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Fafe

Fafe sits in the Ave sub-region of Portugal.

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What does property cost in Fafe?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Fafe: the transacted (sold) price and the median bank valuation, both per square metre. They are measured differently and are labelled separately, so a valuation is never presented as a sold price.

Median sold price · FafeSold · INE

€1,303/m²

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Median bank valuation · FafeBank valuation · INE

€1,443/m²

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How Fafe sold prices have moved

  • Median sold price · Fafe· Sold
Latest data: 1st Quarter 2026Median sold price · FafeMedian sold price · Fafe: latest 1,303 €/m² in 1st Quarter 2026.1,303 €/m² · 1st Quarter 2026

Median sold price · Fafe: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · retrieved 2026-08-12T23:51:31.305187Z · CC BY 4.0

How Fafe sold prices have moved — data table — most recent 12 periods
PeriodMedian sold price · Fafe (€/m²)
2nd Quarter 2023875
3rd Quarter 2023913
4th Quarter 2023969
1st Quarter 2024992
2nd Quarter 20241039
3rd Quarter 20241072
4th Quarter 20241078
1st Quarter 20251111
2nd Quarter 20251133
3rd Quarter 20251181
4th Quarter 20251263
1st Quarter 20261303
Median sold price · FafeLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,303 · Min 692 · Max 1,303 · Range 611 · CAGR +10.7%/yr
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How Fafe sold prices have moved — data table — full series (26 periods)
PeriodMedian sold price · Fafe (€/m²)
4th Quarter 2019692
1st Quarter 2020726
2nd Quarter 2020733
3rd Quarter 2020722
4th Quarter 2020753
1st Quarter 2021766
2nd Quarter 2021791
3rd Quarter 2021829
4th Quarter 2021837
1st Quarter 2022857
2nd Quarter 2022863
3rd Quarter 2022872
4th Quarter 2022875
1st Quarter 2023877
2nd Quarter 2023875
3rd Quarter 2023913
4th Quarter 2023969
1st Quarter 2024992
2nd Quarter 20241039
3rd Quarter 20241072
4th Quarter 20241078
1st Quarter 20251111
2nd Quarter 20251133
3rd Quarter 20251181
4th Quarter 20251263
1st Quarter 20261303
Median sold price · FafeLatest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,303 · Min 692 · Max 1,303 · Range 611 · CAGR +10.7%/yr

Both series are drawn from the public data registry with full provenance. Transacted (sold) figures come from INE’s house-price statistics; the bank-valuation series is INE’s median valuation used by credit institutions. Each carries its own reference period, shown above.

What are the rules and costs in Fafe?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Fafe; the rules and costs below tell you what governs a purchase and what it costs to hold.

Two rules shape most purchases here — whether a property can be let short-term, and what it costs to hold each year — followed by the guides and calculator to model your full purchase.

Can you run a short-term rental here?

Short-term letting (Alojamento Local, AL) is regulated at the municipal level in Fafe, as it is across Portugal: the national Alojamento Local regime (Decreto-Lei 128/2014, as amended) sets registration and operating requirements, while each câmara municipal can designate zonas de contenção that suspend or restrict new AL registrations. Restriction status varies by municipality and by parish, and changes over time.

This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the current status for a specific address with the Fafe câmara municipal before assuming a property can be operated as AL.

What about annual property tax (IMI)?

Municipal Property Tax (IMI) is levied annually by the Fafe council within a band set nationally, so the exact rate depends on the municipality and the property’s taxable value (VPT). We do not print a rate we cannot source: any specific figure we publish is drawn from the official register with its reference year, never estimated here.

To model the full acquisition cost — IMT, stamp duty and the recurring IMI — for a specific Fafe purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Fafe

How much does property cost per square metre in Fafe?
In Fafe, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,303 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €1,443 per square metre (June 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.

Every figure on this page is drawn from the public data registry with full provenance — official sources, reference periods and licences. We publish a number only when the warehouse can source it.

Buying in Fafe?

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Municipalities bordering Fafe

These municipalities share a land border with Fafe, derived from official CAOP boundary polygons — one sits in a different district, so it does not appear in the district list below.

Other municipalities in Braga

Other municipalities in the same district — each carries its own INE-sourced price, tax and safety figures.