Meanwhile, in the country as a whole, the price of rental housing fell 6.7% in August compared to the same month the previous year, to 10.7 euros per square meter. However, in the last 30 days the fall seems to be easing and the price has fallen by 0.3%, says the real estate portal. During the last year, a total of 17 capitals have experienced falls in the price of housing for rent. The steepest declines are in Madrid, where rents have fallen by 9.3%, and Barcelona, where they have fallen by 8.5%. In the last month, on the other hand, the price has grown by 0.5% in Madrid and 0.2% in Barcelona. Below are the interannual falls in rent in Palencia (-5%), Palma (-5%), Malaga (-4.6%), Bilbao (-2.3%) and Alicante (-2.3%).
On the other hand, Huesca is the capital in which the rental price has grown the most during the last year (+ 8.1%), followed by Soria (+ 8%), Zamora (+ 7%), Albacete (+ 6.7%), Melilla (+ 5.4%), Vitoria (+ 4.2%) and Almería (+ 4%). For the first time, according to idealista, there is a triple tie between the cities with the most expensive rents: Barcelona, San Sebastián and Madrid share a monthly price of 14.6 euros per square meter. Next are Bilbao, with 12.1 euros per square meter, Palma (11 euros) and Vitoria (10.1 euros). Ciudad Real, on the other hand, is the cheapest capital in Spain with 5.5 euros per square meter, followed by Cáceres (5.5 euros) and Cuenca (5.6 euros).
Likewise, the average price of housing rental has fallen in six autonomous regions in the last year. Catalonia (-8.2%), the Community of Madrid (-8.1%) and the Balearic Islands (-4.7%) lead the falls, followed by Andalusia (-1.9%), the Valencian Community (-0 , 8%) and Euskadi (-0.3%). On the other hand, the rents of rental homes increased during the last twelve months in Cantabria (+ 7%), Castilla-La Mancha (+ 5.3%), Navarra (+ 4.9%) and Extremadura (+4 ,5%).
