Overview
- Fotocasa’s July index published Monday shows used-home asking prices up 16.2% year‑on‑year to €3,154 per m2, which pushes the price of a typical 80 m2 second‑hand home above €250,000 for the first time.
- Idealista’s July report, also released Monday, records national rents rising 6.8% year‑on‑year to €15.3 per m2 with the Comunidad de Madrid and the city of Madrid posting the highest rents at €21.4/m2 and €23.2/m2 respectively.
- Regional gaps are large: Fotocasa puts Catalunya at €3,450 per m2 and an 80 m2 apartment in Barcelona near €424,280, while islands and some provincial capitals such as Canarias and Córdoba show sharp local rent increases.
- Analysts and market actors including Fotocasa’s María Matos, Tinsa and Fundación Alquiler Seguro point to a chronic shortfall of available homes for sale and rent as the main force sustaining price rises.
- The asking‑price data are a timely market signal but can lead transactions; rising affordability limits for buyers and renters could slow activity in coming months, and policy or supply changes will determine whether prices stabilize.