Fedea warns that one in four Spanish tenants falls below the poverty threshold after paying their rent. This affects around 1.95 million people in Spain who were in a situation of “hidden poverty” in 2025—meaning they were not classified as poor under the conventional monetary disposable income criteria, but fell below the poverty threshold once the cost of accessing housing was factored in. This was revealed in the study “The…

The price of free-market housing in Spain rose by 12.9% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2025, maintaining the same year-on-year growth recorded in the last quarter of last year, according to the Housing Price Index (IPV) published this Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). (On a quarterly basis: first quarter of 2026 compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, free-market housing…

Reported by Consejeros Editorial Team According to Tinsa’s “Relevant Municipalities” statistics for March 2026, which analyse the trend in house prices in towns that are not provincial capitals, but which stand out for their strong property market and population growth, more than 50% of Spanish municipalities have recorded year-on-year rises of over 10% in nominal house prices, with particularly sharp increases in the provinces of Madrid, Málaga, Valencia, La Coruña,…

Alphavalue/Divacons | The price of second-hand homes in Spain shot up by 17.7% in February 2026 compared to the same month last year, reaching a new all-time high of €2,673/square metre, according to Idealista on Tuesday. This figure represents the highest price since the company began keeping records. In addition, the ‘Idealista Property Price Index’ reflects a monthly increase of 0.9% and a rise of 2.6% in the last quarter.

Alphavalue / Divacons | Housing purchases by legal entities in 2024 reached their highest level since 2007, although this increase did not alter the structure of the market, as individuals continue to account for more than 89% of these transactions in Spain. On the other hand, the price of completed housing in Spain rose by 13.4% year-on-year in November, according to the Tinsa IMIE general price index, due to the…