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Serpa

Serpa sits in the Baixo Alentejo sub-region of Portugal.

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What does property cost in Serpa?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Serpa: 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 · SerpaSold · INE

€662/m²

Serpa

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Median bank valuation · SerpaBank valuation · INE

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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 Serpa?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Serpa; 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 Serpa, 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 Serpa 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 Serpa 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 Serpa purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Serpa

How much does property cost per square metre in Serpa?
In Serpa, the median transacted (sold) price is about €662 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). This is the last-confirmed reading — we could not re-reach the source warehouse this instant. 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 Serpa?

Map the numbers on this page to your specific purchase. Speak with an advisor about costs, timeline and paperwork.

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Municipalities bordering Serpa

These municipalities share a land border with Serpa, derived from official CAOP boundary polygons.

Other municipalities in Beja

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