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Renovation in São João da Madeira

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Buildings finished in São João da Madeira, by kind of work

Buildings completed each year: new construction, extensions, alterations and reconstructions. INE.

  • Reconstructions
  • Alterations
  • Extensions
  • New construction
Show the numbers
YearNew constructionExtensionsAlterationsReconstructionsTotal
20252200022
20241421017
2023861015
20222051026
20211661023
20201410015
2019740011
20181010011
201790009
20161440018
201504004
201470007
20131520017
20121340017
20111670023

INE counts buildings, not homes, and every kind of building, not only housing. A reconstruction rebuilds an existing building; an alteration changes its layout or use.

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Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,755/m² and €2,523/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,139/m²
Chance of a rise
59%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €162,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €615 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

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

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
€657
Owning per month
€605

Sellers ask 15.2% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +4.5%.

Gap today
+15.2%
Change in a year
+10.7 pp

42.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
67
Per 1,000 residents
2.8

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: São João da Madeira 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%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 8 times since 2017. The deepest began in April 2018.

Deepest fall
−11.3%
Recovery from the low
7 months

In 2025 the population fell by 22 while 131 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
131
Population change, 2025
−22

9.2% of the 10,601 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
9.2%
Empty homes
975

Public bodies signed €1.8M of housing works here in 2025, and €4.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€1.8M
Per resident, 2025
€73

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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