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Viseu district · report

New homes in Viseu district

28.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,121
Per 1,000 residents
3.1

Homes licensed for construction in Viseu district

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

  • Viseu district
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodViseu district
Aug 20261,121
Jul 20261,111
Jun 20261,104
May 2026986
Apr 20261,009
Mar 2026911
Feb 2026893
Jan 2026972
Dec 2025958
Nov 2025995
Oct 20251,025
Sep 2025982
Aug 2025964
Jul 2025931
Jun 2025916
May 2025938
Apr 2025869
Mar 2025789
Feb 2025847
Jan 2025773
Dec 2024748
Nov 2024773
Oct 2024741
Sep 2024737
Aug 2024785
Jul 2024800
Jun 2024732
May 2024755
Apr 2024764
Mar 2024777
Feb 2024864
Jan 2024911
Dec 2023943
Nov 2023963
Oct 2023950
Sep 2023946
Aug 2023897
Jul 2023894
Jun 2023950
May 2023928
Apr 2023952
Mar 20231,004
Feb 2023914
Jan 2023829
Dec 2022878
Nov 2022891
Oct 2022881
Sep 2022909
Aug 2022905
Jul 2022887
Jun 2022953
May 2022958
Apr 2022931
Mar 2022956
Feb 2022940
Jan 2022954
Dec 2021934
Nov 2021886
Oct 2021917
Jul 2021963
Apr 2021984
Jan 2021917
Oct 20201,012
Sep 20201,018
Aug 20201,019
Jul 20201,007
Jun 20201,028
May 2020997
Apr 2020949
Mar 20201,009
Feb 20201,021
Jan 2020982
Dec 2019948
Nov 2019917
Oct 2019849
Sep 2019941
Aug 2019902
Jul 2019869
Jun 2019895
May 2019894
Apr 2019876
Mar 2019928
Feb 2019901
Jan 2019926
Dec 2018937
Nov 2018880
Oct 2018905
Sep 2018852
Aug 2018803
Jul 2018811
Jun 2018818
May 2018752
Apr 2018768
Mar 2018766
Feb 2018736
Jan 2018708
Dec 2017784
Nov 2017704
Oct 2017694
Sep 2017760
Aug 2017689
Jul 2017686
Jun 2017696
May 2017682
Apr 2017639
Mar 2017671
Feb 2017631
Jan 2017596
Dec 2016565
Nov 2016610
Oct 2016600
Sep 2016598
Aug 2016630
Jul 2016633
Jun 2016649
May 2016611
Apr 2016631
Mar 2016632
Feb 2016600
Jan 2016650
Dec 2015644
Nov 2015583
Oct 2015612
Sep 2015576
Aug 2015546
Jul 2015557
Jun 2015534
May 2015510
Apr 2015555
Mar 2015526
Feb 2015508
Jan 2015489
Dec 2014493
Nov 2014528
Oct 2014520
Sep 2014510
Aug 2014479
Jul 2014482
Jun 2014512
May 2014513
Apr 2014501
Mar 2014524
Feb 2014514
Jan 2014515
Dec 2013531
Nov 2013517
Oct 2013516
Sep 2013570
Aug 2013603
Jul 2013631
Jun 2013633
May 2013639
Apr 2013668
Mar 2013675
Feb 2013751
Jan 2013789
Dec 2012786
Nov 2012803
Oct 2012824
Sep 2012816
Aug 2012827
Jul 2012841
Jun 2012849
May 2012872
Apr 2012868
Mar 2012950
Feb 2012932
Jan 2012950
Dec 2011989
Nov 2011978
Oct 2011989
Sep 2011933
Aug 2011863

Homes finished and licensed each year in Viseu district

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
2025749958
2024679776
2023606942
2022627851
2021777934
2020643968
2019579917
2018470938
2017498739
2016498574
2015483639
2014492489
2013662530
20121,154791
20111,346982
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.1

Who built the homes finished in Viseu district

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
202543.0%56.9%0.1%0.0%749
202438.0%62.0%0.0%0.0%679
202326.7%73.1%0.0%0.2%606
202229.0%70.8%0.2%0.0%627
202135.9%63.8%0.1%0.1%777
202034.8%59.3%2.6%3.3%643
201936.1%61.8%0.0%2.1%579
201826.6%71.3%0.0%2.1%470
201727.1%68.9%0.0%4.0%498
201628.9%71.1%0.0%0.0%498
201526.9%70.2%0.0%2.9%483
201416.7%83.3%0.0%0.0%492
201311.6%88.1%0.2%0.2%662
201219.5%80.3%0.2%0.0%1,154
201123.6%73.5%3.0%0.0%1,346

Homes finished in Viseu district, 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
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20259.3%22.0%51.5%17.1%749
20243.8%25.0%52.4%18.7%679
20235.0%13.2%62.4%19.5%606
20225.9%17.1%56.9%20.1%627
20219.4%17.1%55.7%17.8%777
20206.2%16.0%57.9%19.9%643
20194.8%19.0%58.0%18.1%579
20188.9%13.0%55.7%22.3%470
20172.2%19.9%52.6%25.3%498
20164.2%21.1%51.0%23.7%498
20156.6%14.7%52.2%26.5%483
20145.5%18.3%44.5%31.7%492
20136.0%14.0%45.5%34.4%662
20126.1%18.5%49.0%26.4%1,154
20115.3%16.6%50.9%27.2%1,346

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 Viseu district

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,121/m² and €1,469/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,295/m²
Chance of a rise
65%

Affordability

Figures for Portugal: Viseu 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%

Buy or rent

Figures for Portugal: Viseu 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

Foreign buyers

Figures for Portugal: Viseu 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%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 2015. The deepest began in June 2024.

Deepest fall
−8.8%
Recovery from the low
6 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 2,074 while 749 homes were finished: 2.8 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.8
Population change, 2025
+2,074

Empty homes

14.1% of the 245,876 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
14.1%
Empty homes
34,689

Renovation

In 2025, 23% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
23%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
13.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €24.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €76.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€24.1M
Per resident, 2025
€66

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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