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Spain’s Housing Costs Keep Rising as New Reports Show Record Sales Prices and Diverging Rents

Analysts link the escalation to demand outpacing limited supply, intensifying pressure where building lags and listings are scarce.

Overview

  • Used-home prices remain elevated nationwide, with Idealista reporting July at 2,471 €/m2 (+14.7% year over year) and pisos.com placing the average at 2,409 €/m2.
  • August rents rose 10.5% year over year to 14.5 €/m2 nationally, while Murcia’s increase was a milder 5.7% to 9.1 €/m2 and some cities such as Málaga saw two consecutive monthly declines.
  • Local extremes persist in Galicia, where Fotocasa cites a 68.7% annual jump in Marín and a 25% rise in Moaña, contrasted with an 11.2% gain in Pontevedra city.
  • Fotocasa reports the Valencian Community up 24.1% year over year, with a typical 80 m2 flat now marketed at about 195,700 euros, roughly 92,000 euros more than in 2015.
  • Very low advertised prices often mask atypical cases, such as a 9,000-euro house in Ulldecona listed ‘to reform,’ a 390 m2 home in Berriz flagged ‘fuera de ordenación,’ and a 162 m2 property in Colmenar de Oreja for 95,000 euros that also needs renovation.