Friday 28 de August de 2026 · Macaronesia
The cheese island, with a shrinking, ageing population, is watching its traditional coastal fajãs, once nearly abandoned, gain value among buyers seeking rural…
The regional government has extended a rental and social housing support scheme to the municipalities of São Jorge.
Decades after the 1980 earthquake, experts continue to insist on maintaining building restrictions in certain fajãs on the north coast.
Access to a first home has become the leading complaint among under-35s in Velas.
The parish of Ribeira Seca, in Calheta, has a notable number of houses that stay closed for most of the year.
Farms with pasture and livestock outbuildings tied to the Denominação de Origem of São Jorge cheese are drawing growing interest from buyers outside the island.
São Jorge's coastal fajãs are attracting growing demand from buyers drawn by the landscape, while municipal planning rules keep the door closed to new construc…
Builders on the island attribute much of the rising cost of new housing to shipping materials by boat from Faial and Pico.
The former freguesia of Norte Grande combines empty century-old houses with growing interest from buyers drawn by its landscape.
Livestock farms and active tourism companies warn that the housing shortage is making it harder to hire and retain staff on the island.
The municipality of Calheta is recording an upturn in building permits for old stone houses, driven by buyers who do not live on the island year-round.