{"id":45626,"date":"2025-07-11T12:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/critical-situation-of-the-rental-market-in-spain-prices-at-all-time-highs-and-supply-in-freefall\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:06:20","slug":"critical-situation-of-the-rental-market-in-spain-prices-at-all-time-highs-and-supply-in-freefall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/critical-situation-of-the-rental-market-in-spain-prices-at-all-time-highs-and-supply-in-freefall\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical situation of the rental market in Spain: prices at all-time highs and supply in freefall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"445\">The rental market in Spain is going through a period of maximum tension. According to El Economista, at the end of June prices reached an average of 14.38 \u20ac\/m\u00b2, making a string of eight consecutive months of double-digit rises, indicating an \u2018unprecedented supply crisis\u2019. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"473\">An unstoppable escalation<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"866\">\n<li data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"591\">\n<p data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"591\">The Secure Rental Institute and the URJC report an average of \u20ac1,155\/month, the highest in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"715\">\n<p data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"715\">Idealista confirms an increase of 9.7% year-on-year and a quarterly increase of 4.4%, bringing the price to 14.6 \u20ac\/m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"866\">\n<p data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"866\">Malaga is the sixth most expensive province to live in for renting, with an average of 1,272 \u20ac, while Andalusia reaches 932 \u20ac\/month.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"919\">Structural factors putting pressure on the market<\/h3>\n<ol data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1476\">\n<li data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1100\">\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1100\"><strong data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"947\">Insufficient supply:<\/strong> A shrinking rental housing stock, low public investment and legal uncertainty have discouraged owners and developers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1319\">\n<p data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1319\"><strong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1141\">Urban and land problems:<\/strong> The growth in demand is not matched by the necessary urban development. There are between 450,000 and 600,000 fewer dwellings than would be needed, according to different sources. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1476\">\n<p data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1476\"><strong data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1354\">Tourism and investment pressure<\/strong>: The tourist flat boom and speculative investment are taking residential units out of the traditional market.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1505\">Socio-economic context<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1507\" data-end=\"1865\">\n<li data-start=\"1507\" data-end=\"1614\">\n<p data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1614\">Rents have risen by 95% in the last decade, compared to a wage increase of only 33%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1727\">\n<p data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1727\">The Bank of Spain estimates that more than 40 % of tenants spend more than 40 % of their income on rent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"1865\">\n<p data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"1865\">Cities such as Madrid and Barcelona are experiencing citizen mobilisations and protests against the impossibility of accessing decent housing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1920\">Institutional responses and their limited effectiveness<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"2337\">\n<li data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"2167\">\n<p data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"2167\">The government has promoted measures such as price controls in stressed areas, rental subsidies or the regulation of tourist rentals, but with little real impact as there is only 1.5% of public stock compared to 9% in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2337\">\n<p data-start=\"2170\" data-end=\"2337\">Brussels urges Spain to speed up licences, free up land and prioritise social housing to guarantee territorial cohesion and economic sustainability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"2339\" data-end=\"2402\">What are the implications for tenants and investors?<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"2404\" data-end=\"2858\">\n<li data-start=\"2404\" data-end=\"2518\">\n<p data-start=\"2406\" data-end=\"2518\"><strong data-start=\"2406\" data-end=\"2431\">Tenants and families<\/strong>: Affordable housing has become an increasingly difficult mission.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"2676\">\n<p data-start=\"2521\" data-end=\"2676\"><strong data-start=\"2521\" data-end=\"2535\">Investors:<\/strong> In areas with high demand, yields remain stable, provided that the regulations and context of each city are well analysed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2677\" data-end=\"2858\">\n<p data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2858\"><strong data-start=\"2679\" data-end=\"2704\">Private landlords: <\/strong>They have the opportunity to fill a key niche, with high demand and more secure and profitable professionalised leasing formulas.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rental market in Spain is going through a period of maximum tension. According to El Economista, at the end of June prices reached an average of 14.38 \u20ac\/m\u00b2, making a string of eight consecutive months of double-digit rises, indicating an \u2018unprecedented supply crisis\u2019. An unstoppable escalation The Secure Rental Institute and the URJC report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[434,422],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-en","category-real-estate-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualitykeys.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}