29 April 2026 · 6 min read
Cape Verde property prices by island: what the KazaVerde index currently shows
Market Islands Data
Last updated: April 2026
Cape Verde is not one property market. It is an archipelago of distinct island markets, each with different levels of foreign demand, tourism infrastructure, and listing activity. A single archipelago-wide average tells you almost nothing.
This article breaks down what the KazaVerde index currently shows island by island — listing counts and asking-price medians for the islands where the tracked sample is large enough to be meaningful.
This is not a complete market report. It is a snapshot of the publicly listed properties KazaVerde currently tracks. Coverage is still expanding as new sources are added.
All figures here are asking prices from publicly listed properties tracked by KazaVerde — not closing prices, not the full market, and not legally verified. The live counts on /listings and /market are always the authoritative version.
What the index is, and is not
KazaVerde aggregates publicly visible property listings from a set of tracked sources — local agencies, international portals, and individual property websites. Every listing links back to its original source.
A few things to keep in mind before reading any number below:
- Asking prices, not transactions. Cape Verde does not have a public transaction registry comparable to most European markets. The most consistent data point available is the listed price — what a seller is asking, not what the property eventually sells for.
- Tracked sources, not the full market. KazaVerde covers publicly listed properties from sources we currently ingest. Off-market deals, private listings, and sources we have not yet onboarded are not represented. Source coverage is still expanding.
- Snapshot, not closing balance. The numbers below are a point-in-time read from late April 2026. Inventory turns over week to week, so the live figures on /market may already differ.
- No legal verification. KazaVerde does not perform title, ownership, or compliance checks on any listing. We surface what is publicly listed and link to the source.
For background on how the index is built, see /about.
Snapshot: KazaVerde tracked listings and asking-price medians by island
As of late April 2026, the KazaVerde index tracks roughly four hundred publicly listed properties across the archipelago, drawn from the sources currently ingested. The distribution is heavily concentrated:
| Island | Tracked listings | Median asking price | Sample notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sal | ~145 | ~€99,000 | Largest tracked sample |
| Santiago | ~130 | ~€238,000 | Second largest tracked sample; Praia-weighted |
| Boa Vista | ~85 | ~€110,000 | Third largest tracked sample; resort-weighted mix |
| Maio | ~20 | Insufficient signal | Priced rows cluster at a floor — treat with caution |
| São Nicolau | <10 | Insufficient signal | Sample too thin for a meaningful median |
| Fogo | <10 | Insufficient signal | Sample too thin for a meaningful median |
| São Vicente | <5 | Not computed | Too thin for KazaVerde to publish a meaningful median |
| Santo Antão | <5 | Not computed | Too thin for KazaVerde to publish a meaningful median |
| Brava | 0 | — | No tracked listings in the index right now |
"Tracked listings" here means listings KazaVerde currently ingests from the sources it covers. It does not represent every property for sale on each island. For the live, always-current version of this table, see /market.
The three islands with enough tracked data to talk about
Sal — the largest tracked sample
Among currently tracked sources, Sal carries the most listings in the KazaVerde index by a wide margin. It is the most liquid market in the index for foreign buyers, helped by its international airport and the resort cluster around Santa Maria.
The asking-price median on Sal sits around the €99,000 mark in this snapshot. That figure is a median across all property types tracked on the island — apartments, villas, plots — and is not a per-m² or like-for-like figure. Individual asking prices on Sal range widely; the live grid on /listings?island=Sal is the authoritative view.
Santiago — second largest tracked sample, highest tracked median
Santiago is the most populous island and home to the capital, Praia. Among currently tracked sources, Santiago is the second-largest sample by count, and it shows the highest asking-price median of the three larger samples — around €238,000.
That headline can be misleading on its own. Santiago's mix in the tracked sample appears weighted toward Praia city properties — apartments, townhouses, and city-edge villas — rather than resort or holiday stock. The story here is mix, not "Santiago is more expensive than Sal." Different inventory composition, different median.
For diaspora buyers researching family or long-stay use cases, Santiago has more depth in the tracked sample than any island other than Sal.
Boa Vista — third largest tracked sample
Among currently tracked sources, Boa Vista is the third-most-tracked island in the current index, behind Sal and Santiago. Its median asking price in this snapshot is roughly €110,000 — broadly in the same range as Sal, with a mix that appears weighted toward resort apartments and off-plan stock around Sal Rei.
Off-plan and new-build asking prices can sit above realistic resale benchmarks, so the Boa Vista median should be read alongside the underlying mix on /listings?island=Boa+Vista rather than as a single number.
The islands with too little tracked data to price
Several islands appear in the index but have too few tracked listings to support a reliable median in this snapshot. This may reflect genuinely thin local activity, or simply that KazaVerde has not yet onboarded the sources where listings on those islands tend to appear:
- Maio — modest count, but the priced sample clusters around a single low value, which may reflect source or normalization effects rather than a clean market distribution. Use with caution.
- São Nicolau and Fogo — under ten tracked listings each. Counts are real, but no median we'd publish.
- São Vicente and Santo Antão — only a handful of tracked listings. Too thin for KazaVerde to publish a meaningful median.
- Brava — no tracked listings in the index at this snapshot. Nothing to say from KazaVerde data alone.
If you are specifically researching one of these islands, the most useful step is to look at the individual tracked listings on /listings and follow the source links, rather than rely on an aggregate. Coverage on these islands may improve as new sources are added.
What appears to drive the gap between islands
The variation between islands in the tracked sample reflects a few structural factors that pre-date any individual listing:
- Direct flight access. Sal and Boa Vista have international airports with direct European routes. That alone underwrites most of the foreign-buyer demand visible on the tracked sample.
- Sample depth. More tracked listings mean better price discovery within the index. With ~145 tracked listings on Sal, like-for-like comparisons inside the sample are realistic. With single-digit counts on São Vicente or Santo Antão, they are not.
- Inventory mix. Santiago's higher tracked median appears driven by Praia city stock rather than by Santiago being a "premium" island. Boa Vista's tracked median appears pulled by resort and off-plan inventory. Mix shapes the headline number more than location alone.
- Connectivity gaps. Santo Antão has no airport (ferry from São Vicente only). Brava has no airport. These constraints sit upstream of any pricing question and limit foreign-buyer activity, which is one reason coverage on those islands tends to be thinner.
How to use this
The numbers above are a snapshot of the KazaVerde index, not a forecast and not a valuation. Treat them as a starting point for narrowing your shortlist, not a substitute for going through individual listings, talking to an independent local lawyer, and checking the source page for each property you take seriously.
For the legal and tax mechanics of buying once you have shortlisted, see our step-by-step buying guide. For an island-by-island comparison framed around lifestyle and use case rather than asking-price medians, see Which Cape Verde island. For yield context on Sal and Boa Vista, see Cape Verde rental yields.
Disclaimer
KazaVerde is an independent property search and data platform. It is not a broker, agency, or marketplace. Listings on the index are aggregated from a set of publicly accessible sources we currently track, and are not legally verified — KazaVerde does not perform title, ownership, or compliance checks. Source coverage is not complete and is still expanding. Always confirm a property's details with the original agent or seller and your own lawyer before acting on any number quoted in this article.