Sao Jorge
The cost of building in São Jorge soars due to reliance on sea transport with Faial and Pico
Builders on the island attribute much of the rising cost of new housing to shipping materials by boat from Faial and Pico.
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Porto Santo
Porto Santo's hotels seek housing for staff as affordable rentals dry up
Several establishments have started renting or buying flats for their own staff, according to industry sources.
Flores
Regional Government of the Azores studies new housing support with Santa Cruz das Flores as a testing ground
Faced with a shortage of affordable housing on the archipelago's most peripheral islands, the Governo Regional dos Açores is considering extending to Flores re…
La Palma
Young people in Santa Cruz de La Palma give up on the capital and look for flats in nearby towns
Rents in the old town of Santa Cruz de La Palma have priced out much of the under-35 population, who are shifting their search for a first home to nearby munic…
Corvo
Vila do Corvo Records Fewer Than Ten Home Sales in an Entire Year
The property market on the smallest of the Azores islands barely sees a handful of deals a year, in a single urban centre of just a few hundred residents.
Sao Nicolau
Farm Labourers in Inland São Nicolau Can't Find Housing Near the Fields of Monte Gordo
In the farming areas at the foot of the massif, agricultural workers face an almost non-existent housing supply.
Sao Vicente
Câmara Municipal de São Vicente expands its public land programme for social housing
The council has announced the allocation of new public land plots on the outskirts of Mindelo for low-income families.
Brava
70% of homes in Nova Sintra stay closed for most of the year, property portals say
In the capital of Cape Verde's smallest and least populated island, most family homes are only opened for a few weeks a year.
Sao Nicolau
Ribeira Brava's young people give up on buying a first home amid an almost non-existent supply
Access to a first home is a nearly insurmountable hurdle in a market with barely any small flats or houses for sale.
Santa Maria
Farming keeps development in check in the rural villages of Almagreira and Santa Bárbara
Stone-terraced vineyards and grazing pastures continue to set the limits on construction in Santa Maria's farming interior.
Santo Antao
Housing shortage for seasonal farm workers and rural tourism staff in Santo Antão
The simultaneous growth in agricultural demand in Paúl and hiking tourism is running up against a shortage of housing for workers.
Lanzarote
Órzola, the small fishing port running out of homes for its own families as tourism to La Graciosa surges
The historic fishing village of Órzola, in the municipality of Haría, is watching much of its housing stock turn into tourist accommodation serving the constan…