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Ponta Delgada

Ponta Delgada 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 Ponta Delgada?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Ponta Delgada: 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 · Ponta DelgadaSold · INE

€2,017/m²

Ponta Delgada

1st Quarter 2026Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal
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Median bank valuation · Ponta DelgadaBank valuation · INE

€2,081/m²

Ponta Delgada

August 2026Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal
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How Ponta Delgada sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Ponta Delgada, 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 · Ponta Delgada: 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 · Ponta Delgada (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 20262,017720
Q4 20251,912730
Q3 20251,884776
Q2 20251,817793
Q1 20251,747792
Q4 20241,667787
Q3 20241,602738
Q2 20241,529684
Q1 20241,507650
Q4 20231,497662
Q3 20231,440711
Q2 20231,420760
Q1 20231,353845
Q4 20221,319881
Q3 20221,313945
Q2 20221,292924
Q1 20221,291893
Q4 20211,287831
Q3 20211,262721
Q2 20211,204704
Q1 20211,150668
Q4 20201,088772
Q3 20201,073794
Q2 20201,067824
Q1 20201,067872
Q4 20191,061787

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 Ponta Delgada?

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

Common questions about Ponta Delgada

How much does property cost per square metre in Ponta Delgada?
In Ponta Delgada, the median transacted (sold) price is about €2,017 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €2,081 per square metre (August 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.

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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.

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Other municipalities in Açores

Other municipalities in the same district — each carries its own INE-sourced price, tax and safety figures.