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Foreign buyers in Douro

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−31.0%

What buyers from abroad paid against residents in Douro

Median price per m² paid by buyers with tax domicile abroad, against buyers domiciled in Portugal, over 12 months.

  • Douro
  • Same as residents
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PeriodDouro
Q2 2026-31.0%
Q1 2026-27.9%
Q4 2025-32.8%
Q3 2025-28.6%
Q2 2025-30.2%
Q1 2025-21.3%
Q4 2024-18.6%
Q3 2024-32.6%
Q2 2024-41.9%
Q1 2024-28.3%
Q4 2023-24.6%
Q3 2023-19.6%
Q2 2023-22.1%
Q1 2023-36.3%
Q4 2022-42.7%
Q3 2022-44.4%
Q2 2022-39.2%
Q1 2022-30.1%
Q4 2021-38.3%
Q3 2021-37.3%
Q2 2021-38.1%
Q1 2021-38.6%
Q4 2020-49.1%
Q3 2020-53.4%
Q2 2020-56.7%
Q1 2020-54.6%
Q4 2019-43.2%

Price per m² by buyer, Douro

  • Buyers domiciled abroad
  • Buyers domiciled in Portugal
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PeriodBuyers domiciled abroadBuyers domiciled in Portugal
Q2 2026€566/m²€820/m²
Q1 2026€575/m²€797/m²
Q4 2025€531/m²€790/m²
Q3 2025€515/m²€721/m²
Q2 2025€474/m²€679/m²
Q1 2025€514/m²€653/m²
Q4 2024€512/m²€629/m²
Q3 2024€424/m²€629/m²
Q2 2024€373/m²€642/m²
Q1 2024€473/m²€660/m²
Q4 2023€500/m²€663/m²
Q3 2023€547/m²€680/m²
Q2 2023€531/m²€682/m²
Q1 2023€425/m²€667/m²
Q4 2022€382/m²€667/m²
Q3 2022€371/m²€667/m²
Q2 2022€400/m²€658/m²
Q1 2022€456/m²€652/m²
Q4 2021€395/m²€640/m²
Q3 2021€376/m²€600/m²
Q2 2021€364/m²€588/m²
Q1 2021€364/m²€593/m²
Q4 2020€303/m²€595/m²
Q3 2020€281/m²€603/m²
Q2 2020€260/m²€600/m²
Q1 2020€271/m²€597/m²
Q4 2019€328/m²€577/m²

Who lives here

Foreign residents with legal status (INE, 2021 to 2023, when the series ended) and net migration, the people who moved in minus those who left.

Foreign residents, Douro, 2023
4,432
2.4% of residents
Net migration, Douro, 2025
+1,361
7.4 per 1,000 residents

Tax domicile is not nationality: a foreign citizen living in Portugal counts as resident, and a Portuguese emigrant buying from abroad counts as foreign. INE withholds the split where there are few sales, so smaller places show the nearest region that has it.

Other reports for Douro

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,110/m² and €1,375/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,243/m²
Chance of a rise
62%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €109,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €414 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
37%

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
€443
Owning per month
€253

4.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
340
Per 1,000 residents
1.8

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2011. The deepest began in December 2011.

Deepest fall
−25.2%
Recovery from the low
51 months

In 2025 the population fell by 201 while 229 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
229
Population change, 2025
−201

In 2025, 28% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
28%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
19.8

Public bodies signed €36.4M of housing works here in 2025, and €80.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€36.4M
Per resident, 2025
€198

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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