El precio de la vivienda aumenta un 12,2% y suma 49 trimestres de alzas

The price of free housing rose by 12.2% in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2025, marking the lowest increase since the first quarter of the previous year when it also rose by 12.2%, according to the latest Housing Prices Index (IPV) published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The second quarter saw a slight moderation in price increases after a growth of 12.9%, 13.1%, and 12.8% in the previous three quarters.

With the second quarter's increase, the price of free housing has accumulated 49 consecutive trimesters of interannual increases, indicating it has been rising for more than 12 years without interruption. Additionally, the price of new housing grew by 7.4% interannually in the second quarter, 1.7 points less than the previous quarter and the smallest increase since the first quarter of 2023, according to the INE.

On the other hand, the price of used housing increased by 12.9%, six tenths less than the previous quarter and its smallest annual advance. In terms of quarterly growth (second quarter over first quarter), the price of free housing rose by 3.4%, one tenth less than the previous quarter. All communities and both autonomous cities recorded positive interannual rates in the price of free housing during the second quarter, all of them with two digits except for Navarra, where the increase was 9.5%.

The largest price increases occurred in the autonomous community of Ceuta (15.2%), Asturias (15%), Castilla y León (14.8%), and Aragón (14.6%). The moderate increases in the price of free housing were observed in Navarra (9.5%), the Basque Country (10%), Catalonia (10.1%), and the Canary Islands (11%).