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Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Corvo has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the median sale price. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€559
Owning per month
€497

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Starting from INE's median sale price of €1,574/m² and median new-lease rent of 6.2 €/m² a month in Região Autónoma dos Açores, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.

Assumptions
90
3
1
IMI, insurance, maintenance and condominium.
3
What the deposit and purchase costs could earn if invested instead.
7
IMT, stamp duty, registration and fees, paid once.

Owning costs less each month than renting.

Rent a month
€559
Owning a month, not recovered
€497
Interest
€319
Running costs
€118
Return given up
€60
Cash out a month, if buying
€656

Gross rental yield in Região Autónoma dos Açores

A year's rent as a share of the sale price, from INE's medians. Higher means rent is dear compared with buying.

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PeriodRegião Autónoma dos Açores
Q2 20264.7%
Q1 20264.9%
Q4 20255.0%
Q3 20255.3%
Q2 20255.4%
Q1 20255.5%
Q4 20245.6%
Q3 20245.4%
Q2 20245.6%
Q1 20245.7%
Q4 20235.6%
Q3 20235.6%
Q2 20235.5%
Q1 20235.6%
Q4 20225.7%
Q3 20225.6%
Q2 20225.9%
Q1 20226.0%
Q4 20216.0%
Q3 20216.2%
Q2 20216.1%
Q1 20216.1%
Q4 20206.1%
Q3 20206.2%
Q2 20206.3%
Q1 20206.5%

The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance.

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Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Corvo has no reliable figures of its own.

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €146,160. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €555 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
22%
Payment, one income
44%

100.0% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
0
Per 1,000 residents
0.0

Figures for Região Autónoma dos Açores: Corvo has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 15.8% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+15.8%

23.0% of the 204 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
23.0%
Empty homes
47

In 2025, 0% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
0%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €149.7K of housing works here in 2018, and €1.2M since 2012.

Signed in 2018
€149.7K
Per resident, 2018
€345

Data: INE, ECB and others · updated October 27, 2026

Asking prices and bank valuations are not sale prices. This is a description of public data, not financial advice.

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