Licensing applications submitted for 61,000 new homes, with Lisbon and Porto accounting for 41%
During the first nine months of the year, municipal councils received licensing applications for 61,334 homes across 17,943 projects, based on ADENE energy pre-certificates analyzed by Confidencial Imobiliário. Applications averaged 6,815 homes per month, representing a 12% increase over the 2025 monthly average. By region, the North leads with 17,444 proposed homes (28% of the national total), followed by the Centre with 14,424, the Lisbon Metropolitan Area with 12,127, and the Porto Metropolitan Area with 12,924. Porto municipality leads nationally with 4,174 proposed units, followed by Vila Nova de Gaia with 3,325 and Lisbon with 1,790. The data also includes 48 buildings with over 100 apartments, among which six projects feature more than 200 units.
