Municipality · Madeira

Ponta do Sol

Ponta do Sol 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 Ponta do Sol?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Ponta do Sol: 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 do SolSold · INE

€1,718/m²

Ponta do Sol

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Median bank valuation · Ponta do SolBank 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 Ponta do Sol sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Ponta do Sol, 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 do Sol: 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 do Sol (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 20261,718116
Q4 20251,797114
Q3 20251,845128
Q2 20251,839129
Q1 20251,795124
Q4 20241,429123
Q3 20241,250113
Q2 20241,297111
Q1 20241,377106
Q4 20231,446113
Q3 20231,415112
Q2 20231,361128
Q1 20231,242139
Q4 20221,198143
Q3 20221,229155
Q2 20221,229137
Q1 20221,196128
Q4 20211,060119
Q3 20211,009108
Q2 20211,020100
Q1 20211,03587
Q4 20201,04484
Q3 20201,10078
Q2 202094384
Q1 202098188
Q4 20191,11184

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 do Sol?

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

Common questions about Ponta do Sol

How much does property cost per square metre in Ponta do Sol?
In Ponta do Sol, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,718 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Portugal, CC BY 4.0.
How much of Ponta do Sol's property is mapped in the national land register?
In Ponta do Sol, about 11.7% of the município's property tax-matrices have been georeferenced in the national land register through eBUPi (Balcão Único do Prédio) (eBUPi flow, 2024-04..2026-09). 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 4,841 of 41,237 registered tax-matrices. Source: eBUPi — Balcão Único do Prédio, CC BY 4.0 (eBUPi / dados.gov.pt).

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 Madeira

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