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Foreign buyers in Santa Cruz das Flores

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Santa Cruz das Flores has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.8%

What buyers from abroad paid against residents in Região Autónoma dos Açores

Median price per m² paid by buyers with tax domicile abroad, against buyers domiciled in Portugal, over 12 months.

  • Região Autónoma dos Açores
  • Same as residents
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PeriodRegião Autónoma dos Açores
Q2 202615.8%
Q1 20267.1%
Q4 202511.1%
Q3 202515.1%
Q2 202513.9%
Q1 202521.7%
Q4 202420.8%
Q3 20249.7%
Q2 202414.3%
Q1 20247.5%
Q4 20238.2%
Q3 202311.6%
Q2 20236.3%
Q1 20238.2%
Q4 20223.2%
Q3 2022-4.7%
Q2 2022-9.0%
Q1 2022-5.9%
Q4 2021-5.0%
Q3 2021-1.9%
Q2 202111.5%
Q1 202110.4%
Q4 202019.7%
Q3 202015.1%
Q2 2020-3.5%
Q1 2020-8.0%
Q4 2019-19.3%

Price per m² by buyer, Região Autónoma dos Açores

  • Buyers domiciled abroad
  • Buyers domiciled in Portugal
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PeriodBuyers domiciled abroadBuyers domiciled in Portugal
Q2 2026€1,807/m²€1,561/m²
Q1 2026€1,587/m²€1,482/m²
Q4 2025€1,574/m²€1,417/m²
Q3 2025€1,506/m²€1,308/m²
Q2 2025€1,443/m²€1,267/m²
Q1 2025€1,464/m²€1,203/m²
Q4 2024€1,402/m²€1,161/m²
Q3 2024€1,278/m²€1,165/m²
Q2 2024€1,292/m²€1,130/m²
Q1 2024€1,189/m²€1,106/m²
Q4 2023€1,190/m²€1,100/m²
Q3 2023€1,202/m²€1,077/m²
Q2 2023€1,139/m²€1,071/m²
Q1 2023€1,133/m²€1,047/m²
Q4 2022€1,066/m²€1,033/m²
Q3 2022€977/m²€1,025/m²
Q2 2022€889/m²€977/m²
Q1 2022€886/m²€942/m²
Q4 2021€859/m²€904/m²
Q3 2021€848/m²€864/m²
Q2 2021€958/m²€859/m²
Q1 2021€955/m²€865/m²
Q4 2020€1,040/m²€869/m²
Q3 2020€984/m²€855/m²
Q2 2020€798/m²€827/m²
Q1 2020€744/m²€809/m²
Q4 2019€632/m²€783/m²

Who lives here

Foreign residents with legal status (INE, 2021 to 2023, when the series ended) and net migration, the people who moved in minus those who left.

Foreign residents, Santa Cruz das Flores, 2023
57
2.8% of residents
Net migration, Santa Cruz das Flores, 2025
−2
-1.0 per 1,000 residents

Tax domicile is not nationality: a foreign citizen living in Portugal counts as resident, and a Portuguese emigrant buying from abroad counts as foreign. INE withholds the split where there are few sales, so smaller places show the nearest region that has it.

Other reports for Santa Cruz das Flores

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Santa Cruz das Flores has no reliable figures of its own.

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €146,160. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €555 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
22%
Payment, one income
44%

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Santa Cruz das Flores has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the median sale price. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€559
Owning per month
€497

100.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
0
Per 1,000 residents
0.0

In 2025 the population fell by 16 while 1 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
1
Population change, 2025
−16

21.6% of the 1,180 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
21.6%
Empty homes
255

In 2025, 60% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
60%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €112.2K of housing works here in 2017, and €232.1K since 2012.

Signed in 2017
€112.2K
Per resident, 2017
€57

Data: INE, ECB and others · updated October 27, 2026

Asking prices and bank valuations are not sale prices. This is a description of public data, not financial advice.

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