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Figures for Região Autónoma da Madeira: São Vicente 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
€1,109
Owning per month
€849

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Starting from INE's median sale price of €2,690/m² and median new-lease rent of 12.3 €/m² a month in Região Autónoma da Madeira, 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
€1,109
Owning a month, not recovered
€849
Interest
€545
Running costs
€202
Return given up
€103
Cash out a month, if buying
€1,120

Gross rental yield in Região Autónoma da Madeira

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 da Madeira
Q2 20265.5%
Q1 20265.5%
Q4 20255.4%
Q3 20255.1%
Q2 20255.0%
Q1 20255.2%
Q4 20245.3%
Q3 20246.1%
Q2 20245.9%
Q1 20245.7%
Q4 20235.8%
Q3 20235.6%
Q2 20235.9%
Q1 20236.2%
Q4 20226.0%
Q3 20225.9%
Q2 20225.7%
Q1 20225.6%
Q4 20215.5%
Q3 20215.8%
Q2 20215.7%
Q1 20215.8%
Q4 20205.8%
Q3 20205.8%
Q2 20205.9%
Q1 20206.0%

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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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €164,250. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €623 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
29%
Payment, one income
59%

69.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
32
Per 1,000 residents
6.4

Figures for Região Autónoma da Madeira: São Vicente has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 31.6% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+31.6%

In 2025 the population grew by 73 while 34 homes were finished: 2.1 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
2.1
Population change, 2025
+73

14.8% of the 3,783 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
14.8%
Empty homes
558

In 2025, 17% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
17%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
0.0

Public bodies signed €52.8K of housing works here in 2023, and €62.1K since 2012.

Signed in 2023
€52.8K
Per resident, 2023
€11

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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