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Santa Cruz da Graciosa

Santa Cruz da Graciosa 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Santa Cruz da Graciosa: 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 · Santa Cruz da GraciosaSold · INE

€560/m²

Santa Cruz da Graciosa

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Median bank valuation · Santa Cruz da GraciosaBank 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Santa Cruz da Graciosa, 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 · Santa Cruz da Graciosa: 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 · Santa Cruz da Graciosa (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 202656059
Q4 202542872
Q3 202549665
Q2 202539668
Q1 202538754
Q4 202436948
Q3 202429252
Q2 202427151
Q1 202427052
Q4 202332246
Q3 202332945
Q2 202333248
Q1 202335450
Q4 202226452
Q3 202225946
Q2 202224248
Q1 202224847
Q4 202125043
Q3 202127146
Q2 202129142
Q1 2021no datano data
Q4 2020no datano data
Q3 2020no datano data
Q2 202019834
Q1 202021142
Q4 201924950

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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Santa Cruz da Graciosa; 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa, 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Santa Cruz da Graciosa

How much does property cost per square metre in Santa Cruz da Graciosa?
In Santa Cruz da Graciosa, the median transacted (sold) price is about €560 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 Santa Cruz da Graciosa?

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