SpainThe evidence of the housing crisis facing ’ is clear for all to see. In the rental market, rents 2022approximately since ’ %Increased by 30According to CIS’, new housing construction– PwC data compared to an average of 315,000 homes between 1970 and 2010, – has been at record lows since 2010, with an average of 83,000 homes per year. mass housing stockThe Bank of Spain is clearly insufficient, according to ’: The EU average %A total of 9.3 %With a 1.5 %It is between 3.3 and ’u.
The warnings now even come from within the real estate sector and have long been criticized by platforms such as the Tenants Association for failing to take sound action against vulture funds or the evacuation of vulnerable people. Fotocasa, the real estate portal that mediates sales and rentals, reports that the average salary of Spaniards renting their homes in 2025 %He estimates that he spent 50’sini on rent.
These figures (based on average salaries in job postings published on the InfoJobs platform; this is a very unrealistic snapshot) is higher than other similar works. Funcas think tank (source in Spanish)He believes that young people, one of the most affected groups, are committed Approximately 35% of the budgetTo rent it: It is usually two points above the maximum amount that economists recommend for such expenses, i.e. no more than one-third of the income.
Fotocasa reports that the average salary share spent on rent in 2019’da ’den 2025’te %While calculating that it has risen to 50’, Spain also takes into account the inequalities between ’'s autonomous communities: For residents of Extremadura’This is for those in the Madrid area. ’e coming out. The numbers are similar to the rest of the regional ranking; The usual suspects that residents of the region pay the most (Basque Country, Canary and Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia Community).
On the other hand, the provinces where the residents allocate the smallest share of their gross salaries for rent are Jaén (), Teruel (), from Cáceres (), Ciudad Real (), Albacete (), Ourense (), from Badajoz (), from Córdoba (), from Palencia () and Castellón ().
