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Public housing works in Douro

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

Public housing works signed in Douro

Contracts to build and renovate housing published on Portal BASE, by the year they were signed, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 22, 2026.

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YearValue signed
2025€36,407,887
2024€32,170,836
2023€5,658,928
2022€730,859
2021€1,838,370
2020€1,118,547
2019€1,165,072
2018€111,110
2017€363,466
2016€286,218
2015€264,593
2014€49,559
2013€329,465
2012€446,134

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Contracts are placed in a municipality from the place of work they name; one that names several municipalities is split evenly between them. A district or region adds up its municipalities. The value is the price at signing; later changes to it are not added.

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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

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

Abroad against residents
−31.0%

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

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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