The rise in demand for rental apartments on the outskirts of Barcelona continues

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In four years, the number of owners who decide to rent their home in Barcelona has drastically reduced, which has caused a boom in demand for apartments for rent on the outskirts of Barcelona . Keep reading to find out all the details.


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It is not a new situation. Barcelona has been suffering for years from a very serious problem with rental supply and demand. According to the Idealista portal, if the supply of the first quarter Luxembourg Email List of 2019 is compared with that of the first quarter of 2023, the drop has been 51% .

The new Housing Law has also generated uncertainties that could worsen the supply situation. If you are one of those doubtful landlords, we recommend using our rental profitability calculator in Barcelona to allay your fears.

Demand, however, remains very high, and we already know what the law of supply and demand dictates in the face of such an imbalance: prices rise. Again according to Idealista, rent in Barcelona has become 16% more expensive . Data from Barcelona City Council indicate that, in the first quarter of 2023, the average monthly price was €1,087.3 .




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The demand for apartments for rent in the periphery is booming
Given an evolution of the rental market like the one we have described, it is logical that demand will shift. The population is looking for cities that allow them to live linked to Barcelona while paying more affordable prices, and the solution comes from the periphery .



In the classification of the one hundred Spanish cities with the highest relative demand published by Idealista, we do not find Barcelona until we reach fourteenth position. Hospitalet de Llobregat, on the other hand, is in the second ; Badalona, ​​in the eighth ; Vilanova i la Geltrú, in the ninth ; Mataró, in the fifteenth .


The price per square meter of rent in these cities largely explains the interest they arouse. If, according to Idealista, its price in Barcelona last month was €19.7/m2, in Hospitalet de Llobregat it was €15.1/m2 ; in Mataró, €11.2/m2 ; in Vilanova i la Geltrú, €10.9/m2 . Obviously, the further we go from Barcelona, ​​the lower the prices are.