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Renovation in Lousã

In 2025, 18% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
18%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
13.0

Buildings finished in Lousã, by kind of work

Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
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YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
20252320328
20242320126
20232101123
20222731334
20211961127
20202022529
20191870025
20181570022
20171421017
20161041015
20151484228
20141693028
20132174133
20122352232
201128105043

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 Lousã

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,673/m² and €2,536/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,105/m²
Chance of a rise
97%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €132,300. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €502 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
19%
Payment, one income
38%

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
€493
Owning per month
€466

4.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
28
Per 1,000 residents
1.5

Figures for Região de Coimbra: Lousã has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 10.7% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−10.7%

In 2025 the population grew by 147 while 26 homes were finished: 5.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
5.7
Population change, 2025
+147

16.8% of the 10,454 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
16.8%
Empty homes
1,753

Public bodies signed €8.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €9.4M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€8.7M
Per resident, 2025
€482

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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