That's the official median sale price of a Portuguese home (INE, Q4 2025) and the official pace it's climbing (Q1 2026). Asking prices on the portals run higher still. Here's the whole market in numbers — national, Lisbon, Porto, and the Algarve town by town.
Figures verified 8 July 2026Portugal's statistics institute, INE, publishes two things: median prices of homes that actually sold, and a house price index. Both say the same thing — fast growth, just past its peak.
| Indicator (INE) | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Median sale price, national | €2,198/m², +17.5% year-on-year | Q4 2025 (latest local-level data) |
| Median sale price, full year | €2,076/m² (+16.8% vs 2024) across 164,677 sales | 2025 |
| House Price Index (IPHab) | +17.8% y/y — the first deceleration since Q2 2024 (Q4 2025 was +18.9%). Existing homes +19.7%, new builds +12.6% | Q1 2026 |
| Transactions | 37,745 homes sold, −8.7% y/y — second consecutive fall. Foreign-tax-domicile buyers: 1,770 sales, −15.6% y/y | Q1 2026 |
| What foreign buyers paid | Median €2,934/m² for non-resident-domiciled buyers vs €2,174/m² for residents | Q4 2025 |
For context, Eurostat data put Portugal's Q4 2025 growth (+18.9%) second-highest in the EU, and the decade 2015–2025 at +180% cumulative. The read for buyers: prices are high and still climbing, but the frenzy is cooling — sales volumes are falling and negotiating room is returning.
Two kinds of numbers below. OFFICIAL = INE medians of actual sale prices. ASKING = Idealista advertised prices, which run structurally higher than what homes sell for. Periods differ by row — we state each one.
| Area | €/m² | ≈ USD/m²* | Basis | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal (national) | €2,198 | $2,572 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Q4 2025 |
| Portugal (national) | €3,156 | $3,693 | ASKING — Idealista | Jun 2026 |
| Lisbon (city) | €5,198 | $6,082 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Q4 2025 |
| Cascais | €4,654 | $5,445 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Q4 2025 |
| Grande Lisboa (sub-region) | €3,439 | $4,024 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Full-year 2025 |
| Porto (city) | €4,044 | $4,731 | ASKING — Idealista† | Apr 2026 |
| Península de Setúbal | €2,596 | $3,037 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Full-year 2025 |
| Madeira | €2,500 | $2,925 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Full-year 2025 |
| Algarve (region) | €3,295 | $3,855 | OFFICIAL — INE median sale | Q4 2025 |
In 2025, 14 of the Algarve's 16 municipalities sold above the national median. INE's official municipal medians for 2025: Loulé €3,993/m² ($4,672) and Lagos €3,801/m² ($4,447). Below that level of detail, the numbers are portal asking prices — every row in this table is ASKING (Idealista).
| Area | Asking €/m² | ≈ USD/m²* | Y/Y | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almancil (covers Quinta do Lago / Vale do Lobo) | €6,371 | $7,454 | +14.1% | Apr 2026 |
| Quarteira (covers Vilamoura) | €5,165 | $6,043 | +10.9% | Apr 2026 |
| Loulé (municipality) | €4,669 | $5,463 | +9.6% | May 2026 |
| Lagos | €4,609 | $5,393 | +9.4% | May 2026 |
| Lagoa | €4,016 | $4,699 | +6.6% | May 2026 |
| Albufeira | €3,953 | $4,625 | +6.8% | May 2026 |
| Faro (city) | €3,792 | $4,437 | +15.3% | May 2026 |
| Tavira | €3,541 | $4,143 | +8.1% | May 2026 |
| Portimão | €3,414 | $3,994 | +12.9% | May 2026 |
| Olhão | €3,281 | $3,839 | +8.2% | May 2026 |
| Algarve (region, asking) | €4,069 | $4,761 | +9.6% | Jun 2026 |
*Converted at €1 = $1.17 (8 July 2026), rounded to the nearest dollar. †Porto: INE's official city-level median wasn't retrievable in this verification pass, so we show the Idealista asking figure and label it as such; note that Idealista doesn't publish a "Vilamoura" zone — Vilamoura sits inside the Quarteira parish figure.
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