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New homes in Matosinhos

19.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
689
Per 1,000 residents
3.8

Homes licensed for construction in Matosinhos

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

  • Matosinhos
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodMatosinhos
Aug 2026689
Jul 2026718
Jun 2026712
May 2026736
Apr 2026718
Mar 2026854
Feb 2026781
Jan 2026693
Dec 2025581
Nov 2025550
Oct 2025589
Sep 2025678
Aug 2025757
Jul 2025736
Jun 2025705
May 2025673
Apr 2025667
Mar 2025574
Feb 2025721
Jan 2025703
Dec 2024723
Nov 2024713
Oct 2024674
Sep 2024574
Aug 2024502
Jul 2024462
Jun 2024453
May 2024666
Apr 2024735
Mar 2024742
Feb 2024586
Jan 2024578
Dec 2023686
Nov 2023709
Oct 2023755
Sep 2023825
Aug 2023833
Jul 2023831
Jun 20231,231
May 20231,017
Apr 2023978
Mar 2023944
Feb 2023929
Jan 2023949
Dec 2022820
Nov 2022800
Oct 2022848
Sep 20221,055
Aug 20221,022
Jul 20221,037
Jun 2022673
May 2022684
Apr 2022812
Mar 2022828
Feb 2022849
Jan 2022872
Dec 20211,033
Nov 20211,032
Oct 2021965
Jul 2021795
Apr 2021938
Jan 20211,001
Oct 2020812
Sep 2020949
Aug 20201,109
Jul 20201,053
Jun 2020853
May 2020767
Apr 2020703
Mar 2020664
Feb 2020643
Jan 2020584
Dec 2019616
Nov 2019612
Oct 2019628
Sep 2019473
Aug 2019288
Jul 2019291
Jun 2019286
May 2019279
Apr 2019275
Mar 2019278
Feb 2019290
Jan 2019259
Dec 2018223
Nov 2018225
Oct 2018197
Sep 2018163
Aug 2018160
Jul 2018176
Jun 2018155
May 2018158
Apr 2018161
Mar 2018200
Feb 2018191
Jan 2018188
Dec 2017203
Nov 2017189
Oct 2017164
Sep 2017166
Aug 2017161
Jul 2017139
Jun 2017132
May 2017123
Apr 2017139
Mar 201794
Feb 201790
Jan 201791
Dec 201667
Nov 201666
Oct 201671
Sep 201668
Aug 201667
Jul 201668
Jun 201686
May 201683
Apr 201660
Mar 201657
Feb 201662
Jan 201648
Dec 201546
Nov 201563
Oct 201554
Sep 201556
Aug 201559
Jul 201560
Jun 201561
May 201563
Apr 201565
Mar 201566
Feb 201558
Jan 201560
Dec 201462
Nov 201446
Oct 201448
Sep 201444
Aug 201441
Jul 201449
Jun 2014144
May 2014165
Apr 2014167
Mar 2014170
Feb 2014172
Jan 2014174
Dec 2013178
Nov 2013185
Oct 2013191
Sep 2013198
Aug 2013209
Jul 2013207
Jun 2013102
May 201389
Apr 2013101
Mar 2013122
Feb 2013131
Jan 2013132
Dec 2012131
Nov 2012124
Oct 2012121
Sep 2012132
Aug 2012142
Jul 2012140
Jun 2012134
May 2012177
Apr 2012162
Mar 2012141
Feb 2012172
Jan 2012223
Dec 2011239
Nov 2011250
Oct 2011261
Sep 2011243
Aug 2011220

Homes finished and licensed each year in Matosinhos

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
2025678581
2024416723
2023668686
2022320820
20215011,033
2020384842
201971616
201885223
201749203
20167167
20154946
20147762
2013159178
2012199131
2011255239
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
3.7

Who built the homes finished in Matosinhos

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
202584.8%15.2%0.0%0.0%678
202483.7%16.3%0.0%0.0%416
202387.9%9.9%2.2%0.0%668
202270.0%29.7%0.3%0.0%320
202163.9%13.6%22.6%0.0%501
202081.0%18.8%0.3%0.0%384
201939.4%60.6%0.0%0.0%71
201874.1%25.9%0.0%0.0%85
201763.3%36.7%0.0%0.0%49
201649.3%49.3%1.4%0.0%71
201555.1%44.9%0.0%0.0%49
201450.6%49.4%0.0%0.0%77
201362.9%36.5%0.0%0.6%159
201230.2%55.3%0.0%14.6%199
201153.3%34.5%0.0%12.2%255

Homes finished in Matosinhos, 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
202554.7%23.3%16.7%5.3%678
202440.4%26.4%22.1%11.1%416
202347.6%24.1%24.6%3.7%668
202216.6%43.1%30.9%9.4%320
202153.9%22.0%18.6%5.6%501
202036.5%20.1%31.8%11.7%384
201916.9%26.8%33.8%22.5%71
201832.9%18.8%36.5%11.8%85
20172.0%46.9%28.6%22.4%49
201656.3%18.3%18.3%7.0%71
201522.4%30.6%18.4%28.6%49
20141.3%20.8%58.4%19.5%77
201320.8%12.6%32.1%34.6%159
20128.0%34.2%31.7%26.1%199
201120.8%27.8%30.2%21.2%255

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 Matosinhos

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,358/m² and €4,066/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,712/m²
Chance of a rise
55%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €265,950. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,009 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
36%
Payment, one income
73%

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
€1,123
Owning per month
€1,005

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 24.4% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +41.9%.

Gap today
+24.4%
Change in a year
−17.5 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 22.2% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+22.2%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2011. The deepest began in November 2011.

Deepest fall
−22.7%
Recovery from the low
56 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 298 while 678 homes were finished: 0.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.4
Population change, 2025
+298

Empty homes

8.5% of the 82,246 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.5%
Empty homes
7,022

Renovation

In 2025, 24% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
24%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
1.1

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €103.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.9M
Per resident, 2025
€10

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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