Friday 28 de August de 2026 · Macaronesia
Healthcare staff, teachers and service-sector employees posted to the La Gomera capital are finding an almost nonexistent rental market, with just a handful of…
Investment in the port and the ferry link with Tenerife is fuelling expectations of rising property values.
Agricultural and tourism businesses in Hermigua warn that the lack of accommodation is making it harder to fill seasonal positions.
The municipality, with housing scattered across ravines and mid-altitude villages, has a high percentage of empty homes or second residences.
Planning restrictions linked to Garajonay's protected status leave homes nearby with no possibility of renovation.
The proliferation of tourist flats in Playa del Inglés and La Calera is reducing the supply of long-term housing in Valle Gran Rey.
The historic village of Chipude, the birthplace of traditional pottery-making, continues to empty out despite its symbolic weight.
The arrival of foreign buyers, mainly German, is straining an already limited housing market in southern La Gomera.
House prices in the island capital are pricing much of the under-35 population out of the market.
The small municipality of Agulo is seeking to restore empty or derelict traditional homes to keep people living there.
The island institution is considering using regional stressed-market mechanisms and strengthening rental support.