The three weeks of confinement have caused changes in the interests of Spanish housing, according to a study published by idealista. In the prepandemic market, 44.1% of home searches in our country occurred in capital cities province. Conversely, Since the state of alarm was decreed, this percentage has dropped to 38.8%.
According Fernando Encinar, Head of Studies at Idealista, the data show that “during the quarantine many Spaniards have realized that they live in a house that they do not like and that they would prefer to live in less central areas in exchange for having more square meters, greater luminosity, gardens or terraces.
Furthermore, the good functioning that teleworking is having in many companies is possibly also pushing many professionals to consider establishing their residence in small municipalities far from large urban centers ”.
This phenomenon is occurring in all Spanish provinces, even in large cities. Barcelona city concentrated 51.3% of searches in the province during January, and now that interest has fallen to 49.1%. A similar situation has occurred in Madrid (63.2% in January compared to the current 60.8% today) or Seville (56.7% in January and 53.7% now). In the province of Malaga, the capital carried 27.6% of the traffic, while now it has fallen to 24.1%.
In Zaragoza the importance of the capital has gone from 82% to the current 77.1%, in Bilbao from 41% to 35.5% and in Valencia from 43.8% to 37.7%. Among the large markets followed by Palma (from 34.8% to 27.9%) and Valladolid (from 69% to 59.6%).
La Rioja is where the change in demand is greatest: in January 57.2% of searches were concentrated in the capital, while during confinement it remained at 43%. It is followed by the provinces of Albacete (67% in the capital in January, by 53% now), Soria (45.8% in January and 32% now) and A Coruña (37.1% in January and 23, 7% now).
The Catalan provinces, with the exception of Barcelona, are the places where this phenomenon is least noticeable. Lleida is the province in which the capital has lost the least specific weight, since it concentrated 29.5% of searches compared to 28.8% of current searches. They are followed by Girona (8.5% in January and 6.8% now) and Tarragona (13.4% in January and 11.6% now).
Variation of searches on provincial capitals (%)
| Capital | January 2020 | State of alarm |
| A coruña | 37,1% | 23,7% |
| Albacete | 67,0% | 53,0% |
| Alicante / Alacant | 22,3% | 19,1% |
| Almeria | 32,0% | 24,1% |
| Ávila | 30,0% | 25,4% |
| Badajoz | 43,6% | 36,5% |
| Barcelona | 51,3% | 49,1% |
| Bilbao | 41,0% | 35,5% |
| Burgos | 52,4% | 42,2% |
| Cáceres | 31,6% | 23,7% |
| Cádiz | 11,8% | 9,8% |
| Castellón de la Plana | 21,5% | 16,7% |
| Real city | 36,0% | 33,3% |
| Córdoba | 70,7% | 63,3% |
| Cuenca | 34,4% | 27,7% |
| Donostia-San Sebastian | 53,0% | 48,9% |
| Girona | 8,5% | 6,8% |
| Granada | 36,5% | 33,3% |
| Guadalajara | 23,9% | 18,5% |
| Huelva | 23,8% | 18,0% |
| Huesca | 12,6% | 8,4% |
| Jaén | 35,3% | 27,9% |
| The Gran Canarian palms | 36,6% | 32,9% |
| Lion | 40,5% | 33,3% |
| Lleida | 29,5% | 28,8% |
| Logroño | 57,2% | 43,0% |
| Lugo | 31,5% | 26,0% |
| Madrid | 63,2% | 60,8% |
| Málaga | 27,6% | 24,1% |
| Murcia | 38,9% | 34,1% |
| Ourense | 43,6% | 33,2% |
| Oviedo | 26,5% | 23,5% |
| Palencia | 60,3% | 47,4% |
| Palma de Mallorca | 34,8% | 27,9% |
| Pamplona / Iruña | 48,9% | 39,9% |
| Pontevedra | 9,4% | 7,1% |
| Salamanca | 64,6% | 58,1% |
| Santa Cruz of Tenerife | 20,2% | 17,2% |
| Santander | 29,6% | 23,9% |
| Segovia | 27,4% | 19,6% |
| Sevilla | 56,7% | 53,7% |
| Soria | 45,8% | 32,0% |
| Tarragona | 13,4% | 11,6% |
| Teruel | 23,7% | 20,4% |
| Toledo | 15,9% | 14,0% |
| Valencia | 43,8% | 37,7% |
| Valladolid | 69,0% | 59,6% |
| Vitoria-Gasteiz | 78,5% | 68,5% |
| Zamora | 46,8% | 40,4% |
| Zaragoza | 82,0% | 77,1% |
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