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Owning and renting a 90 m² home cost about the same each month. 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
€1,094
Owning per month
€1,080

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Starting from INE's median sale price of €3,421/m² and median new-lease rent of 12.2 €/m² a month in Loures, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.

Assumptions
90
3
1
IMI, insurance, maintenance and condominium.
3
What the deposit and purchase costs could earn if invested instead.
7
IMT, stamp duty, registration and fees, paid once.

Owning and renting cost about the same each month.

Rent a month
€1,094
Owning a month, not recovered
€1,080
Interest
€693
Running costs
€257
Return given up
€131
Cash out a month, if buying
€1,425

Gross rental yield in Loures

A year's rent as a share of the sale price, from INE's medians. Higher means rent is dear compared with buying.

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PeriodLoures
Q2 20264.3%
Q1 20264.4%
Q4 20254.5%
Q3 20254.7%
Q2 20254.8%
Q1 20254.9%
Q4 20244.9%
Q3 20245.0%
Q2 20245.0%
Q1 20244.9%
Q4 20234.7%
Q3 20234.6%
Q2 20234.5%
Q1 20234.6%
Q4 20224.8%
Q3 20224.8%
Q2 20224.8%
Q1 20224.8%
Q4 20214.8%
Q3 20214.8%
Q2 20214.8%
Q1 20214.9%
Q4 20205.0%
Q3 20205.0%
Q2 20205.2%
Q1 20205.2%

The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance.

Other reports for Loures

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,843/m² and €4,210/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€4,027/m²
Chance of a rise
99%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €292,230. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,109 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
45%
Payment, one income
90%

Sellers ask 13.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +20.3%.

Gap today
+13.1%
Change in a year
−7.2 pp

7.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
509
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 7.5% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−7.5%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2011. The deepest began in April 2011.

Deepest fall
−21.5%
Recovery from the low
29 months

In 2025 the population grew by 1,006 while 348 homes were finished: 2.9 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.9
Population change, 2025
+1,006

10.3% of the 97,848 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.3%
Empty homes
10,126

In 2025, 3% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
3%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €135.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €35.4M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€135.1K
Per resident, 2025
€1

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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