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Vila da Praia da Vitória

Vila da Praia da Vitória 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 Vila da Praia da Vitória?

These are the two municipality-level medians INE publishes for Vila da Praia da Vitória: 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 · Vila da Praia da VitóriaSold · INE

€1,349/m²

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Median bank valuation · Vila da Praia da VitóriaBank valuation · INE

€1,353/m²

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How Vila da Praia da Vitória sold prices have moved

Median sold price · Vila da Praia da Vitória, 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 · Vila da Praia da Vitória: 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 · Vila da Praia da Vitória (last 12 months, €/m²)Sold in last 12 months (dwellings)
Q1 20261,349191
Q4 20251,332177
Q3 20251,242177
Q2 20251,242183
Q1 20251,115172
Q4 20241,046168
Q3 2024997168
Q2 2024976166
Q1 2024906180
Q4 2023969189
Q3 2023963204
Q2 2023869211
Q1 2023869209
Q4 2022837212
Q3 2022773196
Q2 2022794189
Q1 2022738198
Q4 2021761187
Q3 2021809194
Q2 2021796186
Q1 2021790151
Q4 2020782154
Q3 2020739137
Q2 2020700135
Q1 2020714143
Q4 2019671145

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 Vila da Praia da Vitória?

Prices tell you what it costs to buy in Vila da Praia da Vitória; 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 Vila da Praia da Vitória, 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 Vila da Praia da Vitória 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 Vila da Praia da Vitória 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 Vila da Praia da Vitória purchase, use the cost calculator linked below.

Common questions about Vila da Praia da Vitória

How much does property cost per square metre in Vila da Praia da Vitória?
In Vila da Praia da Vitória, the median transacted (sold) price is about €1,349 per square metre (1st Quarter 2026). The median bank valuation — what lenders appraised, a separate measure from the transacted price — is about €1,353 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.

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