Home purchase prices in Madrid show no signs of letting up: although, according to data from the latest report by the real estate portal Idealista, they have fallen by a modest 0.4% compared to June 2026, the figures have risen by 3.1% compared to July 2025. By district, the analysis reveals a more drastic increase in some of the districts that had previously been among the most affordable.
The district that has seen the largest year-over-year price increase—to the point of setting a new all-time record—is Madrid’s Villaverde district, with a year-over-year increase of 24.3%: the price per square meter is €3 ,266.
This means that a hypothetical 70 m² home in Villaverde, which cost €173,065 around this time last year, is now priced at €228,620. Leading this price surge are the districts of Puente de Vallecas (+16.3%), Usera (+16.2%), Moratalaz (+15.6%), and Barajas (+15.2%).
Even so, some of these districts remain on the list of the most affordable places to buy a home—the year-over-year price increase is shown in parentheses—:
- Villaverde: 3,266 euros/m² (+24.3%).
- Puente de Vallecas: 3,399 euros/m² (+16.3%).
- Usera: 3,585 euros/m² (+16.2%).
- Carabanchel: 3,813 euros/m² (+10.8%).
- Villa de Vallecas: 3,869 euros/m² (+13.7%).
The districts with the highest purchase prices in Madrid
- Salamanca neighborhood: 10,890 euros/m². It remains the most expensive in the capital, despite having recorded a 1.5% year-over-year decline.
- Chamberí: 9,245 euros/m² (+4.0%).
- Retiro: 8,467 euros/m² (+0.3%).
- Chamartín: 8,262 euros/m² (+8.0%).
- City Center: 7,745 euros/m² (+3.2%).
Average home purchase price in Madrid
Looking at the broader picture for Madrid as a whole, the average price for purchasing a home stands at 6,547 euros per square meter, just 1.1% below the all-time high recorded in April 2026.
These figures are well over double the average housing price in Spain, which stood at 2,933 euros/m² in July 2026.