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Lajes do Pico

Lajes do Pico 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 Lajes do Pico?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Lajes do Pico: 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 · Lajes do PicoSold · INE

€1,138/m²

Lajes do Pico

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Median bank valuation · Lajes do PicoBank valuation · INE

Not yet published by INE at this granularity — we show a figure only when the warehouse can source it with provenance, never an estimate.

How Lajes do Pico sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Lajes do Pico, 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 · Lajes do Pico: 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 · Lajes do Pico (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 20261,13864
Q4 20251,07962
Q3 202597058
Q2 202598752
Q1 202599748
Q4 202499445
Q3 202495140
Q2 202474141
Q1 202464541
Q4 202364648
Q3 202362948
Q2 202371048
Q1 202378948
Q4 202280245
Q3 202268147
Q2 202257555
Q1 202251253
Q4 202147449
Q3 202136953
Q2 202135440
Q1 202147439
Q4 202051346
Q3 202054436
Q2 202051242
Q1 202045947
Q4 201941440

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 Lajes do Pico?

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

Common questions about Lajes do Pico

How much does property cost per square metre in Lajes do Pico?
In Lajes do Pico, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,138 per square metre (1st Quarter 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 Lajes do Pico?

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