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New homes in Santiago do Cacém

0.6% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
38
Per 1,000 residents
1.3

Homes licensed for construction in Santiago do Cacém

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

  • Santiago do Cacém
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSantiago do Cacém
Aug 202638
Jul 202640
Jun 202641
May 202641
Apr 202642
Mar 202647
Feb 202647
Jan 202644
Dec 202547
Nov 202548
Oct 202549
Sep 202546
Aug 202543
Jul 202552
Jun 202556
May 202557
Apr 202556
Mar 202554
Feb 202562
Jan 202564
Dec 202461
Nov 202457
Oct 202461
Sep 202462
Aug 202458
Jul 202448
Jun 202452
May 202449
Apr 202447
Mar 202444
Feb 202434
Jan 202436
Dec 202334
Nov 202333
Oct 202331
Sep 202331
Aug 202333
Jul 202333
Jun 202326
May 202327
Apr 202332
Mar 202335
Feb 202339
Jan 202339
Dec 202243
Nov 202246
Oct 202245
Sep 202243
Aug 202243
Jul 202246
Jun 202246
May 202245
Apr 202243
Mar 202243
Feb 202241
Jan 202239
Dec 202140
Nov 202138
Oct 202140
Jul 202143
Apr 202148
Jan 202143
Oct 202037
Sep 202033
Aug 202032
Jul 202031
Jun 202031
May 202027
Apr 202031
Mar 202032
Feb 202039
Jan 202044
Dec 201945
Nov 201944
Oct 201944
Sep 201947
Aug 201948
Jul 201948
Jun 201944
May 201943
Apr 201936
Mar 201934
Feb 201926
Jan 201922
Dec 201824
Nov 201823
Oct 201825
Sep 201823
Aug 201825
Jul 201814
Jun 201831
May 201832
Apr 201822
Mar 201836
Feb 201835
Jan 201823
Dec 201738
Nov 201736
Oct 201724
Sep 201732
Aug 201730
Jul 201728
Jun 201725
May 201724
Apr 201724
Mar 201722
Feb 201723
Jan 201721
Dec 201619
Nov 201618
Oct 201617
Sep 201619
Aug 201619
Jul 201618
Jun 201619
May 201618
Apr 201619
Mar 201620
Feb 201618
Jan 201620
Dec 201518
Nov 201520
Oct 201520
Sep 201519
Aug 201514
Jul 201519
Jun 201517
May 201512
Apr 201517
Mar 201517
Feb 201514
Jan 201515
Dec 201414
Nov 201412
Oct 201415
Sep 201414
Aug 201413
Jul 201411
Jun 201413
May 201415
Apr 201414
Mar 201415
Feb 201415
Jan 201414
Dec 201316
Nov 201313
Oct 201314
Sep 201317
Aug 201318
Jul 201319
Jun 201331
May 201334
Apr 201335
Mar 201335
Feb 201342
Jan 201346
Dec 201246
Nov 201251
Oct 201249
Sep 201250
Aug 201251
Jul 201257
Jun 201248
May 201258
Apr 201258
Mar 201270
Feb 201275
Jan 201273
Dec 201177
Nov 201175
Oct 201180
Sep 201176
Aug 201174

Homes finished and licensed each year in Santiago do Cacém

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
20252647
20242361
20232734
20222143
20211640
20202738
20192345
20182224
20171133
20162519
20151318
20141913
20135216
20126846
201114977
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
0.9

Who built the homes finished in Santiago do Cacém

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
20253.8%96.2%0.0%0.0%26
202443.5%56.5%0.0%0.0%23
202318.5%81.5%0.0%0.0%27
202219.0%81.0%0.0%0.0%21
202112.5%87.5%0.0%0.0%16
20203.7%96.3%0.0%0.0%27
201913.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%23
20184.5%95.5%0.0%0.0%22
20179.1%90.9%0.0%0.0%11
201628.0%72.0%0.0%0.0%25
201523.1%76.9%0.0%0.0%13
20145.3%94.7%0.0%0.0%19
201353.8%46.2%0.0%0.0%52
201226.5%72.1%1.5%0.0%68
201117.4%32.2%0.0%50.3%149

Homes finished in Santiago do Cacém, 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
20250.0%23.1%46.2%30.8%26
20240.0%17.4%65.2%17.4%23
202314.8%22.2%44.4%18.5%27
202214.3%23.8%42.9%19.0%21
20216.3%18.8%43.8%31.3%16
20203.7%44.4%37.0%14.8%27
20194.3%30.4%60.9%4.3%23
20180.0%36.4%45.5%18.2%22
20179.1%36.4%45.5%9.1%11
201620.0%48.0%28.0%4.0%25
201515.4%46.2%23.1%15.4%13
201410.5%42.1%31.6%15.8%19
20139.6%25.0%50.0%15.4%52
20128.8%22.1%38.2%30.9%68
20112.7%16.1%74.5%6.7%149

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 Santiago do Cacém

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,772/m² and €3,447/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,109/m²
Chance of a rise
94%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €202,860. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €770 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
29%
Payment, one income
58%

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
€890
Owning per month
€690

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 19.8% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −0.6%.

Gap today
+19.8%
Change in a year
+20.4 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alentejo Litoral: Santiago do Cacém has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 0.5% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+0.5%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 9 times since 2016. The deepest began in November 2022.

Deepest fall
−10.7%
Recovery from the low
1 month

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 118 while 26 homes were finished: 4.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
4.5
Population change, 2025
+118

Empty homes

13.4% of the 18,522 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
13.4%
Empty homes
2,490

Renovation

In 2025, 17% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
17%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €3.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €3.3M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€3.3M
Per resident, 2025
€108

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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