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New homes in Ponta do Sol

43.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
41
Per 1,000 residents
4.7

Homes licensed for construction in Ponta do Sol

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

  • Ponta do Sol
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPonta do Sol
Aug 202641
Jul 202657
Jun 202659
May 202659
Apr 202659
Mar 202657
Feb 202653
Jan 202648
Dec 202551
Nov 202554
Oct 202556
Sep 202540
Aug 202554
Jul 202541
Jun 202525
May 202539
Apr 202542
Mar 202519
Feb 202540
Jan 202540
Dec 202414
Nov 202433
Oct 202431
Sep 202421
Aug 202457
Jul 202462
Jun 202452
May 202458
Apr 202458
Mar 202457
Feb 202454
Jan 202457
Dec 202355
Nov 202355
Oct 202355
Sep 202351
Aug 202321
Jul 202320
Jun 202313
May 202323
Apr 202324
Mar 202314
Feb 202324
Jan 202323
Dec 202213
Nov 202221
Oct 202225
Sep 202222
Aug 202229
Jul 202228
Jun 202227
May 202227
Apr 202228
Mar 202229
Feb 202228
Jan 202228
Dec 202130
Nov 202130
Oct 202127
Jul 202119
Apr 202126
Jan 202123
Oct 202020
Sep 202023
Aug 202025
Jul 202027
Jun 202022
May 202021
Apr 202021
Mar 202026
Feb 202025
Jan 202019
Dec 201932
Nov 201928
Oct 201924
Sep 201933
Aug 201926
Jul 201916
Jun 201925
May 201921
Apr 201910
Mar 201918
Feb 201915
Jan 201915
Dec 201817
Nov 201817
Oct 201813
Sep 201816
Aug 201816
Jul 201813
Jun 201817
May 201814
Apr 201810
Mar 201813
Feb 201812
Jan 20189
Dec 201711
Nov 20178
Oct 20177
Sep 20179
Aug 20177
Jul 20178
Jun 201715
May 201717
Apr 201717
Mar 201717
Feb 201717
Jan 201719
Dec 201612
Nov 201623
Oct 201622
Sep 201614
Aug 201623
Jul 201624
Jun 20168
May 201615
Apr 201615
Mar 20167
Feb 201616
Jan 201614
Dec 201513
Nov 201513
Oct 201514
Sep 201513
Aug 201515
Jul 201514
Jun 201515
May 201516
Apr 201517
Mar 201518
Feb 201515
Jan 201514
Dec 201412
Nov 201411
Oct 20149
Sep 20149
Aug 20147
Jul 201416
Jun 20145
May 201415
Apr 201425
Mar 20145
Feb 201415
Jan 201425
Dec 20135
Nov 201314
Oct 201325
Sep 20139
Aug 201319
Jul 201326
Jun 201320
May 201320
Apr 201320
Mar 201319
Feb 201319
Jan 201320
Dec 201222
Nov 201227
Oct 201227
Sep 201233
Aug 201235
Jul 201232
Jun 201230
May 201232
Apr 201232
Mar 201236
Feb 201238
Jan 201240
Dec 201139
Nov 201138
Oct 201138
Sep 201128
Aug 201126

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ponta do Sol

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
20252551
20242129
20231855
20221219
20211430
20202221
20191226
20181717
2017129
2016718
20151413
20141812
20131515
20122122
20113639
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.8

Who built the homes finished in Ponta do Sol

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
20258.0%92.0%0.0%0.0%25
20249.5%90.5%0.0%0.0%21
202327.8%72.2%0.0%0.0%18
20228.3%91.7%0.0%0.0%12
202114.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%14
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%22
20190.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
201823.5%76.5%0.0%0.0%17
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
201614.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%7
201514.3%85.7%0.0%0.0%14
201483.3%11.1%0.0%5.6%18
20136.7%93.3%0.0%0.0%15
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%21
20110.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%36

Homes finished in Ponta do Sol, 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
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20254.0%12.0%60.0%24.0%25
20249.5%19.0%61.9%9.5%21
202311.1%16.7%66.7%5.6%18
20220.0%25.0%75.0%0.0%12
20217.1%35.7%42.9%14.3%14
202022.7%18.2%50.0%9.1%22
20190.0%25.0%66.7%8.3%12
20180.0%17.6%82.4%0.0%17
20178.3%16.7%66.7%8.3%12
20160.0%57.1%42.9%0.0%7
201514.3%21.4%57.1%7.1%14
20145.6%50.0%44.4%0.0%18
20130.0%13.3%66.7%20.0%15
20129.5%23.8%38.1%28.6%21
201113.9%27.8%38.9%19.4%36

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 Ponta do Sol

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €159,030. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €603 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 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
€559
Owning per month
€558

Foreign buyers

Figures for Região Autónoma da Madeira: Ponta do Sol 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%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 60 while 25 homes were finished: 2.4 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.4
Population change, 2025
+60

Empty homes

14.6% of the 4,888 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
14.6%
Empty homes
712

Renovation

In 2025, 34% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
34%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €16.7K of housing works here in 2023, and €16.7K since 2012.

Signed in 2023
€16.7K
Per resident, 2023
€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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