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Viana do Castelo · report

New homes in Viana do Castelo

53.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
316
Per 1,000 residents
3.4

Homes licensed for construction in Viana do Castelo

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

  • Viana do Castelo
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodViana do Castelo
Aug 2026316
Jul 2026328
Jun 2026282
May 2026278
Apr 2026291
Mar 2026319
Feb 2026374
Jan 2026350
Dec 2025337
Nov 2025347
Oct 2025363
Sep 2025359
Aug 2025369
Jul 2025391
Jun 2025377
May 2025378
Apr 2025363
Mar 2025349
Feb 2025281
Jan 2025287
Dec 2024284
Nov 2024268
Oct 2024222
Sep 2024218
Aug 2024215
Jul 2024218
Jun 2024229
May 2024211
Apr 2024214
Mar 2024207
Feb 2024212
Jan 2024216
Dec 2023219
Nov 2023225
Oct 2023228
Sep 2023234
Aug 2023233
Jul 2023195
Jun 2023183
May 2023184
Apr 2023205
Mar 2023199
Feb 2023212
Jan 2023196
Dec 2022197
Nov 2022191
Oct 2022198
Sep 2022193
Aug 2022199
Jul 2022197
Jun 2022191
May 2022201
Apr 2022188
Mar 2022192
Feb 2022170
Jan 2022182
Dec 2021204
Nov 2021213
Oct 2021207
Jul 2021217
Apr 2021272
Jan 2021256
Oct 2020224
Sep 2020224
Aug 2020207
Jul 2020217
Jun 2020212
May 2020185
Apr 2020155
Mar 2020153
Feb 2020163
Jan 2020186
Dec 2019182
Nov 2019213
Oct 2019227
Sep 2019227
Aug 2019228
Jul 2019223
Jun 2019224
May 2019223
Apr 2019196
Mar 2019200
Feb 2019209
Jan 2019193
Dec 2018188
Nov 2018162
Oct 2018147
Sep 2018138
Aug 2018127
Jul 2018119
Jun 2018114
May 2018112
Apr 2018114
Mar 2018116
Feb 201895
Jan 201888
Dec 201788
Nov 201779
Oct 201780
Sep 201782
Aug 201784
Jul 201787
Jun 201790
May 201790
Apr 201789
Mar 201788
Feb 201789
Jan 201784
Dec 201679
Nov 201692
Oct 201693
Sep 201696
Aug 201695
Jul 201695
Jun 201697
May 2016102
Apr 2016104
Mar 2016101
Feb 2016102
Jan 2016102
Dec 2015111
Nov 2015102
Oct 2015100
Sep 2015104
Aug 2015108
Jul 2015108
Jun 2015107
May 2015100
Apr 201598
Mar 201595
Feb 2015106
Jan 2015106
Dec 201497
Nov 201495
Oct 201491
Sep 201483
Aug 201480
Jul 201475
Jun 201472
May 201474
Apr 201474
Mar 201476
Feb 201464
Jan 201470
Dec 201374
Nov 201372
Oct 201384
Sep 201390
Aug 201394
Jul 2013105
Jun 2013112
May 2013118
Apr 2013121
Mar 2013122
Feb 2013130
Jan 2013127
Dec 2012132
Nov 2012133
Oct 2012129
Sep 2012127
Aug 2012129
Jul 2012129
Jun 2012142
May 2012142
Apr 2012144
Mar 2012145
Feb 2012138
Jan 2012142
Dec 2011140
Nov 2011151
Oct 2011154
Sep 2011143
Aug 2011131

Homes finished and licensed each year in Viana do Castelo

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
2025116337
2024133284
2023136219
2022139197
2021138204
2020138238
201991182
201857188
20176488
20167479
201547111
20148997
201310474
2012139132
2011190140
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
1.2

Who built the homes finished in Viana do Castelo

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
202519.8%49.1%0.0%31.0%116
202412.0%88.0%0.0%0.0%133
202319.1%60.3%0.7%19.9%136
202236.7%63.3%0.0%0.0%139
202134.1%65.9%0.0%0.0%138
202044.9%55.1%0.0%0.0%138
201931.9%68.1%0.0%0.0%91
201812.3%87.7%0.0%0.0%57
201715.6%82.8%1.6%0.0%64
201617.6%82.4%0.0%0.0%74
20158.5%91.5%0.0%0.0%47
20147.9%92.1%0.0%0.0%89
201315.4%84.6%0.0%0.0%104
201210.1%89.9%0.0%0.0%139
201123.7%70.5%5.8%0.0%190

Homes finished in Viana do Castelo, 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
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YearStudio or one bedroomTwo bedroomsThree bedroomsFour or moreTotal
20256.9%17.2%64.7%11.2%116
202416.5%23.3%52.6%7.5%133
20234.4%26.5%55.9%13.2%136
20225.0%15.1%72.7%7.2%139
20216.5%26.8%57.2%9.4%138
20208.0%21.7%55.8%14.5%138
20196.6%20.9%64.8%7.7%91
20180.0%10.5%66.7%22.8%57
20171.6%9.4%71.9%17.2%64
20168.1%12.2%63.5%16.2%74
20152.1%6.4%63.8%27.7%47
20142.2%6.7%68.5%22.5%89
20130.0%9.6%67.3%23.1%104
20122.2%8.6%69.1%20.1%139
20118.4%20.5%57.4%13.7%190

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 Viana do Castelo

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between €2,225/m² and €2,744/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€2,485/m²
Chance of a rise
78%

Affordability

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €165,060. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €626 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
24%
Payment, one income
48%

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
€702
Owning per month
€612

Asking against valuation

Sellers ask 26.9% more than banks value homes at. A year ago the gap was +30.9%.

Gap today
+26.9%
Change in a year
−3.9 pp

Foreign buyers

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 17.0% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+17.0%

Past cycles

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 10 times since 2013. The deepest began in June 2013.

Deepest fall
−15.5%
Recovery from the low
37 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 296 while 116 homes were finished: 2.6 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.6
Population change, 2025
+296

Empty homes

10.4% of the 49,171 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
10.4%
Empty homes
5,120

Renovation

In 2025, 20% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
20%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public housing works

Public bodies signed €2.3M of housing works here in 2025, and €20M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.3M
Per resident, 2025
€24

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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