Barcelona property prices and rental yields

Area of Cataluña, Spain

Home prices in Barcelona rose 4.5% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, the fastest of 4 areas in Cataluña. Renting out on 12-month lets earned a gross yield of 5.2% of the price a year, falling from 5.9% in 2016 to 4.6% in 2025 as prices outpaced rents. A square metre cost €2,962 in 2025 (17% above the Cataluña level of €2,536).

Updated 2026-10-28 · Data 2015–2026 so far

Price growth
+4.5%
a year, 2016–2025
Rental yield
5.2%
12-month lets, gross, 2016–2025 average
Price per m²
€2,962
2025
Price growth in 2026 so far
+10.8%
on the same months of 2025

Price growth by year

% change on the year before

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

How Barcelona compares

Barcelona
Price growth+4.5%
Rental yield5.2%
Price per m²€2,962
Cataluña
Price growth+6.5%
Rental yield6.9%
Price per m²€2,536

Questions

What is the average property price per m² in Barcelona?

€2,962 per m² in 2025, from Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (MIVAU).

How much have property prices risen in Barcelona?

+4.5% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, and +10.8% in 2026 so far.

What rental yield can you get in Barcelona?

5.2% of the price a year on average for 12-month lets in 2016–2025, and 4.6% in 2025. These are gross figures, before costs, fees, empty months and tax.

Sources

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