Villaverde is the district of Madrid where the price per square meter for buying a home has risen the most, according to data from the latest report by the real estate portal Idealista: from one year to the next, the increase has been 28.6%, reaching €2,899/m². As a side note, this figure is only €1 below the historic high recorded by the district in February 2008, coinciding with the real estate bubble.
This means that, on average, buying a 70-square-meter home in this district will cost €202,930, whereas in 2025 it would have cost €157,780. In other words, in 12 months, that hypothetical apartment has increased in price by €45,150.
If we take a historical look at prices in the district since Idealista began providing data—starting in January 2008, the year the real estate bubble burst in our country—the cheapest time to buy a home was in August 2014, with a price per square meter of €1,250.
Thus, returning to our example of a 70-square-meter apartment, buying a home at that time would have cost €87,500: €115,430 less than today.
The other districts of Madrid where the price per square meter has risen the most
Along with Villaverde, the districts of Madrid where the price per square meter for buying a home has increased the most are Puente de Vallecas (with an annual variation of 26.6%), Moratalaz ( 24.1%), and Villa de Vallecas ( 23.9%).