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New homes in Ponte de Lima

8.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
201
Per 1,000 residents
4.7

Homes licensed for construction in Ponte de Lima

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

  • Ponte de Lima
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodPonte de Lima
Aug 2026201
Jul 2026192
Jun 2026197
May 2026187
Apr 2026192
Mar 2026195
Feb 2026203
Jan 2026214
Dec 2025223
Nov 2025202
Oct 2025202
Sep 2025203
Aug 2025208
Jul 2025205
Jun 2025202
May 2025195
Apr 2025207
Mar 2025202
Feb 2025192
Jan 2025180
Dec 2024172
Nov 2024228
Oct 2024297
Sep 2024289
Aug 2024330
Jul 2024327
Jun 2024338
May 2024346
Apr 2024330
Mar 2024342
Feb 2024359
Jan 2024365
Dec 2023371
Nov 2023306
Oct 2023236
Sep 2023234
Aug 2023199
Jul 2023192
Jun 2023198
May 2023196
Apr 2023199
Mar 2023193
Feb 2023184
Jan 2023198
Dec 2022185
Nov 2022183
Oct 2022171
Sep 2022170
Aug 2022159
Jul 2022166
Jun 2022156
May 2022161
Apr 2022157
Mar 2022166
Feb 2022162
Jan 2022150
Dec 2021161
Nov 2021154
Oct 2021156
Jul 2021162
Apr 2021150
Jan 2021110
Oct 2020118
Sep 2020126
Aug 2020123
Jul 2020119
Jun 2020161
May 2020153
Apr 2020175
Mar 2020184
Feb 2020189
Jan 2020215
Dec 2019221
Nov 2019232
Oct 2019217
Sep 2019221
Aug 2019222
Jul 2019221
Jun 2019209
May 2019212
Apr 2019207
Mar 2019202
Feb 2019216
Jan 2019201
Dec 2018190
Nov 2018182
Oct 2018193
Sep 2018178
Aug 2018174
Jul 2018175
Jun 2018143
May 2018138
Apr 2018138
Mar 2018136
Feb 2018117
Jan 2018114
Dec 2017105
Nov 2017124
Oct 2017104
Sep 2017100
Aug 201799
Jul 201798
Jun 201797
May 201795
Apr 201780
Mar 201774
Feb 201785
Jan 201783
Dec 201687
Nov 201670
Oct 201669
Sep 201669
Aug 201669
Jul 201669
Jun 201675
May 201675
Apr 201674
Mar 201682
Feb 201670
Jan 201672
Dec 201568
Nov 201571
Oct 201573
Sep 201576
Aug 201573
Jul 201579
Jun 201575
May 201575
Apr 201579
Mar 201580
Feb 201577
Jan 201570
Dec 201471
Nov 201470
Oct 201474
Sep 201473
Aug 201476
Jul 201473
Jun 201472
May 201472
Apr 201470
Mar 201468
Feb 201471
Jan 201474
Dec 201381
Nov 201383
Oct 201385
Sep 201399
Aug 201398
Jul 2013103
Jun 2013128
May 2013128
Apr 2013134
Mar 2013133
Feb 2013139
Jan 2013139
Dec 2012138
Nov 2012136
Oct 2012139
Sep 2012137
Aug 2012139
Jul 2012138
Jun 2012115
May 2012115
Apr 2012116
Mar 2012117
Feb 2012125
Jan 2012137
Dec 2011136
Nov 2011129
Oct 2011128
Sep 2011111
Aug 2011104

Homes finished and licensed each year in Ponte de Lima

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
202597223
2024128172
2023133371
2022129185
2021193161
202014199
2019125221
201869190
201758105
201610187
20159268
20147571
20138181
2012173138
2011187136
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.3

Who built the homes finished in Ponte de Lima

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
202520.6%79.4%0.0%0.0%97
202440.6%59.4%0.0%0.0%128
202343.6%56.4%0.0%0.0%133
202239.5%60.5%0.0%0.0%129
202156.5%43.5%0.0%0.0%193
202052.5%46.1%1.4%0.0%141
201942.4%57.6%0.0%0.0%125
201814.5%85.5%0.0%0.0%69
201724.1%75.9%0.0%0.0%58
201631.7%68.3%0.0%0.0%101
201513.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%92
201412.0%88.0%0.0%0.0%75
20131.2%98.8%0.0%0.0%81
201214.5%85.5%0.0%0.0%173
201115.5%84.5%0.0%0.0%187

Homes finished in Ponte de Lima, 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
20258.2%24.7%54.6%12.4%97
202412.5%25.0%51.6%10.9%128
202310.5%24.8%58.6%6.0%133
20227.0%25.6%60.5%7.0%129
202116.1%22.8%56.5%4.7%193
20201.4%29.1%61.7%7.8%141
20194.0%16.8%67.2%12.0%125
20181.4%17.4%72.5%8.7%69
20173.4%24.1%60.3%12.1%58
20160.0%20.8%63.4%15.8%101
20157.6%8.7%72.8%10.9%92
20140.0%10.7%68.0%21.3%75
20131.2%4.9%69.1%24.7%81
201211.0%12.1%57.2%19.7%173
20116.4%10.7%66.8%16.0%187

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 Ponte de Lima

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,447/m² and €1,796/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,622/m²
Chance of a rise
46%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €140,490. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €533 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
23%
Payment, one income
47%

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
€553
Owning per month
€509

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 4.8% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +15.4%.

Gap today
+4.8%
Change in a year
−10.6 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Minho: Ponte de Lima has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 1.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−1.0%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 11 times since 2015. The deepest began in June 2015.

Deepest fall
−17.9%
Recovery from the low
20 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 345 while 97 homes were finished: 3.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.6
Population change, 2025
+345

Empty homes

8.2% of the 22,850 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
8.2%
Empty homes
1,885

Renovation

In 2025, 13% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
13%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.6

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €504.1K of housing works here in 2025, and €5.5M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€504.1K
Per resident, 2025
€12

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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