Sao Vicente
The International Port and Cesária Évora Airport Reshape São Vicente's Property Map
Expansion plans for the Port of Mindelo and growing airport activity are pushing up the value of nearby residential land.
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Terceira
Tourism and farming employers in Terceira warn of a lack of housing for their workers
Restaurants, accommodation providers and farms report difficulties offering staff housing that is nearby and affordable.
Fuerteventura
El Cotillo sees house prices soar amid a wave of foreign buyers
The small fishing village of El Cotillo, in the municipality of La Oliva, has become one of the most sought-after spots in Fuerteventura for surfers, digital n…
Porto Santo
Porto Santo sees its first small wave of foreign remote workers
A small but growing number of remote professionals are settling in for extended stays, putting pressure on rents.
Gran Canaria
Gáldar rediscovers the value of its historic-quarter mansions, once seen as a heritage burden
The area around Gran Canaria's former indigenous capital is seeing a surge in property interest in its single-storey courtyard houses, a heritage that until re…
Sao Jorge
Foreign buyers pay a premium for São Jorge farmhouses linked to D.O. cheese production
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.
Santa Maria
Young people in Vila do Porto see buying their first home slipping further out of reach
A limited stock of new housing and competition from tourist demand are pushing up prices in Santa Maria's capital.
Graciosa (Azores)
Hundreds of houses inherited by emigrants sit empty in Graciosa
Generations of emigration to the United States and Canada left behind a stock of shuttered family homes that rarely reaches the market.
Fogo
Emigration leaves thousands of homes shuttered or half-built in Fogo
Decades of emigration to the United States and Europe have left a stock of empty houses, many built by emigrants who never moved in.
Sal
Luxury villas and apartments sit empty for much of the year in Sal's coastal developments
Many high-value homes belong to foreign owners who occupy them for only a few weeks a year.
La Graciosa
Teguise, the council managing housing remotely on an island without cars or its own public works
All planning decisions for La Graciosa depend on a council based in Lanzarote, which according to municipal sources hampers the agility needed to resolve the i…
Maio
Unreliable water and electricity supplies hold back new housebuilding across large parts of Maio
Building a house outside the areas already connected to the grid means paying for water tanks and generators of your own.