The two markets evolve with some disparity in the different districts, but the city average is still stable or rising, making it difficult for many citizens to access housing
Most of those interested in buying or renting a home in Barcelona wait expectantly if there is, finally, a price adjustment that favors your budgetary possibilities. But the first quarterly balances of the large real estate portals give applicants one of lime and another of sand. in matters of buy and sellIdealista claims that the prices of its thousands of ads have been stabilized in the last three months (at an average of 4,063 euros per square meter), but with falls in half of the districts. In the offer in Fotocasa, the decreases in the second hand only affect two districts, with the final result of a rise average of 2.8% throughout the city. In the case of rentaccording to the report from Idealista this Wednesday, there has been an average increase in 0.7% in one quarter, up to 18.4 euros per square meter in the Catalan capital, with reductions only in two areas.
The data indicates that the real estate market is still going strong, despite the fact that some forecasts point to gradual readjustments in sales prices, to the extent that the increase in the cost of mortgages will slow down the activity of this market. On the other hand, the dwindling stock of rental flats keeps this segment skyrocketing, which is also stressed by the demand generated by those who, unable to access a mortgage, choose to switch to the rental market.
According to the Idealista report, the first quarter of the year the prices of flats in sale in Funny (1.2%), followed by Eixample, Sant Martí, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi and Ciutat Vella, all of them below one point. The rest have risen, with Sants-Montjuïc in the lead (2.1%). The most expensive district, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi (5,425 euros per meter in its ads), more than doubles the cheapest, Nou Barris (2,418).
The Fotocasa portal, on the other hand, the average price of the city is set at 4,425 euros per square meter, and only accounts for reductions in the cases of Eixample and Sant Andreu, both below 1%. In Catalonia as a whole they set the quarterly increase at 2.5%. And in the province of Barcelona, at 2.3%.
Rentals 19% more expensive than a year ago
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The analysis of the evolution of Idealista rents, although it places the quarterly boom at 0.7%, includes two other relevant data: that rent in the city is now 19.1% more expensive than a year ago, but what your evolution in the last month has been a cut of 0.8%. Whether this marks a turning point remains to be seen, although his spokesperson, Francisco Iñareta, maintains that the limitations set by the Government The increases in contracts have helped those who already had a current contract, but “it has been a huge complication” for those who are currently looking. He attributes it to the fact that many apartments have been withdrawn from this market because the owners see excessive political interventionism, so that the price of the scarce supply has skyrocketed, he argues.
According to your data, Only quarterly rents in the upper area (4.9%) and Ciutat Vella (2.8%) have fallen. However, the center of Barcelona remains the most expensive district per square meter, 20.8 euro.