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Renovation in Silves

In 2025, 59% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
59%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Buildings finished in Silves, 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
2025496650120
2024486180117
2023504532100
2022524930104
2021573643100
202044303077
201931187460
2018202181362
2017201331753
2016302321974
2015172012159
201422210952
201322305360
20125332215111
201112427221174

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.

Other reports for Silves

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €3,298/m² and €3,919/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€3,608/m²
Chance of a rise
81%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €254,700. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €966 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
44%
Payment, one income
88%

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
€917
Owning per month
€903

Sellers ask 20.1% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +22.8%.

Gap today
+20.1%
Change in a year
−2.7 pp

16.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
98
Per 1,000 residents
2.1

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 0.8% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−0.8%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 16 times since 2015. The deepest began in September 2020.

Deepest fall
−13.6%
Recovery from the low
6 months

In 2025 the population grew by 312 while 86 homes were finished: 3.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
3.6
Population change, 2025
+312

11.8% of the 33,498 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.8%
Empty homes
3,953

Public bodies signed €197.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €296.9K since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€197.9K
Per resident, 2025
€4

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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