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New homes in Loulé

31.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
128
Per 1,000 residents
1.4

Homes licensed for construction in Loulé

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

  • Loulé
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodLoulé
Aug 2026128
Jul 2026131
Jun 2026134
May 2026134
Apr 2026144
Mar 2026134
Feb 2026139
Jan 2026150
Dec 2025154
Nov 2025236
Oct 2025244
Sep 2025264
Aug 2025253
Jul 2025244
Jun 2025246
May 2025258
Apr 2025251
Mar 2025250
Feb 2025244
Jan 2025227
Dec 2024234
Nov 2024161
Oct 2024148
Sep 2024135
Aug 2024168
Jul 2024177
Jun 2024175
May 2024197
Apr 2024222
Mar 2024254
Feb 2024282
Jan 2024301
Dec 2023305
Nov 2023294
Oct 2023292
Sep 2023367
Aug 2023337
Jul 2023388
Jun 2023390
May 2023418
Apr 2023464
Mar 2023432
Feb 2023414
Jan 2023394
Dec 2022377
Nov 2022376
Oct 2022372
Sep 2022293
Aug 2022279
Jul 2022215
Jun 2022226
May 2022163
Apr 2022149
Mar 2022146
Feb 2022174
Jan 2022180
Dec 2021182
Nov 2021185
Oct 2021183
Jul 2021211
Apr 2021153
Jan 2021122
Oct 2020130
Sep 2020128
Aug 2020143
Jul 2020140
Jun 2020169
May 2020167
Apr 2020160
Mar 2020164
Feb 2020168
Jan 2020147
Dec 2019153
Nov 2019143
Oct 2019130
Sep 2019229
Aug 2019211
Jul 2019204
Jun 2019186
May 2019185
Apr 2019178
Mar 2019173
Feb 2019170
Jan 2019191
Dec 2018182
Nov 2018181
Oct 2018192
Sep 201888
Aug 201885
Jul 201881
Jun 201876
May 201887
Apr 201891
Mar 201898
Feb 201898
Jan 201879
Dec 201781
Nov 201781
Oct 201765
Sep 201765
Aug 201766
Jul 201768
Jun 201763
May 201759
Apr 201755
Mar 201746
Feb 201745
Jan 201776
Dec 201676
Nov 201676
Oct 201675
Sep 201681
Aug 201679
Jul 201675
Jun 201676
May 201670
Apr 201674
Mar 201684
Feb 201685
Jan 201653
Dec 201559
Nov 201560
Oct 201562
Sep 201567
Aug 201587
Jul 201586
Jun 201593
May 201591
Apr 201591
Mar 201580
Feb 201582
Jan 201581
Dec 201476
Nov 201475
Oct 201477
Sep 201466
Aug 201445
Jul 201446
Jun 201449
May 201448
Apr 201444
Mar 201444
Feb 201449
Jan 201455
Dec 201355
Nov 201354
Oct 201351
Sep 201353
Aug 201361
Jul 201366
Jun 201363
May 201391
Apr 201394
Mar 2013120
Feb 2013120
Jan 2013127
Dec 2012128
Nov 2012130
Oct 2012135
Sep 2012138
Aug 2012142
Jul 2012137
Jun 2012158
May 2012136
Apr 2012146
Mar 2012129
Feb 2012124
Jan 2012115
Dec 2011125
Nov 2011148
Oct 2011148
Sep 2011141
Aug 2011128

Homes finished and licensed each year in Loulé

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
2025361154
2024161234
202399305
2022108377
2021101182
202066115
201967153
201829182
20179481
20167276
20152859
20146776
201317755
2012150128
2011283125
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.8

Who built the homes finished in Loulé

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
202575.6%24.4%0.0%0.0%361
202479.5%20.5%0.0%0.0%161
202360.6%34.3%5.1%0.0%99
202260.2%39.8%0.0%0.0%108
202163.4%36.6%0.0%0.0%101
202028.8%71.2%0.0%0.0%66
201953.7%46.3%0.0%0.0%67
201858.6%41.4%0.0%0.0%29
201763.8%19.1%0.0%17.0%94
201663.9%36.1%0.0%0.0%72
201532.1%67.9%0.0%0.0%28
201461.2%38.8%0.0%0.0%67
201351.4%48.6%0.0%0.0%177
201260.7%38.7%0.7%0.0%150
201160.4%39.6%0.0%0.0%283

Homes finished in Loulé, 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
202510.5%40.2%36.3%13.0%361
202411.8%46.6%30.4%11.2%161
202317.2%30.3%25.3%27.3%99
20227.4%26.9%38.0%27.8%108
202114.9%20.8%34.7%29.7%101
202010.6%22.7%40.9%25.8%66
20190.0%22.4%46.3%31.3%67
20180.0%0.0%34.5%65.5%29
20174.3%35.1%31.9%28.7%94
20168.3%44.4%22.2%25.0%72
20153.6%21.4%39.3%35.7%28
201414.9%41.8%28.4%14.9%67
201316.9%43.5%19.8%19.8%177
20129.3%26.0%34.7%30.0%150
20116.7%40.6%32.5%20.1%283

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 Loulé

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €5,011/m² and €5,845/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€5,428/m²
Chance of a rise
76%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €309,420. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,174 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
53%
Payment, one income
106%

Buy or rent

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
€1,110
Owning per month
€1,306

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 51.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +54.7%.

Gap today
+51.1%
Change in a year
−3.6 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.8%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 11 times since 2011. The deepest began in August 2011.

Deepest fall
−42.1%
Recovery from the low
55 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 346 while 361 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.0
Population change, 2025
+346

Empty homes

12.5% of the 67,096 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.5%
Empty homes
8,373

Renovation

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €2.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €19.3M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.3M
Per resident, 2025
€25

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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