SPAIN’S rental market has actually dived deeper right into situation with lasting rental homes succumbing to the 14th successive quarter– while traveler apartment or condos rise throughout significant cities.
The current information from home website Idealista discloses irreversible rental supply went down an additional 3% in the 4th quarter of 2024 contrasted to the previous year, with twelve rural resources currently tape-recording their most affordable schedule because documents started.
The situation has actually struck especially hard in traveler hotspots, with Barcelona seeing 43% of its rental residential or commercial properties currently committed to vacation allows– the highest possible percentage in Spain.
San Sebastian adheres to at 36%, while Madrid has actually seen traveler leasings reach 15% of its market.
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Teruel endured the steepest decrease in irreversible rental schedule, dropping 35% year-on-year, while Tarragona saw a 34% decrease.
Significant cities consisting of Barcelona (-26%), Pamplona (-23%), and Vitoria (-23%) likewise taped considerable drops in rental real estate readily available for routine individuals.
The numbers highlight Spanish Head of state Pedro Sanchez’s recently-announced strategies to elevate the tax obligation levy paid by non-EU homeowners that purchase a 2nd home by 100%.
” Our responsibility is to prioritise homes for residents over traveler usage,” he specified. “We will certainly make a modification so traveler apartment or condos are tired as a service so they will certainly pay the like resorts.
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” We are likewise mosting likely to restrict the acquisition of homes by non-EU non-residents that purchase regarding 27,000 homes each year, mostly for conjecture.”
Idealista speaker Francisco Iñareta cautioned the scenario has actually gotten to ‘outright emergency situation’ degrees, with also middle-class households– along with at risk teams– currently being evaluated of the marketplace.
” The continuous decrease in readily available supply has actually brought about increasing rates and raised competitors in between households for the exact same home,” stated Iñareta.
” The scenario of exemption from leasing impacts a boosting variety of households.”
While some cities threw the fad– with Cuenca seeing a 46% boost in irreversible rental supply and Caceres up 39%– specialists advise these renovations might be short-term.
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The mild stabilisation seen in some locations has actually been disregarded as a ‘mirage’ by experts, credited to the return of some residential or commercial properties to the marketplace adhering to the 2019 expansion of rental agreements from 3 to 5 years.
Traveler leasings currently represent 14% of all rental residential or commercial properties promoted throughout Spain, having actually expanded by 24% throughout the examined duration.
The change in the direction of vacation allows proceeds to press irreversible rental schedule in seaside locations and significant cities, with Girona (26%), Badajoz (24%), and Tarragona (20%) all seeing considerable traveler rental visibility.
The research, performed by Idealista’s information department, reveals the supply continues to be simply 5% over the outright minimum taped in June 2024, recommending the situation reveals little indicator of alleviating.