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Renovation in Pico island

In 2025, 24% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
24%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Buildings finished in Pico island, 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
202564128084
202452105572
202352152877
20224491155
202146104666
202056146783
2019521741184
201848131668
20175393570
201667156896
201546203372
201435104150
201353121369
201261113075
201166190691

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.

Other reports for Pico island

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,785/m² and €2,279/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,032/m²
Chance of a rise
92%

Figures for Portugal: Pico island 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: Pico island 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

14.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
75
Per 1,000 residents
5.0

Figures for Portugal: Pico island 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 7 times since 2017. The deepest began in April 2017.

Deepest fall
−29.8%
Recovery from the low
15 months

In 2025 the population grew by 215 while 50 homes were finished: 4.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.3
Population change, 2025
+215

11.8% of the 9,156 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.8%
Empty homes
1,084

Public bodies signed €80K of housing works here in 2022, and €237.4K since 2012.

Signed in 2022
€80K
Per resident, 2022
€6

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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