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New homes in Santa Maria da Feira

26.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
304
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Homes licensed for construction in Santa Maria da Feira

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

  • Santa Maria da Feira
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSanta Maria da Feira
Aug 2026304
Jul 2026309
Jun 2026333
May 2026350
Apr 2026339
Mar 2026324
Feb 2026311
Jan 2026298
Dec 2025296
Nov 2025299
Oct 2025294
Sep 2025319
Aug 2025311
Jul 2025297
Jun 2025289
May 2025287
Apr 2025308
Mar 2025309
Feb 2025297
Jan 2025296
Dec 2024288
Nov 2024274
Oct 2024275
Sep 2024251
Aug 2024248
Jul 2024259
Jun 2024232
May 2024218
Apr 2024252
Mar 2024245
Feb 2024249
Jan 2024245
Dec 2023279
Nov 2023280
Oct 2023280
Sep 2023279
Aug 2023288
Jul 2023290
Jun 2023295
May 2023294
Apr 2023234
Mar 2023252
Feb 2023293
Jan 2023303
Dec 2022275
Nov 2022273
Oct 2022277
Sep 2022276
Aug 2022269
Jul 2022261
Jun 2022253
May 2022258
Apr 2022255
Mar 2022237
Feb 2022200
Jan 2022190
Dec 2021209
Nov 2021210
Oct 2021206
Jul 2021207
Apr 2021204
Jan 2021240
Oct 2020215
Sep 2020210
Aug 2020217
Jul 2020238
Jun 2020254
May 2020269
Apr 2020290
Mar 2020273
Feb 2020266
Jan 2020258
Dec 2019301
Nov 2019301
Oct 2019292
Sep 2019299
Aug 2019275
Jul 2019256
Jun 2019241
May 2019248
Apr 2019246
Mar 2019253
Feb 2019229
Jan 2019235
Dec 2018188
Nov 2018179
Oct 2018168
Sep 2018188
Aug 2018193
Jul 2018188
Jun 2018196
May 2018172
Apr 2018155
Mar 2018148
Feb 2018173
Jan 2018179
Dec 2017180
Nov 2017179
Oct 2017181
Sep 2017148
Aug 2017161
Jul 2017160
Jun 2017140
May 2017141
Apr 2017155
Mar 2017158
Feb 2017135
Jan 2017113
Dec 2016108
Nov 2016105
Oct 2016104
Sep 2016107
Aug 201689
Jul 201689
Jun 2016106
May 2016101
Apr 2016106
Mar 2016108
Feb 2016110
Jan 2016113
Dec 2015120
Nov 2015119
Oct 2015116
Sep 2015113
Aug 2015114
Jul 2015111
Jun 201595
May 201598
Apr 201575
Mar 201571
Feb 201592
Jan 201597
Dec 201498
Nov 201498
Oct 2014100
Sep 2014101
Aug 2014134
Jul 2014134
Jun 2014140
May 2014141
Apr 2014143
Mar 2014142
Feb 2014144
Jan 2014145
Dec 2013142
Nov 2013148
Oct 2013154
Sep 2013161
Aug 2013140
Jul 2013144
Jun 2013147
May 2013148
Apr 2013160
Mar 2013161
Feb 2013150
Jan 2013164
Dec 2012179
Nov 2012185
Oct 2012193
Sep 2012212
Aug 2012208
Jul 2012231
Jun 2012232
May 2012225
Apr 2012240
Mar 2012244
Feb 2012242
Jan 2012276
Dec 2011267
Nov 2011285
Oct 2011275
Sep 2011244
Aug 2011231

Homes finished and licensed each year in Santa Maria da Feira

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
2025314296
2024219288
2023250279
2022256275
2021220209
2020177199
2019124301
2018132188
2017110180
2016107108
2015115120
201412998
2013259142
2012226179
2011282267
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.2

Who built the homes finished in Santa Maria da Feira

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
202548.1%51.9%0.0%0.0%314
202436.5%63.5%0.0%0.0%219
202342.4%57.2%0.4%0.0%250
202236.7%63.3%0.0%0.0%256
202142.7%57.3%0.0%0.0%220
202040.7%59.3%0.0%0.0%177
201950.8%49.2%0.0%0.0%124
201834.1%65.9%0.0%0.0%132
201732.7%67.3%0.0%0.0%110
201657.9%42.1%0.0%0.0%107
201541.7%58.3%0.0%0.0%115
20147.0%92.2%0.0%0.8%129
201344.0%49.4%0.0%6.6%259
201221.2%77.4%0.0%1.3%226
201141.5%58.5%0.0%0.0%282

Homes finished in Santa Maria da Feira, 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
20253.5%35.4%56.4%4.8%314
20243.7%16.0%69.9%10.5%219
20234.4%16.0%72.4%7.2%250
20224.3%18.4%71.1%6.3%256
202110.9%19.5%63.6%5.9%220
20202.3%19.8%69.5%8.5%177
20190.0%8.9%76.6%14.5%124
20181.5%15.2%72.7%10.6%132
201710.0%11.8%65.5%12.7%110
20164.7%33.6%49.5%12.1%107
201527.0%17.4%38.3%17.4%115
20147.8%16.3%48.8%27.1%129
20138.9%21.6%51.4%18.1%259
20124.4%22.1%53.1%20.4%226
20112.1%7.8%62.8%27.3%282

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 Santa Maria da Feira

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,144/m² and €2,482/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,313/m²
Chance of a rise
100%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €152,190. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €577 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
€608
Owning per month
€558

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 11.2% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +7.4%.

Gap today
+11.2%
Change in a year
+3.8 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Santa Maria da Feira 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%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2011. The deepest began in June 2011.

Deepest fall
−23.5%
Recovery from the low
35 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 365 while 314 homes were finished: 1.2 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.2
Population change, 2025
+365

Empty homes

9.3% of the 62,470 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.3%
Empty homes
5,813

Renovation

In 2025, 2% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
2%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €3.1M of housing works here in 2025, and €6.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€3.1M
Per resident, 2025
€22

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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