La Gomera
Garajonay National Park restricts construction, leaving homes abandoned around it
Planning restrictions linked to Garajonay's protected status leave homes nearby with no possibility of renovation.
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Gran Canaria
Young people in Santa Brígida give up on buying their first home as prices double what they were a decade ago
Santa Brígida's appeal as a green alternative to the capital has driven up resale housing prices, pricing much of the municipality's young population out of th…
Sao Jorge
Ribeira Seca accumulates emigrants' shuttered homes as the island searches for tenants for its empty houses
The parish of Ribeira Seca, in Calheta, has a notable number of houses that stay closed for most of the year.
Terceira
Tourism pressure drives up housing costs in Angra do Heroísmo's historic centre
Holiday lets and second-home purchases by foreigners are emptying the Unesco-listed centre of its residents.
Lanzarote
Arrecife joins the debate on strained housing markets as the Cabildo studies new measures to curb prices
Several districts of the Lanzarote capital are seeing rent increases that residents' groups and technical experts link to the criteria for a strained housing m…
Fuerteventura
The Cabildo considers declaring part of Tuineje a stressed rental market area amid soaring rents
The Fuerteventura Cabildo is examining administrative measures to curb rising rents in Tuineje, one of the municipalities where pressure on housing has grown m…
Sao Miguel
Sete Cidades halts new construction to protect the landscape of its volcanic caldera
The protected environment of the Sete Cidades massif severely restricts new housing construction in the parish.
Fuerteventura
Morro Jable faces a critical housing shortage for hospitality workers
The main tourist resort in the south of Fuerteventura cannot find stable accommodation for much of its hotel workforce, who end up sharing flats with several c…
La Gomera
Holiday rentals drive up prices in Valle Gran Rey and leave residents without rental options
The proliferation of tourist flats in Playa del Inglés and La Calera is reducing the supply of long-term housing in Valle Gran Rey.
Graciosa (Azores)
Graciosa's windmills, from farming symbol to property selling point
The island's distinctive red-domed windmills have become a selling point for homes in their surroundings.
Madeira
Levada walking holidays are driving rural accommodation in Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol
The popularity of walking routes alongside the irrigation channels is turning old farmhouses into rural guest accommodation.
Lanzarote
Protection of the Chinijo Archipelago leaves Caleta de Sebo with virtually no new housing despite rising demand
The protected status of the Chinijo Archipelago Nature Park severely restricts construction in Caleta de Sebo, the only inhabited settlement on La Graciosa, wh…