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New homes in Douro

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

Homes licensed for construction in Douro

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

  • Douro
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodDouro
Aug 2026340
Jul 2026325
Jun 2026314
May 2026314
Apr 2026307
Mar 2026395
Feb 2026387
Jan 2026393
Dec 2025387
Nov 2025416
Oct 2025426
Sep 2025414
Aug 2025415
Jul 2025434
Jun 2025443
May 2025453
Apr 2025438
Mar 2025338
Feb 2025334
Jan 2025332
Dec 2024336
Nov 2024307
Oct 2024300
Sep 2024337
Aug 2024335
Jul 2024305
Jun 2024290
May 2024287
Apr 2024298
Mar 2024360
Feb 2024373
Jan 2024371
Dec 2023440
Nov 2023461
Oct 2023467
Sep 2023437
Aug 2023436
Jul 2023463
Jun 2023499
May 2023465
Apr 2023452
Mar 2023462
Feb 2023454
Jan 2023415
Dec 2022389
Nov 2022349
Oct 2022302
Sep 2022354
Aug 2022334
Jul 2022296
Jun 2022334
May 2022350
Apr 2022326
Mar 2022309
Feb 2022288
Jan 2022333
Dec 2021369
Nov 2021380
Oct 2021376
Jul 2021411
Apr 2021452
Jan 2021398
Oct 2020427
Sep 2020464
Aug 2020468
Jul 2020444
Jun 2020464
May 2020449
Apr 2020429
Mar 2020437
Feb 2020446
Jan 2020464
Dec 2019407
Nov 2019391
Oct 2019422
Sep 2019386
Aug 2019336
Jul 2019392
Jun 2019295
May 2019325
Apr 2019344
Mar 2019295
Feb 2019318
Jan 2019327
Dec 2018326
Nov 2018315
Oct 2018310
Sep 2018277
Aug 2018304
Jul 2018251
Jun 2018280
May 2018263
Apr 2018248
Mar 2018276
Feb 2018262
Jan 2018247
Dec 2017255
Nov 2017221
Oct 2017234
Sep 2017269
Aug 2017251
Jul 2017268
Jun 2017291
May 2017284
Apr 2017308
Mar 2017328
Feb 2017300
Jan 2017296
Dec 2016314
Nov 2016302
Oct 2016294
Sep 2016298
Aug 2016291
Jul 2016295
Jun 2016289
May 2016245
Apr 2016237
Mar 2016247
Feb 2016204
Jan 2016222
Dec 2015223
Nov 2015207
Oct 2015212
Sep 2015216
Aug 2015163
Jul 2015169
Jun 2015185
May 2015187
Apr 2015183
Mar 2015183
Feb 2015182
Jan 2015172
Dec 2014186
Nov 2014178
Oct 2014168
Sep 2014185
Aug 2014188
Jul 2014176
Jun 2014215
May 2014201
Apr 2014208
Mar 2014247
Feb 2014249
Jan 2014241
Dec 2013262
Nov 2013273
Oct 2013323
Sep 2013333
Aug 2013340
Jul 2013377
Jun 2013357
May 2013355
Apr 2013348
Mar 2013348
Feb 2013372
Jan 2013361
Dec 2012391
Nov 2012384
Oct 2012342
Sep 2012382
Aug 2012391
Jul 2012353
Jun 2012381
May 2012387
Apr 2012405
Mar 2012411
Feb 2012400
Jan 2012428
Dec 2011412
Nov 2011420
Oct 2011429
Sep 2011382
Aug 2011345

Homes finished and licensed each year in Douro

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
2025229387
2024249338
2023256439
2022278364
2021271369
2020218398
2019208423
2018178328
2017184229
2016153316
2015191211
2014180179
2013322262
2012502378
2011547416
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.2

Who built the homes finished in Douro

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
202538.0%62.0%0.0%0.0%229
202420.9%79.1%0.0%0.0%249
202334.0%65.6%0.0%0.4%256
202236.7%62.9%0.4%0.0%278
202129.2%70.5%0.0%0.4%271
202020.2%72.5%7.3%0.0%218
201929.8%70.2%0.0%0.0%208
201812.9%75.8%0.0%11.2%178
201732.1%67.9%0.0%0.0%184
20169.8%90.2%0.0%0.0%153
20158.4%91.6%0.0%0.0%191
201414.4%85.6%0.0%0.0%180
201318.6%81.4%0.0%0.0%322
201215.9%83.5%0.6%0.0%502
201115.5%79.3%5.1%0.0%547

Homes finished in Douro, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20254.4%15.7%56.3%23.6%229
20244.4%17.7%55.8%22.1%249
20231.6%15.6%67.6%15.2%256
202215.8%14.7%52.2%17.3%278
20219.2%22.1%50.9%17.7%271
20201.8%17.9%57.8%22.5%218
20191.0%12.0%54.3%32.7%208
201811.8%8.4%53.4%26.4%178
20170.5%7.1%57.6%34.8%184
20163.3%15.0%59.5%22.2%153
20152.6%8.9%61.8%26.7%191
20143.3%15.0%46.7%35.0%180
20134.3%13.0%49.7%32.9%322
20122.0%16.7%53.0%28.3%502
20114.0%16.5%49.2%30.3%547

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 Douro

Next 12 months

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%

Affordability

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%

Buy or rent

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

Foreign buyers

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

Abroad against residents
−31.0%

Past cycles

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

People and new homes

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

Homes finished, 2025
229
Population change, 2025
−201

Renovation

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 housing works

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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