The most frequent type of housing in Spain has between 75 and 90 m², and they account for 24% of the entire market. However, there are municipalities where houses of 50 m² abound and others where large houses predominate. In fact, homes between 60 and 75 m² represent 14% of the product for sale and those with an area of 90 and 100 m², 17%. According to the latest Idealista report, finding a large place to live is difficult, since only 2% of the offer exceeds 240 m².
In general terms, one in three homes for sale has an area of more than 100 square meters. On the other hand, those with less than 40 m² hardly account for 1% of the market.
Only two capitals have a housing stock in which the majority has more than 100 m². These are Albacete, where 57% of the advertised offer is larger, and Palma, where the percentage reaches 55%.
They are followed by Lugo, Murcia (49% in both cases), Valencia, Pontevedra (48% also in both), Soria (47%), Alicante (46%), Granada (45%), Castellón de la Plana (45%), Guadalajara (44%) and Ceuta (44%).
On the contrary, in Oviedo only 21% of the offer has more than 100 m², followed by Huesca (23%), Huelva, Salamanca and Burgos (27% all of them). In Barcelona it stands at 30% while in Madrid it is above the national average with 36%. And it is that, Madrid is the city in which more homes are sold below 40 m² (6% of the supply), followed by Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (5%), Tarragona, Barcelona, Toledo and Huesca (with 3% in the 4 cities). In 22 provincial capitals, the statistical incidence of this size of housing is zero.
Price depending on the surface
The price per square meter also varies depending on the size of the home, being generally more expensive the smaller the property (due to the lower final amount of the operation), although when the homes begin to be larger and begin to be able to be considered as luxury, this trend tends to reverse.
Therefore, the price per square meter of a house of less than 40 m² in Spain reaches 2,949 euros, which is 94% more than the square meter of houses between 100 and 120 meters, which with 1,518 euros/m² represents the most economical size range per square meter.
From there, the price begins to increase, because on many occasions the largest homes are located in prime areas and have higher quality finishes. In fact, the average in Spain per square meter of homes with more than 240 m² has a cost of 2,724 euros/m², 79% more than those between 100 and 120 m².
Malaga is the city in which the difference between the largest homes and those of 100-120 m² is greater, reaching a 68% premium. They are followed by Palma (62%), Madrid (55%), Valencia (53%), Santander (50%) and León (47%). Even so, in 19 capitals, the square meter of homes with more than 240 m2 is cheaper, with Toledo in the lead (where the discount is 47%). They are followed by Ceuta (-37%), Melilla (-35%), San Sebastián (-28%) and Huesca (-24%).
In Alicante, the square meter of small housing is 97% higher than that of those of 100-120 m², while the difference reaches 78% in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 77% in León and Murcia, and 73 % in Castellón de la Plana and Ourense.
On the other hand, in Madrid the surcharge for these small homes is 17%, while in Barcelona they are 1% cheaper. This phenomenon of lower prices in small homes also occurs in Santander (-29%), Jaén (-18%), Zaragoza (-18%), Bilbao (-17%), Guadalajara (-16%) and Vitoria ( -8%).
