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New homes in Maia

106.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
1,034
Per 1,000 residents
7.3

Homes licensed for construction in Maia

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

  • Maia
  • Ten-year average
Show the numbers
PeriodMaia
Aug 20261,034
Jul 20261,072
Jun 20261,036
May 20261,113
Apr 20261,083
Mar 20261,020
Feb 2026901
Jan 2026944
Dec 20251,115
Nov 20251,110
Oct 20251,010
Sep 20251,037
Aug 2025967
Jul 2025889
Jun 2025923
May 2025999
Apr 20251,112
Mar 20251,119
Feb 20251,094
Jan 20251,143
Dec 20241,098
Nov 20241,098
Oct 20241,131
Sep 20241,122
Aug 20241,046
Jul 20241,024
Jun 2024938
May 2024812
Apr 2024653
Mar 2024695
Feb 2024860
Jan 2024745
Dec 2023663
Nov 2023645
Oct 2023587
Sep 2023505
Aug 2023568
Jul 2023551
Jun 2023644
May 2023648
Apr 2023615
Mar 2023640
Feb 2023589
Jan 2023672
Dec 2022645
Nov 2022655
Oct 2022684
Sep 2022746
Aug 2022705
Jul 2022732
Jun 2022668
May 2022631
Apr 2022639
Mar 2022557
Feb 2022459
Jan 2022371
Dec 2021399
Nov 2021415
Oct 2021400
Jul 2021320
Apr 2021281
Jan 2021306
Oct 2020203
Sep 2020166
Aug 2020191
Jul 2020181
Jun 2020163
May 2020170
Apr 2020175
Mar 2020160
Feb 2020151
Jan 2020148
Dec 2019158
Nov 2019186
Oct 2019193
Sep 2019186
Aug 2019172
Jul 2019205
Jun 2019229
May 2019218
Apr 2019239
Mar 2019221
Feb 2019241
Jan 2019263
Dec 2018241
Nov 2018212
Oct 2018196
Sep 2018193
Aug 2018183
Jul 2018147
Jun 2018116
May 2018117
Apr 2018102
Mar 201893
Feb 201874
Jan 201854
Dec 201752
Nov 201746
Oct 201751
Sep 201755
Aug 201753
Jul 201758
Jun 201758
May 201783
Apr 201767
Mar 201777
Feb 201770
Jan 201768
Dec 201672
Nov 201699
Oct 2016138
Sep 2016136
Aug 2016135
Jul 2016130
Jun 2016129
May 2016103
Apr 2016127
Mar 2016119
Feb 2016120
Jan 2016124
Dec 2015125
Nov 2015100
Oct 201553
Sep 201552
Aug 201550
Jul 201555
Jun 201559
May 201557
Apr 201529
Mar 201527
Feb 201528
Jan 201525
Dec 201420
Nov 201418
Oct 201418
Sep 201419
Aug 201422
Jul 201422
Jun 201419
May 201423
Apr 201425
Mar 201428
Feb 201429
Jan 201429
Dec 201332
Nov 201333
Oct 201334
Sep 201336
Aug 201335
Jul 201336
Jun 201337
May 201339
Apr 201343
Mar 201342
Feb 201341
Jan 201342
Dec 201259
Nov 201262
Oct 201264
Sep 201264
Aug 201267
Jul 201267
Jun 201265
May 201262
Apr 201259
Mar 201295
Feb 2012121
Jan 2012122
Dec 2011103
Nov 2011116
Oct 2011117
Sep 2011113
Aug 2011108

Homes finished and licensed each year in Maia

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
20254471,115
20245711,098
2023276663
2022298645
2021170399
2020208260
201939158
201887241
20176452
20169972
201541125
20144720
20136232
201223659
2011225103
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.1

Who built the homes finished in Maia

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
Show the numbers
YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202588.8%11.2%0.0%0.0%447
202484.8%15.2%0.0%0.0%571
202382.6%17.4%0.0%0.0%276
202284.2%15.8%0.0%0.0%298
202168.8%31.2%0.0%0.0%170
202051.9%48.1%0.0%0.0%208
201933.3%66.7%0.0%0.0%39
201870.1%29.9%0.0%0.0%87
201756.3%43.8%0.0%0.0%64
201674.7%25.3%0.0%0.0%99
201561.0%39.0%0.0%0.0%41
201423.4%76.6%0.0%0.0%47
201343.5%56.5%0.0%0.0%62
201261.9%38.1%0.0%0.0%236
201169.8%30.2%0.0%0.0%225

Homes finished in Maia, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
202516.3%38.5%37.4%7.8%447
202431.7%31.9%29.9%6.5%571
202321.4%27.5%42.4%8.7%276
202231.5%20.1%37.6%10.7%298
20213.5%25.3%54.1%17.1%170
202022.6%21.2%40.9%15.4%208
20190.0%7.7%61.5%30.8%39
201814.9%24.1%41.4%19.5%87
20171.6%29.7%51.6%17.2%64
201616.2%41.4%25.3%17.2%99
20157.3%19.5%41.5%31.7%41
20142.1%17.0%42.6%38.3%47
201311.3%24.2%43.5%21.0%62
20121.7%30.9%41.1%26.3%236
20116.2%25.3%49.3%19.1%225

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 Maia

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,573/m² and €2,958/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,766/m²
Chance of a rise
91%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €217,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €824 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
28%
Payment, one income
56%

Buy or rent

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
€887
Owning per month
€807

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 6.3% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +11.2%.

Gap today
+6.3%
Change in a year
−4.8 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Maia has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.6% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.6%

Past cycles

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

Deepest fall
−16.0%
Recovery from the low
20 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 456 while 447 homes were finished: 1.0 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.0
Population change, 2025
+456

Empty homes

8.2% of the 59,631 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.2%
Empty homes
4,874

Renovation

In 2025, 26% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
26%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €19.8M of housing works here in 2025, and €71.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€19.8M
Per resident, 2025
€139

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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