He house price This is one of the biggest headaches for a good part of the Spanish. This problem has been further accentuated in the big cities, where the lack of supply hinders the opportunities of tenants who see higher prices and even more demanding requirements.
This is the case, for example, of Barcelona. Like the capital, the county town you have experienced the evolution of your market stressful increasingly in recent years. Unlike other communities, in Catalonia rent ceilings have been applied to try to regulate them.
With a calculator in hand, many people do the math to check what percentage of their salary they can give up to rent an apartment. According to data from the real estate portal “Idealista”, the average price per square meter of a rental house in the province of Barcelona is located in the 21.6 euros in August, almost twelve points more than at the same time last year.
In this sense, The most expensive neighborhood is Ciutat Vella where the price per square meter is higher than the city average up to 24.2 euros. However, to find the most expensive neighborhood in Barcelona, you have to go to the San Martí neighborhood, specifically Diagonal Mar and Front Marítim del Poblenou. According to data from the aforementioned portal, here they reach 29.7 euros per square meter.
The cheapest area to rent in Barcelona
Inside the opposite extreme is Nou Barris. The price per square meter is in the 14.9 eurosfollowed by the neighbouring district of Sant Andreu with an average price per square metre of 15.5 euros.
If we want to find the The most affordable – or at least best value for money – area to rent in Barcelona is Horta.in the north-eastern sector of the city, between the districts of Gràcia and Nou Barris. Here, the average price per square meter is in the 15.6 euros.
In other words, for a house of 100 square meters, the rent would cost 1,560 euros. The data provided by the portal always refers to the relationship between the size of the home and the price at which it is rented. That this relationship is better in the Horta neighborhood This does not necessarily mean that it is impossible to find cheaper apartments. in other areas.
Renting a home depends on many other factors, such as how well the features of the home suit the tenant’s needs or the budget.
By doing a search at the beginning of the week you can find everything in the Horta neighborhood, in the Horta-Guinardó neighborhood, depending on the area of the neighborhood.
There are three-bedroom houses for rent at 1,100 euros for 89 square metres (12.35 euros per square metre), but also accommodation that far exceeds the average price for the area: a 30-metre ground floor apartment rents for 1,020 euros (at 34 euros per square metre).
The housing problem in Barcelona
However, without a “blank check” and with a budget of 750 euros, the options are considerably reduced. Of the 4,509 homes for rent in the city of Barcelona, the portal only returns 13 results that meet this requirement.
In this case, in practically all of them, the price per square meter is equal to, or even higher than, the average for the city as a whole since there are studios of only 30 meters for this amount.
