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Spain’s Long-Term Rental Home Listings Plunge 44% Since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona

Summary by The Corner
The Corner 2025 closed with just over 510,000 rental listings in Spain, representing a drastic drop compared to the more than 902,660 available in 2018. During Sánchez’s two terms in office, Spain has lost nearly 400,000 rental properties, dropping from over 902,660 listings in 2018 to just over 510,000 in 2025. These figures stem from the latest Idealista study, to which EL MUNDO has gained exclusive access. And no region illustrates this...

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Olive Press News SpainOlive Press News Spain
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Spain’s long-term rental home listings plunge 44% since 2018 – and 83% in Barcelona

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Libertad DigitalLibertad Digital
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Sánchez Has Thus Dynamiteed the Rental Market: the Offer Falls by 44% and 400,000 Ads Disappear

The Catalan capital recorded a decrease of 83%, with 94,130 homes less since 2018.

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El PeriódicoEl Periódico
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Catalonia, the Autonomy that Most Rental Housing Has Lost in Sánchez’s Legislature, 71%

The deficit in Barcelona capital is even more pronounced, with 82% of apartments for rent less, or 94,000 real estate

·Barcelona, Spain
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La RazónLa Razón
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Sánchez Dismantles the Rental Market: During His Years of Government Almost Half of the Offer Was Lost, 393,000 Homes

More than 70% of the park has been lost in Catalonia, from 174,994 homes in 2018 to 50,412 in 2025

·Madrid, Spain
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El MundoEl Mundo
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The Rental Park Has Lost 400,000 Homes Since Sánchez Arrived at the Moncloa: Barcelona Has Destroyed 83% of Its Offer

A market «broken and dislocated». Thus, just a month ago, the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, recognized the state of housing in Spain and eight years in the...

·Madrid, Spain
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El DebateEl Debate
Right

Sánchez's Measures in Eight Years that Have Aggravated the Housing Problem in Spain

The Housing Act and the extension of the decree against evictions have accelerated the escape of landlords, making the existing offer up to 30% more expensive.

·Madrid, Spain
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El Debate broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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