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New homes in Valença

121.7% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
110
Per 1,000 residents
7.0

Homes licensed for construction in Valença

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

  • Valença
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodValença
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026109
Jun 2026106
May 2026107
Apr 2026107
Mar 2026110
Feb 2026138
Jan 2026125
Dec 2025103
Nov 202596
Oct 202586
Sep 202591
Aug 202590
Jul 202590
Jun 202583
May 202577
Apr 202575
Mar 202562
Feb 202540
Jan 202536
Dec 202425
Nov 202440
Oct 202440
Sep 202426
Aug 202434
Jul 202435
Jun 202427
May 202434
Apr 202437
Mar 202436
Feb 202436
Jan 202440
Dec 202337
Nov 202332
Oct 202329
Sep 202329
Aug 202330
Jul 202328
Jun 202327
May 202328
Apr 202326
Mar 202333
Feb 202335
Jan 202332
Dec 202235
Nov 202235
Oct 202238
Sep 202238
Aug 202236
Jul 202237
Jun 202241
May 202242
Apr 202245
Mar 202238
Feb 202274
Jan 202276
Dec 202181
Nov 202186
Oct 202183
Jul 202191
Apr 202185
Jan 202145
Oct 202031
Sep 202024
Aug 202036
Jul 202029
Jun 202030
May 202037
Apr 202030
Mar 202029
Feb 202034
Jan 202037
Dec 201938
Nov 201956
Oct 201954
Sep 201954
Aug 201951
Jul 201951
Jun 201950
May 201952
Apr 201955
Mar 201953
Feb 201953
Jan 201951
Dec 201852
Nov 201839
Oct 201841
Sep 201840
Aug 201841
Jul 201840
Jun 201843
May 201841
Apr 201838
Mar 201837
Feb 201843
Jan 201842
Dec 201742
Nov 201737
Oct 201735
Sep 201736
Aug 201733
Jul 201732
Jun 201733
May 201731
Apr 201734
Mar 201734
Feb 201729
Jan 201728
Dec 201626
Nov 201625
Oct 201624
Sep 201624
Aug 201624
Jul 201624
Jun 201617
May 201623
Apr 201619
Mar 201620
Feb 201619
Jan 201617
Dec 201519
Nov 201520
Oct 201522
Sep 201521
Aug 201523
Jul 201523
Jun 201522
May 201518
Apr 201518
Mar 201516
Feb 201515
Jan 201514
Dec 201412
Nov 201411
Oct 201411
Sep 201410
Aug 20148
Jul 201410
Jun 201410
May 20148
Apr 20148
Mar 20148
Feb 20149
Jan 20149
Dec 201310
Nov 201311
Oct 20139
Sep 201310
Aug 201310
Jul 20139
Jun 201312
May 201313
Apr 201315
Mar 201318
Feb 201321
Jan 201322
Dec 201225
Nov 201224
Oct 201225
Sep 201227
Aug 201230
Jul 201233
Jun 201229
May 201230
Apr 201228
Mar 201229
Feb 201228
Jan 201228
Dec 201126
Nov 201126
Oct 201128
Sep 201124
Aug 201121

Homes finished and licensed each year in Valença

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
202539103
20243031
20232737
20223535
20214581
20203337
20193038
20183352
20171442
2016826
20151619
20141412
20133210
20122025
20113926
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
2.5

Who built the homes finished in Valença

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
20255.1%94.9%0.0%0.0%39
20246.7%90.0%3.3%0.0%30
20233.7%96.3%0.0%0.0%27
20228.6%91.4%0.0%0.0%35
202135.6%64.4%0.0%0.0%45
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%33
20190.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%30
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%33
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%14
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%8
20150.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%16
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%14
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%32
20120.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%20
20112.6%97.4%0.0%0.0%39

Homes finished in Valença, 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
20257.7%20.5%51.3%20.5%39
20243.3%13.3%73.3%10.0%30
20230.0%18.5%66.7%14.8%27
20228.6%25.7%57.1%8.6%35
202131.1%20.0%46.7%2.2%45
20200.0%12.1%78.8%9.1%33
20190.0%10.0%83.3%6.7%30
20189.1%21.2%63.6%6.1%33
20177.1%28.6%64.3%0.0%14
20160.0%25.0%75.0%0.0%8
20156.3%25.0%50.0%18.8%16
20140.0%42.9%42.9%14.3%14
20133.1%18.8%62.5%15.6%32
20120.0%35.0%40.0%25.0%20
20112.6%46.2%43.6%7.7%39

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 Valença

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €1,216/m² and €1,577/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,396/m²
Chance of a rise
76%

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €116,550. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €442 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
20%
Payment, one income
40%

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
€509
Owning per month
€409

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 6.6% less than banks value homes at.

Gap today
−6.6%

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Minho: Valença has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 1.0% less per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
−1.0%

Past cycles

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

Deepest fall
−36.9%
Recovery from the low
65 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 11 while 39 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
39
Population change, 2025
−11

Empty homes

14.3% of the 8,500 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
14.3%
Empty homes
1,215

Renovation

In 2025, 4% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
4%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.2

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €4.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €7.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€4.5M
Per resident, 2025
€287

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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