Santa Maria
Hundreds of emigrants' homes stand empty across Vila do Porto's residential landscape
Houses built with remittances from those who emigrated to the United States and Canada stay shut for most of the year.
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La Gomera
German buyers push up house prices in Playa de Santiago
The arrival of foreign buyers, mainly German, is straining an already limited housing market in southern La Gomera.
Sao Nicolau
The Cape Verdean diaspora in the Netherlands and the United States is funding the renovation of Ribeira Brava's family homes
Emigrants from São Nicolau are investing their savings in restoring the family home, even though they only live in it a few weeks a year.
Tenerife
Realejo Bajo, the Founding Heart of Los Realejos, Fights to Keep Its Residents as the Coast Pulls Them Away
The neighbourhood combines rich heritage with a slow process of depopulation, according to council sources.
Santo Antao
The Paúl valley renovates its farmhouses beside the grogue stills
Rising appreciation for grogue and sugarcane is driving the renovation of traditional homes linked to the old distilleries.
Boa Vista
Property market in Rabil and Fundo das Figueiras remains almost frozen against the coastal 'boom'
While the tourist coast experiences a price surge, the rural inland villages register barely any property sales.
Pico
The Regional Government of the Azores extends its rental and social housing support to Pico
The regional executive has included the island's concelhos among the beneficiaries of its rental support schemes.
Terceira
Rebound in air traffic at Lajes revives housing demand in Praia da Vitória
The rise in flight connections and activity at Lajes Airport is driving interest in buying and renting property in its catchment area.
Maio
Decades of emigration to the United States leave parts of Maio with more empty homes than occupied ones
Decades of people leaving for the United States and other islands have left a housing stock that is barely used.
Gran Canaria
Vecindario sees its biggest new-build boom in two decades as the capital runs out of land
Several residential developments under way in Vecindario and around Arinaga are attracting families priced out of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, according to cons…
Lanzarote
Teguise considers halting new holiday-let licences in Costa Teguise amid pressure on long-term rentals
Teguise Town Council is weighing up limits on new tourist licences in Costa Teguise after several residents' groups warned that almost no flats are left for re…
La Graciosa
Not one more plot: the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park leaves Caleta de Sebo with no room to expand
The protected status covering La Graciosa and its islets rules out almost any expansion of the built-up area, which has kept the number of homes available on t…