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Lagoa

Lagoa is part of the Azores — a nine-island mid-Atlantic archipelago of volcanic calderas, pasture and basalt-trimmed island towns.

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What does property cost in Lagoa?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Lagoa: 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.

Median sold price · LagoaSold · INE

€1,761/m²

Lagoa (R.A.A.)

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Median bank valuation · LagoaBank valuation · INE

€2,123/m²

Lagoa (R.A.A.)

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How Lagoa sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Lagoa, last 12 months (line, left axis) against dwellings sold in the last 12 months (bars, right axis).

Q4 2019 → Q1 2026Latest data: Q1 2026

Median sold price · Lagoa: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · indicator 0012234 (dim3=H1) · retrieved 2026-08-12 · CC BY 4.0

Sold in last 12 months: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal · indicator 0014363 · retrieved 2026-10-02 · CC BY 4.0

Show the data as a table (26 quarters)
Every quarter in the chart (Q4 2019 – Q1 2026).
QuarterMedian sold price · Lagoa (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 20261,761122
Q4 20251,696127
Q3 20251,748146
Q2 20251,651140
Q1 20251,601146
Q4 20241,419152
Q3 20241,295146
Q2 20241,282150
Q1 20241,374141
Q4 20231,379146
Q3 20231,349160
Q2 20231,356161
Q1 20231,302157
Q4 20221,298151
Q3 20221,214138
Q2 20221,090133
Q1 20221,015151
Q4 2021920137
Q3 2021850115
Q2 2021845103
Q1 202184186
Q4 202085190
Q3 202085297
Q2 2020846111
Q1 2020837121
Q4 2019825122

Every figure in this section comes from INE and is shown with its own reference period. The sold-price and bank-valuation series are listed in the public data registry with full provenance. The dwellings-sold bars print their source, INE indicator code and licence under the chart. Sold prices and the count of dwellings sold come from INE’s house-price statistics; the bank-valuation figure is INE’s median valuation used by credit institutions.

What are the rules and costs in Lagoa?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Lagoa; 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 Lagoa, 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 Lagoa 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 Lagoa 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 Lagoa purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Lagoa

How much does property cost per square metre in Lagoa?
In Lagoa (R.A.A.), the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,761 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €2,123 per square metre (August 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.

We publish a number only when the warehouse can source it. Many of the series shown here, including the sold-price and bank-valuation medians, are listed in the public data registry with their official sources, reference periods and licences. The dwellings-sold bars in the price chart print their source, INE indicator code and licence under the chart.

Buying in Lagoa?

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