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Past price cycles in Lousada

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2015. The deepest began in August 2016.

Deepest fall
−13.7%
Recovery from the low
10 months

Prices in Lousada and Portugal, indexed

Bank valuations, both set to 100 in March 2015.

  • Lousada
  • Portugal
  • 100 = March 2015
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PeriodLousadaPortugal
Sep 2026292.0301.3
Aug 2026290.5298.1
Jul 2026285.2296.3
Jun 2026279.0294.7
May 2026279.8292.1
Apr 2026272.4287.6
Mar 2026269.7284.5
Feb 2026259.8280.7
Jan 2026257.1278.4
Dec 2025258.3275.3
Nov 2025256.9272.5
Oct 2025249.1267.9
Sep 2025248.7263.9
Aug 2025238.4259.9
Jul 2025246.8257.3
Jun 2025234.2252.8
May 2025233.0249.5
Apr 2025224.7246.8
Mar 2025227.0244.3
Feb 2025220.2239.4
Jan 2025222.1234.7
Dec 2024214.0231.1
Nov 2024210.3230.2
Oct 2024205.6227.6
Sep 2024196.7224.2
Aug 2024208.0220.1
Jul 2024211.8216.7
Jun 2024213.2214.0
May 2024212.8213.0
Apr 2024217.1211.1
Mar 2024214.6209.0
Feb 2024212.6206.3
Jan 2024200.4205.0
Dec 2023200.0203.2
Nov 2023188.5202.4
Oct 2023192.8203.2
Sep 2023184.3203.8
Aug 2023191.5203.4
Jul 2023183.9201.7
Jun 2023182.3200.8
May 2023182.7199.7
Apr 2023188.2197.2
Mar 2023190.7196.2
Feb 2023181.9195.5
Jan 2023181.7196.4
Dec 2022179.6192.9
Nov 2022183.5191.7
Oct 2022176.9187.8
Sep 2022180.2189.0
Aug 2022180.6187.0
Jul 2022178.4187.4
Jun 2022175.7186.1
May 2022169.1182.5
Apr 2022172.2179.4
Mar 2022164.9176.1
Feb 2022166.2173.8
Jan 2022163.9170.9
Dec 2021161.4170.0
Nov 2021157.1168.3
Oct 2021156.1165.5
Sep 2021158.8163.5
Aug 2021158.1161.5
Jul 2021158.8161.5
Jun 2021156.5160.7
May 2021156.5160.3
Apr 2021150.1158.7
Mar 2021145.0157.0
Feb 2021144.9155.3
Jan 2021150.3154.8
Dec 2020146.4152.9
Nov 2020147.2151.3
Oct 2020146.2149.6
Sep 2020153.0149.2
Aug 2020146.2149.2
Jul 2020147.8149.1
Jun 2020147.4148.0
May 2020144.9147.4
Apr 2020144.9147.0
Mar 2020144.9146.8
Feb 2020145.6147.0
Jan 2020142.7145.9
Dec 2019139.6144.3
Nov 2019141.0142.3
Oct 2019148.7141.4
Sep 2019147.0141.0
Aug 2019144.1139.4
Jul 2019137.1138.1
Jun 2019134.0136.2
May 2019131.7135.3
Apr 2019131.8134.3
Mar 2019132.8133.1
Feb 2019131.8132.3
Jan 2019130.5130.0
Dec 2018129.9129.2
Nov 2018130.3128.0
Oct 2018126.8127.9
Sep 2018126.2126.9
Aug 2018126.6125.8
Jul 2018129.1124.5
Jun 2018132.8123.3
May 2018127.4122.9
Apr 2018123.5122.2
Mar 2018124.5121.7
Feb 2018125.2120.5
Jan 2018127.6119.3
Dec 2017124.5117.9
Nov 2017125.2117.6
Oct 2017122.7117.2
Sep 2017125.0116.5
Aug 2017122.5114.8
Jul 2017122.5113.9
Jun 2017119.0113.8
May 2017120.4113.4
Apr 2017122.3113.0
Mar 2017120.2112.3
Feb 2017115.9112.0
Jan 2017112.2111.2
Dec 2016112.6110.2
Nov 2016107.2109.3
Oct 2016112.6108.5
Sep 2016114.2107.9
Aug 2016124.3107.7
Jul 2016116.5106.6
Jun 2016115.1106.2
May 2016107.8105.8
Apr 2016105.6105.0
Mar 2016107.4104.2
Feb 2016109.3103.8
Jan 2016114.6103.8
Dec 2015115.5104.2
Nov 2015112.8103.6
Oct 2015114.0103.2
Sep 2015113.0102.8
Aug 2015113.8102.4
Jul 2015109.1102.6
Jun 2015109.1101.7
May 201599.6101.6
Apr 201599.8100.5
Mar 2015100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
December 2015April 2016−8.6%43
August 2016November 2016−13.7%310
January 2018April 2018−3.2%32
June 2018September 2018−5.0%36
October 2019December 2019−6.1%29
September 2020February 2021−5.3%53
March 2023June 2023−4.4%32
August 2023September 2023−3.8%11
April 2024September 2024−9.4%54
July 2025August 2025−3.4%11

Portugal against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Portugal
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
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PeriodPortugalEU
Q2 2026301.4168.6
Q1 2026291.0166.5
Q4 2025280.2164.6
Q3 2025269.4163.5
Q2 2025258.8161.0
Q1 2025247.1158.5
Q4 2024235.7156.2
Q3 2024228.9155.1
Q2 2024220.7152.7
Q1 2024212.5149.8
Q4 2023211.3148.9
Q3 2023208.5149.1
Q2 2023204.7148.2
Q1 2023198.6147.6
Q4 2022195.9148.7
Q3 2022193.8150.9
Q2 2022188.3149.6
Q1 2022182.6146.2
Q4 2021176.0143.2
Q3 2021171.3140.2
Q2 2021166.4136.0
Q1 2021161.7132.1
Q4 2020157.7129.8
Q3 2020153.6128.1
Q2 2020154.3126.3
Q1 2020151.7124.4
Q4 2019146.1122.7
Q3 2019143.7121.5
Q2 2019140.7119.8
Q1 2019137.1117.6
Q4 2018132.3116.8
Q3 2018129.7115.9
Q2 2018128.5114.2
Q1 2018125.6112.3
Q4 2017121.1111.2
Q3 2017119.6110.4
Q2 2017115.5108.8
Q1 2017111.9106.9
Q4 2016109.6106.1
Q3 2016108.3105.4
Q2 2016106.9103.8
Q1 2016103.7102.0
Q4 2015101.8101.1
Q3 2015100.7100.8
Q2 2015100.699.8
Q1 201596.998.3

Bank valuations go back to 2011, so they include the fall after the euro crisis; asking prices start in 2015. A fall counts once prices drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Lousada

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,631/m² and €2,088/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,860/m²
Chance of a rise
70%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €135,360. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €514 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
47%

Buy or rent

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
€437
Owning per month
€459

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 17.4% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +24.9%.

Gap today
+17.4%
Change in a year
−7.5 pp

New homes

137.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
454
Per 1,000 residents
9.0

Foreign buyers

Figures for Tâmega e Sousa: Lousada has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 17.8% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−17.8%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 753 while 178 homes were finished: 4.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.2
Population change, 2025
+753

Empty homes

9.6% of the 20,038 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.6%
Empty homes
1,917

Renovation

In 2025, 16% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
16%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
1.7

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €354.6K of housing works here in 2025, and €4.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€354.6K
Per resident, 2025
€7

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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