Spanish rents edge up

Spanish rents edged up in 2015, according to Idealista.com.

The portal's latest figures show that the average asking rent from landlords in Spain was 7 euros per square metre, i.e. a 100-square-metre apartment would cost €700a month  to rent, up 3.3 per cent from 12 months earlier.

Rental price expectations increased by 13 per cent in Catalonia, followed by 10 per cent in the Balearics and 8 per cent in Madrid. Rental asking prices fell, though, in Galicia (4 percent), Extremadura (3 per cent) and Asturias (2 per cent).

Spanish Property Insight