Madeira
Madeira's tourist coast is running out of housing for waiters, chefs and cleaning staff
Hotels and restaurants in areas such as Caniço admit they are finding it ever harder to recruit staff because affordable housing is scarce.
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Sao Vicente
Baía das Gatas, Between the Festival and the Second-Home Fever
The popularity of the Baía das Gatas music festival is driving up demand for second homes, creating seasonal pressure on the property market.
Pico
Young people in Madalena are giving up on buying a first home as prices climb
Getting on the housing ladder has become the leading concern for under-35s in the municipality of Madalena.
Santiago
Rents in Praia jump by up to 18% as civil servants and migrants from other islands arrive
The average rent for a two-bedroom flat in central Praia has risen sharply, driven by civil servants and families moving from other islands.
Faial
Cedros, Faial's granary, sees property pressure reach the island's farming interior too
The parish of Cedros, a traditional farming and livestock centre, is starting to see interest from buyers with no ties to the land in its farmhouses and pastur…
Fuerteventura
Betancuria drives the restoration of traditional Majorero housing in its historic centre
Fuerteventura's smallest municipality, and the island's former capital, is seeking to curb the abandonment of its traditional houses with grants to restore its…
Sal
Sal town council releases a batch of public land for social housing in Espargos
The council has set aside a number of municipal plots for low-income families.
Flores
Unesco biosphere reserve status curbs new construction around Rocha dos Bordões
The Rocha dos Bordões natural monument, in Flores, illustrates the dilemma facing the island's property market: the environmental protection that draws tourism…
Madeira
Câmara de Lobos, the fishing town beginning to feel Funchal's property pressure
The traditional fishing concelho is seeing a rise in property interest that worries some of its longest-standing residents.
Sao Miguel
Fajã de Baixo, the historic Ponta Delgada neighbourhood where gentrification is starting to show
The freguesia of Fajã de Baixo is beginning to draw buyers who previously looked only in the historic centre.
Santiago
Waiters, builders and domestic workers struggle to find homes near their jobs in Praia
The construction and services boom stands in stark contrast to the lack of affordable housing for the very workers who sustain it.
Faial
The area around Horta airport, in Castelo Branco, gains property appeal linked to improved infrastructure
The parish of Castelo Branco, home to Horta airport, is seeing improvements in air connectivity begin to translate into greater property interest in the surrou…