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New homes in Seia

17.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
17
Per 1,000 residents
0.8

Homes licensed for construction in Seia

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

  • Seia
  • Ten-year average
Show the numbers
PeriodSeia
Aug 202617
Jul 202617
Jun 202619
May 202620
Apr 202629
Mar 202626
Feb 202627
Jan 202628
Dec 202527
Nov 202529
Oct 202528
Sep 202527
Aug 202524
Jul 202521
Jun 202524
May 202524
Apr 202517
Mar 202521
Feb 202511
Jan 202519
Dec 202421
Nov 202415
Oct 202422
Sep 202420
Aug 202413
Jul 202424
Jun 202418
May 202412
Apr 202423
Mar 202418
Feb 202419
Jan 202418
Dec 202319
Nov 202316
Oct 202318
Sep 202319
Aug 202319
Jul 202320
Jun 202321
May 202327
Apr 202324
Mar 202323
Feb 202322
Jan 202321
Dec 202248
Nov 202250
Oct 202249
Sep 202249
Aug 202250
Jul 202249
Jun 202249
May 202241
Apr 202242
Mar 202252
Feb 202256
Jan 202257
Dec 202127
Nov 202130
Oct 202132
Jul 202131
Apr 202130
Jan 202119
Oct 202013
Sep 202014
Aug 202013
Jul 202012
Jun 202012
May 202013
Apr 202012
Mar 202012
Feb 202010
Jan 202011
Dec 201911
Nov 201911
Oct 201910
Sep 201911
Aug 201912
Jul 201912
Jun 201911
May 201912
Apr 201915
Mar 201916
Feb 201917
Jan 201917
Dec 201818
Nov 201819
Oct 201819
Sep 201817
Aug 201815
Jul 201818
Jun 201818
May 201815
Apr 201812
Mar 201811
Feb 201811
Jan 201810
Dec 20179
Nov 20178
Oct 201710
Sep 201711
Aug 201711
Jul 20178
Jun 201710
May 201711
Apr 201713
Mar 201712
Feb 201713
Jan 201712
Dec 201611
Nov 201612
Oct 201611
Sep 201610
Aug 201612
Jul 201613
Jun 201617
May 201616
Apr 201617
Mar 201621
Feb 201620
Jan 201623
Dec 201524
Nov 201523
Oct 201523
Sep 201524
Aug 201522
Jul 201521
Jun 201515
May 201516
Apr 201513
Mar 201511
Feb 201512
Jan 201510
Dec 20149
Nov 20149
Oct 20148
Sep 20147
Aug 20147
Jul 201410
Jun 201412
May 201411
Apr 201413
Mar 201412
Feb 201410
Jan 20149
Dec 201312
Nov 201312
Oct 201312
Sep 201312
Aug 201312
Jul 201312
Jun 201311
May 201312
Apr 201310
Mar 20139
Feb 201311
Jan 201313
Dec 201214
Nov 201213
Oct 201216
Sep 201218
Aug 201219
Jul 201217
Jun 201216
May 201217
Apr 201219
Mar 201223
Feb 201226
Jan 201228
Dec 201132
Nov 201134
Oct 201132
Sep 201130
Aug 201129

Homes finished and licensed each year in Seia

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
2025927
20242919
20231119
20221748
20211227
2020819
20191211
2018618
2017109
20161811
2015524
2014179
20131912
20121914
20113432
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
0.4

Who built the homes finished in Seia

Who built the homes completed each year, as a share of that year. INE, since 2011.

  • Cooperatives and others
  • Public bodies
  • Private individuals
  • Companies
Show the numbers
YearCompaniesPrivate individualsPublic bodiesCooperatives and othersTotal
202522.2%77.8%0.0%0.0%9
202455.2%44.8%0.0%0.0%29
20230.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%11
20220.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%17
20210.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%12
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%8
201916.7%83.3%0.0%0.0%12
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%6
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%10
201627.8%72.2%0.0%0.0%18
20150.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%5
201423.5%76.5%0.0%0.0%17
201342.1%57.9%0.0%0.0%19
201221.1%78.9%0.0%0.0%19
201117.6%82.4%0.0%0.0%34

Homes finished in Seia, 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
Show the numbers
YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20250.0%0.0%66.7%33.3%9
20240.0%41.4%58.6%0.0%29
20230.0%9.1%63.6%27.3%11
20220.0%17.6%52.9%29.4%17
20218.3%8.3%58.3%25.0%12
20200.0%0.0%62.5%37.5%8
20190.0%25.0%50.0%25.0%12
201816.7%0.0%50.0%33.3%6
20170.0%0.0%60.0%40.0%10
20160.0%38.9%50.0%11.1%18
20150.0%20.0%60.0%20.0%5
20140.0%17.6%47.1%35.3%17
20130.0%10.5%57.9%31.6%19
20120.0%10.5%47.4%42.1%19
201111.8%11.8%52.9%23.5%34

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 Seia

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €772/m² and €961/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€866/m²
Chance of a rise
74%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €100,980. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €383 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
17%
Payment, one income
33%

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
€372
Owning per month
€234

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 27.0% less than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was −24.9%.

Gap today
−27.0%
Change in a year
−2.1 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Beiras e Serra da Estrela: Seia has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 23.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−23.0%

Past cycles

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 5 times since 2015. The deepest began in February 2016.

Deepest fall
−21.3%
Recovery from the low
31 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 195 while 9 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
9
Population change, 2025
−195

Empty homes

16.9% of the 17,621 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
16.9%
Empty homes
2,972

Renovation

In 2025, 44% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
44%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €1.5M of housing works here in 2018, and €1.5M since 2012.

Signed in 2018
€1.5M
Per resident, 2018
€69

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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