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Montalegre · report

Past price cycles in Montalegre

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2018. The deepest began in April 2018.

Deepest fall
−23.6%
Recovery from the low
24 months

Prices in Montalegre and Portugal, indexed

Asking prices, both set to 100 in April 2018.

  • Montalegre
  • Portugal
  • 100 = April 2018
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PeriodMontalegrePortugal
Sep 2026148.9204.3
Aug 2026140.5203.0
Jul 2026139.9203.2
Jun 2026143.2203.2
May 2026134.7202.4
Apr 2026136.2202.4
Mar 2026139.3200.9
Feb 2026135.9198.8
Jan 2026131.5197.0
Dec 2025127.3194.9
Nov 2025126.8193.9
Oct 2025120.7191.3
Sep 2025125.3189.4
Aug 2025121.9188.8
Jul 2025118.6188.1
Jun 2025113.5185.9
May 2025111.6183.0
Apr 2025112.6181.5
Mar 2025115.9179.2
Feb 2025117.3176.9
Jan 2025109.9174.2
Dec 2024113.4172.2
Nov 2024114.2169.5
Oct 2024112.6167.7
Sep 2024114.1166.8
Aug 2024114.3166.2
Jul 2024115.8166.1
Jun 2024115.2164.7
May 2024114.5163.8
Apr 2024107.7161.5
Mar 2024105.0160.3
Feb 2024108.4159.0
Jan 2024108.0158.1
Dec 2023106.7156.1
Nov 2023105.4154.7
Oct 2023100.4152.4
Sep 2023101.6151.3
Aug 2023100.0150.9
Jul 202399.4151.5
Jun 202397.9151.3
May 202398.7149.9
Apr 202397.6149.3
Mar 202393.6147.9
Feb 202393.3147.2
Jan 202393.5146.2
Dec 202295.5145.5
Nov 202292.6145.2
Oct 202293.2143.0
Sep 202294.3142.2
Aug 202293.0141.9
Jul 202289.6141.7
Jun 202292.9141.6
May 202296.3141.5
Apr 202299.7140.7
Mar 202295.6140.8
Feb 202291.6140.1
Jan 202290.3139.5
Dec 202189.2139.4
Nov 202185.9139.0
Oct 202182.8138.2
Sep 202179.7136.5
Aug 202176.4135.9
Jul 202178.8135.4
Jun 202178.4134.2
May 202183.4133.4
Apr 202183.2132.7
Mar 202183.5132.7
Feb 202185.7132.2
Jan 202184.9132.5
Dec 202084.2131.7
Nov 202082.5130.6
Oct 202084.5129.0
Sep 202085.2127.5
Aug 202081.7126.8
Jul 202082.5126.1
Jun 202080.5126.7
May 202082.1127.2
Apr 202088.1127.8
Mar 202088.2126.6
Feb 202087.5125.8
Jan 202092.3124.3
Dec 201992.3125.1
Nov 201991.8124.4
Oct 201990.1124.1
Sep 201986.4123.9
Aug 201982.5124.1
Jul 201983.8124.1
Jun 201985.1122.2
May 201982.1119.4
Apr 201983.5116.8
Mar 201980.8115.5
Feb 201980.7114.1
Jan 201985.2112.8
Dec 201885.5112.5
Nov 201886.5111.6
Oct 201881.5110.3
Sep 201885.5107.8
Aug 201889.5105.8
Jul 201893.5105.4
Jun 201891.5103.1
May 201888.2102.2
Apr 2018100.0100.0

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
April 2018August 2021−23.6%4024
February 2024March 2024−3.1%12
July 2024January 2025−5.0%61
February 2025May 2025−4.8%32
September 2025October 2025−3.6%11
March 2026May 2026−3.4%21

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 Montalegre

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,035/m² and €1,336/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,186/m²
Chance of a rise
88%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €61,380. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €233 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
12%
Payment, one income
23%

Buy or rent

Figures for Alto Tâmega e Barroso: Montalegre has no reliable figures of its own.

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
€450
Owning per month
€302

New homes

1.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
24
Per 1,000 residents
2.8

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Tâmega e Barroso: Montalegre has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 12.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−12.0%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 43 while 12 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
12
Population change, 2025
−43

Empty homes

10.3% of the 10,896 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.3%
Empty homes
1,119

Renovation

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €129.9K of housing works here in 2020, and €758.1K since 2012.

Signed in 2020
€129.9K
Per resident, 2020
€15

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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