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Calheta
Calheta is part of Madeira — a subtropical Atlantic archipelago of terraced hillsides and laurel forest that has become a magnet for relocation and remote-work buyers.
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What does property cost in Calheta?
These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Calheta: the transacted (sold) price and the median bank valuation, both per square metre. They are measured differently and are labelled separately, so a valuation is never presented as a sold price.
€1,722/m²
Calheta (R.A.M.)
€2,670/m²
Calheta (R.A.M.)
CC BY 4.0How Calheta sold prices have moved
- Median sold price · Calheta· Sold
Median sold price · Calheta: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · retrieved 2026-08-12T23:51:31.305187Z · CC BY 4.0
| Period | Median sold price · Calheta (€/m²) |
|---|---|
| 2nd Quarter 2023 | 1326 |
| 3rd Quarter 2023 | 1354 |
| 4th Quarter 2023 | 1376 |
| 1st Quarter 2024 | 1376 |
| 2nd Quarter 2024 | 1283 |
| 3rd Quarter 2024 | 1276 |
| 4th Quarter 2024 | 1293 |
| 1st Quarter 2025 | 1413 |
| 2nd Quarter 2025 | 1544 |
| 3rd Quarter 2025 | 1535 |
| 4th Quarter 2025 | 1637 |
| 1st Quarter 2026 | 1722 |
| Median sold price · Calheta | Latest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,722 · Min 853 · Max 1,722 · Range 869 · CAGR +10.8%/yr |
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| Period | Median sold price · Calheta (€/m²) |
|---|---|
| 4th Quarter 2019 | 907 |
| 1st Quarter 2020 | 942 |
| 2nd Quarter 2020 | 979 |
| 3rd Quarter 2020 | 859 |
| 4th Quarter 2020 | 853 |
| 1st Quarter 2021 | 931 |
| 2nd Quarter 2021 | 1025 |
| 3rd Quarter 2021 | 1005 |
| 4th Quarter 2021 | 1064 |
| 1st Quarter 2022 | 1131 |
| 2nd Quarter 2022 | 1171 |
| 3rd Quarter 2022 | 1317 |
| 4th Quarter 2022 | 1317 |
| 1st Quarter 2023 | 1276 |
| 2nd Quarter 2023 | 1326 |
| 3rd Quarter 2023 | 1354 |
| 4th Quarter 2023 | 1376 |
| 1st Quarter 2024 | 1376 |
| 2nd Quarter 2024 | 1283 |
| 3rd Quarter 2024 | 1276 |
| 4th Quarter 2024 | 1293 |
| 1st Quarter 2025 | 1413 |
| 2nd Quarter 2025 | 1544 |
| 3rd Quarter 2025 | 1535 |
| 4th Quarter 2025 | 1637 |
| 1st Quarter 2026 | 1722 |
| Median sold price · Calheta | Latest 1st Quarter 2026: 1,722 · Min 853 · Max 1,722 · Range 869 · CAGR +10.8%/yr |
Both series are drawn from the public data registry with full provenance. Transacted (sold) figures come from INE’s house-price statistics; the bank-valuation series is INE’s median valuation used by credit institutions. Each carries its own reference period, shown above.
What are the rules and costs in Calheta?
Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Calheta; the rules and costs below tell you what governs a purchase and what it costs to hold.
Two rules shape most purchases here — whether a property can be let short-term, and what it costs to hold each year — followed by the guides and calculator to model your full purchase.
Can you run a short-term rental here?
Short-term letting (Alojamento Local, AL) is regulated at the municipal level in Calheta, as it is across Portugal: the national Alojamento Local regime (Decreto-Lei 128/2014, as amended) sets registration and operating requirements, while each câmara municipal can designate zonas de contenção that suspend or restrict new AL registrations. Restriction status varies by municipality and by parish, and changes over time.
This is general information, not legal advice — confirm the current status for a specific address with the Calheta câmara municipal before assuming a property can be operated as AL.
What about annual property tax (IMI)?
Municipal Property Tax (IMI) is levied annually by the Calheta council within a band set nationally, so the exact rate depends on the municipality and the property’s taxable value (VPT). We do not print a rate we cannot source: any specific figure we publish is drawn from the official register with its reference year, never estimated here.
To model the full acquisition cost — IMT, stamp duty and the recurring IMI — for a specific Calheta purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.
Common questions about Calheta
- How much does property cost per square metre in Calheta?
- In Calheta (R.A.M.), the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,722 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €2,670 per square metre (June 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
- How much of Calheta's property is mapped in the national land register?
- In Calheta, about 8.3% of the município's property tax-matrices have been georeferenced in the national land register through eBUPi (Balcão Único do Prédio) (eBUPi flow, 2024-03..2026-07). This is a data-coverage signal — how many property records have been precisely located on the map — not a measure of how much land is buildable, not a claim about who owns the land, and not a price. That is 11,821 of 141,504 registered tax-matrices. Source: eBUPi — Balcão Único do Prédio, CC BY 4.0 (eBUPi / dados.gov.pt).
Plan your purchase
Every figure on this page is drawn from the public data registry with full provenance — official sources, reference periods and licences. We publish a number only when the warehouse can source it.
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