048145597
201651650164586
201540643191469
2014425611110507
201352594134636
201280614980963
20111,1442021941,369

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 €3,563/m² and €3,995/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,779/m²
Chance of a rise
96%

Figures for Portugal: Setúbal district has no reliable figures of its own.

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €205,020. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €778 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
31%
Payment, one income
63%

Figures for Portugal: Setúbal district 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
€878
Owning per month
€715

29.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
3,029
Per 1,000 residents
3.0

Figures for Portugal: Setúbal district has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 33.5% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+33.5%

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more once since 2015. That fall began in July 2015.

Deepest fall
−6.4%
Recovery from the low
9 months

In 2025 the population grew by 10,012 while 2,535 homes were finished: 3.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.9
Population change, 2025
+10,012

10.1% of the 477,444 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.1%
Empty homes
48,320

Public bodies signed €76.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €170.1M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€76.9M
Per resident, 2025
€76

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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