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Santo Tirso · report

New homes in Santo Tirso

79.0% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
254
Per 1,000 residents
3.6

Homes licensed for construction in Santo Tirso

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

  • Santo Tirso
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodSanto Tirso
Aug 2026254
Jul 2026264
Jun 2026335
May 2026315
Apr 2026285
Mar 2026286
Feb 2026287
Jan 2026293
Dec 2025245
Nov 2025247
Oct 2025252
Sep 2025212
Aug 2025212
Jul 2025205
Jun 2025139
May 2025141
Apr 2025261
Mar 2025266
Feb 2025255
Jan 2025260
Dec 2024257
Nov 2024255
Oct 2024249
Sep 2024240
Aug 2024227
Jul 2024236
Jun 2024228
May 2024225
Apr 2024107
Mar 202496
Feb 2024100
Jan 2024154
Dec 2023150
Nov 2023146
Oct 2023139
Sep 2023137
Aug 2023134
Jul 2023138
Jun 2023138
May 2023139
Apr 2023136
Mar 2023142
Feb 2023140
Jan 202380
Dec 202289
Nov 2022100
Oct 2022104
Sep 2022105
Aug 2022104
Jul 202286
Jun 2022101
May 2022102
Apr 2022102
Mar 2022122
Feb 2022125
Jan 2022123
Dec 2021125
Nov 2021163
Oct 2021163
Jul 2021189
Apr 2021180
Jan 2021179
Oct 2020132
Sep 2020110
Aug 2020107
Jul 2020107
Jun 2020104
May 2020103
Apr 202097
Mar 202094
Feb 202074
Jan 202096
Dec 201996
Nov 2019142
Oct 2019147
Sep 2019151
Aug 2019150
Jul 2019145
Jun 2019146
May 2019153
Apr 2019163
Mar 2019162
Feb 2019155
Jan 2019132
Dec 2018130
Nov 201875
Oct 201863
Sep 201864
Aug 201864
Jul 201867
Jun 201863
May 201857
Apr 201852
Mar 201853
Feb 201856
Jan 201849
Dec 201742
Nov 201771
Oct 201773
Sep 201769
Aug 201769
Jul 201772
Jun 201774
May 201772
Apr 201771
Mar 201771
Feb 201770
Jan 201772
Dec 201680
Nov 201652
Oct 201654
Sep 201655
Aug 201658
Jul 201652
Jun 201653
May 201656
Apr 201650
Mar 201646
Feb 201643
Jan 201643
Dec 201537
Nov 201534
Oct 201528
Sep 201529
Aug 201525
Jul 201525
Jun 201527
May 201524
Apr 201526
Mar 201532
Feb 201531
Jan 201534
Dec 201434
Nov 201435
Oct 201437
Sep 201442
Aug 201447
Jul 201450
Jun 201447
May 201449
Apr 201446
Mar 201441
Feb 201442
Jan 201438
Dec 201339
Nov 201338
Oct 201338
Sep 201330
Aug 201326
Jul 201324
Jun 201322
May 201321
Apr 201323
Mar 201330
Feb 201346
Jan 201349
Dec 201251
Nov 201253
Oct 201257
Sep 201264
Aug 201268
Jul 201271
Jun 201275
May 201284
Apr 201293
Mar 201291
Feb 201280
Jan 201280
Dec 201184
Nov 201188
Oct 201193
Sep 201184
Aug 201177

Homes finished and licensed each year in Santo Tirso

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
2025134245
2024141257
2023109150
202211489
2021125125
202087172
20193696
201864130
20172442
20164280
20153437
20144634
20136939
201212551
201113684
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.9

Who built the homes finished in Santo Tirso

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
202555.2%44.8%0.0%0.0%134
202451.8%48.2%0.0%0.0%141
202355.0%45.0%0.0%0.0%109
202250.9%49.1%0.0%0.0%114
202160.8%39.2%0.0%0.0%125
202037.9%62.1%0.0%0.0%87
20198.3%91.7%0.0%0.0%36
201818.8%81.3%0.0%0.0%64
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%24
20169.5%90.5%0.0%0.0%42
20152.9%97.1%0.0%0.0%34
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%46
20137.2%92.8%0.0%0.0%69
201222.4%77.6%0.0%0.0%125
201114.7%84.6%0.7%0.0%136

Homes finished in Santo Tirso, 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
202523.1%26.1%43.3%7.5%134
202415.6%25.5%53.9%5.0%141
20237.3%22.0%57.8%12.8%109
20222.6%23.7%69.3%4.4%114
202112.8%23.2%51.2%12.8%125
20201.1%10.3%85.1%3.4%87
20190.0%30.6%58.3%11.1%36
20187.8%23.4%51.6%17.2%64
20174.2%12.5%75.0%8.3%24
20167.1%7.1%76.2%9.5%42
20150.0%14.7%73.5%11.8%34
20144.3%10.9%69.6%15.2%46
20132.9%21.7%69.6%5.8%69
20122.4%8.0%51.2%38.4%125
20110.7%10.3%70.6%18.4%136

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 Santo Tirso

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,227/m² and €2,753/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,490/m²
Chance of a rise
98%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €163,800. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €622 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
25%
Payment, one income
50%

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
€529
Owning per month
€546

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 13.7% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +4.9%.

Gap today
+13.7%
Change in a year
+8.8 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Santo Tirso 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 10 times since 2015. The deepest began in January 2023.

Deepest fall
−13.2%
Recovery from the low
14 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 153 while 134 homes were finished: 1.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.1
Population change, 2025
+153

Empty homes

10.7% of the 30,918 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.7%
Empty homes
3,300

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 €1.7M of housing works here in 2025, and €7.3M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.7M
Per resident, 2025
€25

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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