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New homes in Valongo

19.5% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
147
Per 1,000 residents
1.5

Homes licensed for construction in Valongo

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

  • Valongo
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodValongo
Aug 2026147
Jul 2026143
Jun 2026137
May 202697
Apr 202676
Mar 202670
Feb 202670
Jan 202668
Dec 202579
Nov 202579
Oct 2025100
Sep 2025103
Aug 2025106
Jul 2025109
Jun 2025113
May 2025117
Apr 2025136
Mar 2025136
Feb 2025133
Jan 2025128
Dec 2024116
Nov 2024113
Oct 202494
Sep 2024110
Aug 2024112
Jul 2024113
Jun 2024130
May 2024131
Apr 2024114
Mar 2024146
Feb 2024158
Jan 2024157
Dec 2023159
Nov 2023165
Oct 2023180
Sep 2023162
Aug 2023163
Jul 2023180
Jun 2023214
May 2023225
Apr 2023236
Mar 2023224
Feb 2023222
Jan 2023229
Dec 2022227
Nov 2022267
Oct 2022257
Sep 2022252
Aug 2022247
Jul 2022232
Jun 2022181
May 2022171
Apr 2022163
Mar 2022180
Feb 2022206
Jan 2022206
Dec 2021206
Nov 2021166
Oct 2021158
Jul 2021158
Apr 2021150
Jan 202188
Oct 202079
Sep 202078
Aug 202075
Jul 202076
Jun 202076
May 202071
Apr 202074
Mar 202070
Feb 202058
Jan 202094
Dec 201993
Nov 201992
Oct 201996
Sep 201993
Aug 2019112
Jul 2019110
Jun 2019105
May 2019105
Apr 201999
Mar 2019124
Feb 2019123
Jan 201980
Dec 201875
Nov 201873
Oct 201869
Sep 201869
Aug 201849
Jul 201848
Jun 201868
May 201868
Apr 201871
Mar 201846
Feb 201846
Jan 201847
Dec 201789
Nov 201788
Oct 201786
Sep 2017124
Aug 2017123
Jul 2017127
Jun 2017107
May 2017108
Apr 2017107
Mar 2017113
Feb 2017113
Jan 2017111
Dec 201672
Nov 201673
Oct 201677
Sep 201638
Aug 201641
Jul 201640
Jun 201640
May 201638
Apr 201631
Mar 201628
Feb 201626
Jan 201623
Dec 201528
Nov 201529
Oct 201522
Sep 201526
Aug 201523
Jul 201516
Jun 201522
May 201522
Apr 201521
Mar 201520
Feb 201519
Jan 201519
Dec 201418
Nov 201411
Oct 201417
Sep 201418
Aug 201410
Jul 201418
Jun 201417
May 20149
Apr 201418
Mar 201420
Feb 201414
Jan 201420
Dec 201321
Nov 201321
Oct 201321
Sep 201322
Aug 201324
Jul 201325
Jun 201325
May 201325
Apr 201326
Mar 201329
Feb 201335
Jan 201333
Dec 201238
Nov 201236
Oct 201244
Sep 201248
Aug 201260
Jul 201260
Jun 201267
May 2012113
Apr 2012114
Mar 2012143
Feb 2012138
Jan 2012143
Dec 2011145
Nov 2011145
Oct 2011172
Sep 2011166
Aug 2011152

Homes finished and licensed each year in Valongo

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
202516279
2024184116
2023147159
202276227
202152206
202013986
20197493
20186875
20176289
20167472
20154326
20145416
20138421
20128038
2011222145
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.6

Who built the homes finished in Valongo

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
202561.1%38.9%0.0%0.0%162
202472.3%27.7%0.0%0.0%184
202368.7%31.3%0.0%0.0%147
202235.5%64.5%0.0%0.0%76
202132.7%67.3%0.0%0.0%52
202080.6%19.4%0.0%0.0%139
201964.9%35.1%0.0%0.0%74
201870.6%29.4%0.0%0.0%68
201746.8%53.2%0.0%0.0%62
201674.3%25.7%0.0%0.0%74
20159.3%62.8%27.9%0.0%43
201463.0%37.0%0.0%0.0%54
201333.3%66.7%0.0%0.0%84
201240.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%80
201170.7%29.3%0.0%0.0%222

Homes finished in Valongo, 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
20251.9%34.6%56.2%7.4%162
20247.1%41.3%45.7%6.0%184
20239.5%31.3%55.1%4.1%147
20223.9%6.6%77.6%11.8%76
20211.9%9.6%69.2%19.2%52
20202.9%26.6%64.7%5.8%139
20190.0%36.5%60.8%2.7%74
20181.5%36.8%55.9%5.9%68
20170.0%40.3%59.7%0.0%62
20160.0%43.2%52.7%4.1%74
201516.3%23.3%48.8%11.6%43
20149.3%18.5%53.7%18.5%54
20137.1%17.9%60.7%14.3%84
20125.0%17.5%55.0%22.5%80
20113.2%32.9%54.1%9.9%222

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 Valongo

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,451/m² and €2,785/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,618/m²
Chance of a rise
99%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €196,650. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €746 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
29%
Payment, one income
57%

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
€773
Owning per month
€733

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 6.8% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +8.4%.

Gap today
+6.8%
Change in a year
−1.5 pp

Foreign buyers

Figures for Área Metropolitana do Porto: Valongo 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

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more once since 2011. That fall began in January 2011.

Deepest fall
−20.5%
Recovery from the low
37 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 89 while 162 homes were finished: 0.5 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
0.5
Population change, 2025
+89

Empty homes

7.0% of the 41,762 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
7.0%
Empty homes
2,924

Renovation

In 2025, 7% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
7%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €3M of housing works here in 2025, and €28.9M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€3M
Per resident, 2025
€30

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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