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Vila Nova de Cerveira · report

New homes in Vila Nova de Cerveira

103.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
86
Per 1,000 residents
8.6

Homes licensed for construction in Vila Nova de Cerveira

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

  • Vila Nova de Cerveira
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodVila Nova de Cerveira
Aug 202686
Jul 202683
Jun 202676
May 202679
Apr 202688
Mar 2026123
Feb 2026115
Jan 2026120
Dec 2025117
Nov 2025116
Oct 2025115
Sep 2025116
Aug 202587
Jul 202587
Jun 202593
May 202588
Apr 202578
Mar 202544
Feb 202546
Jan 202545
Dec 202445
Nov 202444
Oct 202443
Sep 202442
Aug 202447
Jul 202448
Jun 202444
May 202443
Apr 202439
Mar 2024101
Feb 2024104
Jan 2024104
Dec 2023101
Nov 2023102
Oct 202398
Sep 202397
Aug 202391
Jul 202394
Jun 202392
May 202393
Apr 202397
Mar 202334
Feb 202331
Jan 202331
Dec 202232
Nov 202225
Oct 202234
Sep 202230
Aug 202223
Jul 202227
Jun 202221
May 202220
Apr 202225
Mar 202220
Feb 202213
Jan 202221
Dec 202120
Nov 202121
Oct 202120
Jul 202128
Apr 202120
Jan 202115
Oct 202016
Sep 202031
Aug 202024
Jul 202012
Jun 202025
May 202019
Apr 202017
Mar 202024
Feb 202018
Jan 202020
Dec 201921
Nov 201913
Oct 201918
Sep 201920
Aug 201918
Jul 201916
Jun 201917
May 201915
Apr 201915
Mar 201915
Feb 201915
Jan 201915
Dec 201816
Nov 201817
Oct 201820
Sep 201811
Aug 201821
Jul 201823
Jun 201810
May 201820
Apr 201822
Mar 201812
Feb 201822
Jan 201825
Dec 201711
Nov 201719
Oct 201719
Sep 201715
Aug 201714
Jul 201715
Jun 201716
May 201712
Apr 201715
Mar 201715
Feb 201711
Jan 201714
Dec 201615
Nov 201612
Oct 201615
Sep 201615
Aug 201613
Jul 201616
Jun 201616
May 201615
Apr 201613
Mar 201613
Feb 201612
Jan 201615
Dec 201517
Nov 20159
Oct 201518
Sep 201515
Aug 20158
Jul 201521
Jun 201521
May 201517
Apr 201533
Mar 201529
Feb 201524
Jan 201531
Dec 201426
Nov 201426
Oct 201426
Sep 201430
Aug 201429
Jul 201426
Jun 201426
May 201424
Apr 201419
Mar 201419
Feb 201417
Jan 201418
Dec 201319
Nov 201318
Oct 201319
Sep 201316
Aug 201315
Jul 201314
Jun 201312
May 201311
Apr 201312
Mar 201332
Feb 201333
Jan 201333
Dec 201234
Nov 201234
Oct 201236
Sep 201236
Aug 201237
Jul 201237
Jun 201240
May 201239
Apr 201234
Mar 201222
Feb 201219
Jan 201218
Dec 201129
Nov 201127
Oct 201124
Sep 201131
Aug 201125

Homes finished and licensed each year in Vila Nova de Cerveira

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
2025108117
20244745
202327101
20222131
20211020
20201324
20192518
2018816
20171118
20161414
20151715
20141626
20131819
20122634
20112325
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
10.7

Who built the homes finished in Vila Nova de Cerveira

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
202563.0%37.0%0.0%0.0%108
20246.4%93.6%0.0%0.0%47
20230.0%96.3%0.0%3.7%27
20224.8%95.2%0.0%0.0%21
20210.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%10
20200.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%13
20198.0%88.0%4.0%0.0%25
20180.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%8
20170.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%11
20160.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%14
201511.8%88.2%0.0%0.0%17
20140.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%16
20130.0%100.0%0.0%0.0%18
20120.0%96.2%3.8%0.0%26
20110.0%95.7%4.3%0.0%23

Homes finished in Vila Nova de Cerveira, 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
202513.0%31.5%48.1%7.4%108
20244.3%31.9%57.4%6.4%47
20233.7%25.9%63.0%7.4%27
20224.8%23.8%57.1%14.3%21
20210.0%20.0%70.0%10.0%10
202015.4%15.4%61.5%7.7%13
20190.0%8.0%72.0%20.0%25
20180.0%0.0%87.5%12.5%8
20179.1%0.0%63.6%27.3%11
201614.3%14.3%71.4%0.0%14
20155.9%41.2%29.4%23.5%17
201418.8%6.3%25.0%50.0%16
20130.0%16.7%55.6%27.8%18
20123.8%7.7%57.7%30.8%26
20118.7%17.4%65.2%8.7%23

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 Vila Nova de Cerveira

Affordability

At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €107,640. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €408 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
18%
Payment, one income
36%

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
€448
Owning per month
€378

Foreign buyers

Figures for Alto Minho: Vila Nova de Cerveira 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%

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 51 while 108 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
108
Population change, 2025
−51

Empty homes

11.3% of the 6,214 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
11.3%
Empty homes
704

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
10.9

Public housing works

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

Signed in 2025
€5.6M
Per resident, 2025
€556

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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