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Vale de Cambra · report

New homes in Vale de Cambra

82.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
89
Per 1,000 residents
4.0

Homes licensed for construction in Vale de Cambra

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

  • Vale de Cambra
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodVale de Cambra
Aug 202689
Jul 202688
Jun 202687
May 202664
Apr 202669
Mar 202648
Feb 202635
Jan 202659
Dec 202559
Nov 202560
Oct 202561
Sep 202554
Aug 202553
Jul 202553
Jun 2025105
May 202597
Apr 202590
Mar 202591
Feb 202591
Jan 202571
Dec 202471
Nov 202471
Oct 202470
Sep 202473
Aug 202489
Jul 202490
Jun 202444
May 202445
Apr 202445
Mar 202442
Feb 202443
Jan 202445
Dec 202349
Nov 202349
Oct 202354
Sep 202360
Aug 202343
Jul 202345
Jun 202341
May 202343
Apr 202345
Mar 202346
Feb 202352
Jan 202353
Dec 202248
Nov 202249
Oct 202250
Sep 202243
Aug 202245
Jul 202242
Jun 202241
May 202239
Apr 202240
Mar 202245
Feb 202253
Jan 202250
Dec 202155
Nov 202192
Oct 202185
Jul 202187
Apr 202187
Jan 2021101
Oct 202089
Sep 202086
Aug 202085
Jul 202087
Jun 202087
May 202090
Apr 202088
Mar 202085
Feb 202049
Jan 202061
Dec 201964
Nov 201963
Oct 201936
Sep 201939
Aug 201940
Jul 201942
Jun 201943
May 201942
Apr 201940
Mar 201942
Feb 201941
Jan 201929
Dec 201824
Nov 201823
Oct 201823
Sep 201819
Aug 201819
Jul 201816
Jun 201815
May 201813
Apr 201811
Mar 201811
Feb 201812
Jan 201812
Dec 201714
Nov 201714
Oct 201712
Sep 201714
Aug 201712
Jul 201711
Jun 201710
May 201710
Apr 201710
Mar 20178
Feb 20176
Jan 20177
Dec 20166
Nov 20167
Oct 20169
Sep 20167
Aug 20168
Jul 20169
Jun 20169
May 20169
Apr 20169
Mar 201613
Feb 201614
Jan 201613
Dec 201512
Nov 201512
Oct 201510
Sep 201512
Aug 201512
Jul 201512
Jun 201512
May 201511
Apr 201511
Mar 20157
Feb 20158
Jan 201510
Dec 201413
Nov 201414
Oct 201414
Sep 201412
Aug 201412
Jul 201411
Jun 201413
May 201413
Apr 201413
Mar 201414
Feb 201412
Jan 201412
Dec 20139
Nov 20139
Oct 20139
Sep 201313
Aug 201313
Jul 201315
Jun 201313
May 201317
Apr 201318
Mar 201317
Feb 201317
Jan 201318
Dec 201222
Nov 201221
Oct 201223
Sep 201220
Aug 201222
Jul 201221
Jun 201221
May 201218
Apr 201219
Mar 201219
Feb 201219
Jan 201217
Dec 201118
Nov 201123
Oct 201125
Sep 201124
Aug 201121

Homes finished and licensed each year in Vale de Cambra

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
20254859
20243571
20239749
20224748
20212355
20201598
2019864
2018624
20171314
201656
20151112
20141413
2013149
20123722
20114518
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.2

Who built the homes finished in Vale de Cambra

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
202525.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%48
202448.6%51.4%0.0%0.0%35
202374.2%25.8%0.0%0.0%97
202255.3%44.7%0.0%0.0%47
202113.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%23
202013.3%86.7%0.0%0.0%15
201912.5%87.5%0.0%0.0%8
201816.7%83.3%0.0%0.0%6
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%13
201620.0%80.0%0.0%0.0%5
20159.1%90.9%0.0%0.0%11
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%14
20137.1%92.9%0.0%0.0%14
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%37
20110.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%45

Homes finished in Vale de Cambra, 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
202525.0%20.8%43.8%10.4%48
202414.3%17.1%60.0%8.6%35
202314.4%28.9%51.5%5.2%97
202214.9%19.1%55.3%10.6%47
20210.0%8.7%60.9%30.4%23
20200.0%0.0%73.3%26.7%15
20190.0%12.5%62.5%25.0%8
20180.0%0.0%50.0%50.0%6
201715.4%15.4%46.2%23.1%13
20160.0%20.0%60.0%20.0%5
20150.0%9.1%72.7%18.2%11
20140.0%7.1%64.3%28.6%14
20130.0%21.4%64.3%14.3%14
20125.4%8.1%51.4%35.1%37
20110.0%42.2%48.9%8.9%45

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 Vale de Cambra

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,071/m² and €1,360/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,216/m²
Chance of a rise
71%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €108,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €410 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
16%
Payment, one income
32%

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
€526
Owning per month
€379

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 12.6% less than banks value homes at.

Gap today
−12.6%

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Vale de Cambra 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

Asking prices have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2017. The deepest began in October 2021.

Deepest fall
−32.7%
Recovery from the low
19 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 38 while 48 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
48
Population change, 2025
−38

Empty homes

12.1% of the 11,922 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
12.1%
Empty homes
1,438

Renovation

In 2025, 26% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
26%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
7.1

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €3.2M of housing works here in 2025, and €5.6M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€3.2M
Per resident, 2025
€145

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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