Ciudad Real is the cheapest state capital to rent a housewith average price 453 euros per month For a standard floor of 80 square meters. It is followed by Ourense, Cáceres and Zamora; their prices range from 520 euros per month for the first to 524 euros per month for the second; According to data from the real estate portal Fotocasa. These figures are a far cry from Barcelona, San Sebastián or Madrid, the three most expensive cities in Spain. living space the same features will cost from 1,484 to 1,652 euros
Rudely, The 20 cheapest capitals are not coastal and inland except Castellón de la Plana, Murcia and Pontevedra, where all three have beaches close to the municipality. Estremadura It is the only community made up of several provinces, all of which are on the cheapest list: Cáceres is in third place and Badajoz is tenth, with an average monthly price of 595 euros.
Castilla La-Mancha and Castilla y León each have the five most affordable provincial capitals: Ciudad Real (453 euro), Zamora (524 euro), Palencia (536 euro), Ávila (558 euro), León (578 euro), Cuenca (579 euro), Albacete (597 euro), Valladolid (660 euro), Guadalajara (712 euros) and Toledo (716 euros). Three out of four cities Galicia is also part of this ranking.: Ourense is the second cheapest capital city of Spain; Lugo and Pontevedra are ranked fifth and thirteenth, respectively. According to Fotocasa, out of these communities, only Lleida (629 euros), Huesca (662 euros), Murcia (668 euros) and Logroño (684 euros) make it to the list.
What percentage of the rent should be paid for the rent?
On average in 2022 Spaniards set aside 43 percent of their gross salary for rent According to Fotocasa, it was 40% in 2021 or 30% in 2012. But when it comes to the twenty provincial capitals where rent is the cheapest, the average effort rate is around 25%With data on average net income per household from the National Institute of Statistics (2020). Ciudad Real is the city where rental prices are the most affordable, as well as the city that needs the least share from the income of just over 20%.
If at the other extreme ToledoAlthough it is the twentieth most affordable city in this ranking, more rental effort required an average of 30% from the list. Efforts are also 25% in Badajoz (28%), Cuenca (26%), Logroño (26%), Guadalajara (26%), Murcia (26%), Cáceres (25%), Ávila (25%) and Albacete. exceeds i (25%).
“The continuous increase in rental prices in recent years, surpassing all-time highscompels plaintiffs to forego their emancipation or relocation process and to share housing as a housing solution by sharing costs. This is the only way most young people can pay rent. The problem is no longer simply that wages are not increasing at the same rate as housing. The main reason why salary effort has reached its highest level in history is, Rental price at record highIt shows the biggest increase in the last 17 years. The increase in the rent causes the percentage allocated by the citizen for access to rent to be much higher than the recommended one. It is clear that at the general level, and especially in distressed areas, the problem of access to rental homes is getting worse”, says María Matos, Director of Studies and spokesperson for Fotocasa.