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New homes in Murtosa

106.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
56
Per 1,000 residents
5.4

Homes licensed for construction in Murtosa

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

  • Murtosa
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodMurtosa
Aug 202656
Jul 202654
Jun 202652
May 202650
Apr 202637
Mar 202623
Feb 202627
Jan 202624
Dec 202531
Nov 202532
Oct 202531
Sep 202529
Aug 202528
Jul 202529
Jun 202534
May 202534
Apr 202536
Mar 202531
Feb 202530
Jan 202532
Dec 202425
Nov 202425
Oct 202425
Sep 202426
Aug 202427
Jul 202427
Jun 202424
May 202426
Apr 202425
Mar 202427
Feb 202423
Jan 202422
Dec 202322
Nov 202326
Oct 202325
Sep 202336
Aug 202343
Jul 202346
Jun 202343
May 202342
Apr 202342
Mar 202340
Feb 202342
Jan 202342
Dec 202242
Nov 202240
Oct 202242
Sep 202232
Aug 202227
Jul 202224
Jun 202229
May 202229
Apr 202228
Mar 202230
Feb 202227
Jan 202231
Dec 202130
Nov 202129
Oct 202130
Jul 202127
Apr 202123
Jan 202121
Oct 202019
Sep 202018
Aug 202018
Jul 202017
Jun 202020
May 202020
Apr 202026
Mar 202026
Feb 202025
Jan 202022
Dec 201920
Nov 201921
Oct 201920
Sep 201919
Aug 201919
Jul 201920
Jun 201919
May 201929
Apr 201923
Mar 201924
Feb 201923
Jan 201925
Dec 201827
Nov 201828
Oct 201828
Sep 201834
Aug 201835
Jul 201833
Jun 201833
May 201824
Apr 201825
Mar 201823
Feb 201823
Jan 201822
Dec 201720
Nov 201718
Oct 201718
Sep 201712
Aug 201710
Jul 201711
Jun 201710
May 201715
Apr 20174
Mar 201716
Feb 201723
Jan 20178
Dec 201616
Nov 201626
Oct 201612
Sep 201624
Aug 201629
Jul 201613
Jun 201622
May 201622
Apr 201616
Mar 201615
Feb 201614
Jan 201611
Dec 201515
Nov 201510
Oct 20157
Sep 201513
Aug 201514
Jul 201512
Jun 201517
May 201516
Apr 201513
Mar 201516
Feb 201514
Jan 201515
Dec 201415
Nov 201417
Oct 201417
Sep 201428
Aug 201426
Jul 201428
Jun 201428
May 201428
Apr 201424
Mar 201436
Feb 201437
Jan 201431
Dec 201335
Nov 201336
Oct 201330
Sep 201317
Aug 201319
Jul 201313
Jun 201321
May 201322
Apr 201323
Mar 201316
Feb 201319
Jan 201320
Dec 201220
Nov 201224
Oct 201224
Sep 201224
Aug 201227
Jul 201228
Jun 201221
May 201222
Apr 201218
Mar 201227
Feb 201228
Jan 201225
Dec 201128
Nov 201126
Oct 201124
Sep 201125
Aug 201123

Homes finished and licensed each year in Murtosa

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
20252231
20244225
20232622
20221942
20212530
20201723
20191920
20181927
20173020
20161015
20152013
2014415
20132435
20123220
2011928
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.1

Who built the homes finished in Murtosa

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
202513.6%86.4%0.0%0.0%22
202426.2%73.8%0.0%0.0%42
20237.7%92.3%0.0%0.0%26
202210.5%89.5%0.0%0.0%19
202140.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%25
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%17
20190.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%19
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%19
201760.0%40.0%0.0%0.0%30
201610.0%90.0%0.0%0.0%10
201535.0%65.0%0.0%0.0%20
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%4
201341.7%58.3%0.0%0.0%24
20123.1%96.9%0.0%0.0%32
20110.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%9

Homes finished in Murtosa, 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
20254.5%13.6%45.5%36.4%22
202421.4%40.5%21.4%16.7%42
20233.8%15.4%69.2%11.5%26
202210.5%31.6%42.1%15.8%19
20210.0%52.0%24.0%24.0%25
20200.0%41.2%35.3%23.5%17
20190.0%15.8%42.1%42.1%19
20180.0%10.5%63.2%26.3%19
20170.0%30.0%46.7%23.3%30
201610.0%10.0%40.0%40.0%10
20155.0%35.0%35.0%25.0%20
20140.0%75.0%25.0%0.0%4
20138.3%33.3%50.0%8.3%24
20120.0%21.9%56.3%21.9%32
20110.0%11.1%44.4%44.4%9

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 Murtosa

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,178/m² and €2,667/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,422/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €128,430. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €487 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
21%
Payment, one income
41%

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
€562
Owning per month
€451

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região de Aveiro: Murtosa has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.3% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.3%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2015. The deepest began in October 2015.

Deepest fall
−32.2%
Recovery from the low
35 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 60 while 22 homes were finished: 2.7 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.7
Population change, 2025
+60

Empty homes

6.9% of the 7,801 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
6.9%
Empty homes
537

Renovation

In 2025, 35% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
35%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €21K of housing works here in 2025, and €1.8M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€21K
Per resident, 2025
€2

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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