Municipality · Córdoba

Investing in Villanueva del Rey: 3 €/m²/month in rent and 6.2% gross yield

Buying in Villanueva del Rey costs 537 €/m² on average and renting goes for 3 €/m² a month, leaving a gross yield of 6.2% before costs and taxes. It sits clearly above the Spanish average (4.2%), with purchase prices below the Spanish average.

3 €/m²/monthRent90 m² home: €249/month
537 €/m²Purchase90 m² home: €48,330
6.2%Gross yieldAnnual rent over purchase price
92/100Momentum50 = flat market
The map

Villanueva del Rey within Córdoba

Where the municipality sits and how it compares with its neighbours.

Córdoba · 4.8% gross yieldLucena · 4.9% gross yieldPuente Genil · 5.0% gross yieldMontilla · 5.1% gross yieldPriego de Córdoba · 5.4% gross yieldPalma del Río · 5.0% gross yieldCabra · 4.7% gross yieldBaena · 5.3% gross yieldPozoblanco · 5.1% gross yieldCarlota, La · 5.3% gross yieldAguilar de la Frontera · 5.9% gross yieldPeñarroya-Pueblonuevo · 5.7% gross yieldFuente Palmera · 5.1% gross yieldRute · 5.3% gross yieldFernán-Núñez · 6.0% gross yieldMontoro · 5.7% gross yieldVillanueva de Córdoba · 6.0% gross yieldAlmodóvar del Río · 5.4% gross yieldCastro del Río · 6.0% gross yieldRambla, La · 5.5% gross yieldPosadas · 5.3% gross yieldBujalance · 5.7% gross yieldVilla del Río · 5.0% gross yieldHinojosa del Duque · 6.3% gross yieldNueva Carteya · 5.6% gross yieldBenamejí · 5.3% gross yieldVillafranca de Córdoba · 5.5% gross yieldSantaella · 5.8% gross yieldDoña Mencía · 5.5% gross yieldMontalbán de Córdoba · 5.5% gross yieldHornachuelos · 5.6% gross yieldCarpio, El · 5.1% gross yieldFuente Obejuna · 6.2% gross yieldAdamuz · 5.8% gross yieldMontemayor · 5.4% gross yieldIznájar · 5.9% gross yieldMoriles · 5.5% gross yieldEspejo · 5.6% gross yieldBelalcázar · 6.2% gross yieldVillaviciosa de Córdoba · 6.1% gross yieldBelmez · 6.2% gross yieldLuque · 5.8% gross yieldPedro Abad · 5.8% gross yieldCañete de las Torres · 5.9% gross yieldViso, El · 6.1% gross yieldDos Torres · 6.0% gross yieldEspiel · 5.6% gross yieldVictoria, La · 5.3% gross yieldAlmedinilla · 5.9% gross yieldCarcabuey · 5.6% gross yieldEncinas Reales · 5.6% gross yieldObejo · 5.4% gross yieldMonturque · 5.7% gross yieldGuadalcázar · 5.3% gross yieldAlcaracejos · 6.2% gross yieldAñora · 6.0% gross yieldPedroche · 6.7% gross yieldPalenciana · 6.1% gross yieldVillanueva del Duque · 6.3% gross yieldCardeña · 5.9% gross yieldGuijarrosa, La · 5.9% gross yieldFuente Carreteros · 5.4% gross yieldVillaralto · 6.3% gross yieldValenzuela · 6.0% gross yieldTorrecampo · 6.2% gross yieldSan Sebastián de los Ballesteros · 5.6% gross yieldSanta Eufemia · 6.0% gross yieldFuente-Tójar · 6.6% gross yieldVillaharta · 5.7% gross yieldBlázquez, Los · 6.5% gross yieldZuheros · 5.5% gross yieldGranjuela, La · 6.8% gross yieldConquista · 6.2% gross yieldValsequillo · 6.7% gross yieldGuijo, El · 6.3% gross yieldFuente la Lancha · 6.8% gross yieldVillanueva del Rey · 6.2% gross yield Villanueva del Rey6.2%Córdoba4.8%Hornachuelos5.6%Montoro5.7% Villanueva del Rey6.2%
Gross yield < 3%3–4 %4–5 %5–6 %≥ 6% sin datos

Administrative boundaries from the Spanish National Geographic Institute (CC BY 4.0). The Canary Islands are drawn shifted, as on any map of Spain.

The verdict

What the analysis sees

The specific signals the official data leaves about this market, before going into detail.

On gross yield it ranks 13 of 77 among the municipalities of its province.

Villanueva del Rey has 1,031 residents, an average gross household income of €19,033 a year. These are signals of how deep housing demand runs, not of the risk of any one tenant.

In favour

  • Gross yield of 6.2%Above the Spanish average (4.2%) on the same calculation method.
  • Momentum 92/100Appraised prices, rents, transactions and population are all rising in the latest data.
  • 7.8 transactions per 1,000 residentsA market with high turnover: reselling is easier than the national average.

Against

  • 0.84 repossessions per 1,000 dwellingsRepossession pressure above the average, a provincial figure that signals market stress.
The market

What it costs and what it earns

The market level in Villanueva del Rey and what it means for a buy-to-let buyer. Per-m² figures are converted to a reference home of 90 m².

16.1 yearsPrice / Rent (PER)Years of rent to pay off the purchase
2.5 yearsAffordabilityHousehold incomes to pay for 90 m²
16%Rent burdenAnnual rent as a share of household income
0.50%Urban IBIRate approved by the town hall
537 €/m²Purchase price
Spain 2,028 €/m² €/m² of transactions, population-weighted average
3 €/m²/monthRent
Spain 7 €/m² €/m² a month, population-weighted average
6.2%Gross yield
Spain 4.2% annual rent over purchase price, before costs
The comparison

Where it stands against the rest

Villanueva del Rey's percentile among the municipalities with enough data, computed on the same figure for all of them.

Gross yield6.2%
69
PeorMedianaMejor
Rent level3 €/m²/month
47
PeorMedianaMejor
Momentum92/100
93
PeorMedianaMejor

Within Córdoba it ranks 13 of 77 on gross yield.

The demand

Demand, employment and liquidity

The structural depth of the market: how many people live here, what they earn, how much changes hands and what stress it carries. This is market context, never a measure of tenant risk.

7.8Market turnover
Spain 3.3 transactions a year per 1,000 residents · more turnover, easier to resell
€19,033Gross household income
Spain €31,185 annual income tax returns (AEAT), population-weighted territorial average
2.9‰Net migration
Spain 12.8‰ arrivals minus departures from abroad per 1,000 residents
0.84Repossession pressure
Spain 0.55 housing repossessions per 1,000 dwellings of the provincial stock · 2025

Repossessions are a provincial figure (INE): they describe the market in Córdoba, not this municipality alone.

The costs

Municipal costs and taxes

What the town hall and the cadastre set for this municipality, which is what the owner pays every year whether it is let or not.

0.500%Urban IBI rateApproved by the town hall
2006Last cadastral revisionThe older it is, the more outdated the cadastral value
€121/yearIBI on a standard homeEstimated on 90 m² and the average cadastral value
The trend

How it has moved

Official series for Villanueva del Rey over recent years. Where a series is missing, the municipality does not publish it.

Housing transactions

MIVAU · deals per year

−7.1% interanual
13 20112015201820222025 11 · 201111 · 20116 · 20126 · 201210 · 201310 · 20131 · 20141 · 20146 · 20156 · 20155 · 20165 · 201610 · 201710 · 201715 · 201815 · 201812 · 201912 · 20195 · 20205 · 20207 · 20217 · 202118 · 202218 · 202217 · 202317 · 202314 · 202414 · 202413 · 202513 · 2025

Registered unemployment

SEPE · yearly average

−5.4% interanual
88 20192021202320242026 118 · 2019118 · 2019135 · 2020135 · 2020119 · 2021119 · 2021119 · 2022119 · 2022113 · 2023113 · 202399 · 202499 · 202493 · 202593 · 202588 · 202688 · 2026

Average gross income

AEAT · annual tax return

+2.5% interanual
€19,033 20132015201720192023 €14,863 · 2013€14,863 · 2013€14,744 · 2014€14,744 · 2014€15,138 · 2015€15,138 · 2015€16,235 · 2016€16,235 · 2016€16,859 · 2017€16,859 · 2017€17,232 · 2018€17,232 · 2018€17,494 · 2019€17,494 · 2019€18,573 · 2021€18,573 · 2021€19,033 · 2023€19,033 · 2023

Registered population

INE · yearly population register

0.0% interanual
1,031 20112014201820222025 1,183 · 20111,183 · 20111,183 · 20111,183 · 20111,167 · 20121,167 · 20121,167 · 20121,167 · 20121,134 · 20131,134 · 20131,134 · 20131,134 · 20131,122 · 20141,122 · 20141,122 · 20141,122 · 20141,096 · 20151,096 · 20151,096 · 20151,096 · 20151,088 · 20161,088 · 20161,088 · 20161,088 · 20161,081 · 20171,081 · 20171,081 · 20171,081 · 20171,068 · 20181,068 · 20181,068 · 20181,068 · 20181,046 · 20191,046 · 20191,046 · 20191,046 · 20191,015 · 20201,015 · 20201,015 · 20201,015 · 2020997 · 2021997 · 2021997 · 2021997 · 20211,007 · 20221,007 · 20221,007 · 20221,007 · 20221,000 · 20231,000 · 20231,000 · 20231,000 · 20231,014 · 20241,014 · 20241,014 · 20241,014 · 20241,031 · 20251,031 · 20251,031 · 20251,031 · 2025

Net international migration

INE · immigration − emigration · yearly

3 2021202220232024 3 · 20213 · 20211 · 20221 · 20220 · 20230 · 20233 · 20243 · 2024
Nearby

Alternatives in Córdoba

Territories of the same level ranked by gross yield, to compare before deciding.

The method

How this page is calculated

Where each figure comes from, over which territory and from what date. Confidence measures data coverage, never investment quality.

Data coverage

80/100

What this page does not show is what is not published about the municipality, not a zero.

  • official rent series (SERPAVI)
  • series sufficient to measure momentum
  • official appraised value (MIVAU)
  • estimated market level
  • our own adverts

When each figure is from

This is the latest figure published by each source for this municipality.

rent
2025
sale
2025
household income
2023
population register
2025
registered transactions
2026Q1
registered unemployment
2026M06
MIVAUAppraised housing value and registered transactions
SERPAVIOfficial reference rent index
INEPopulation register, migration and repossessions
AEATAverage gross household income
SEPE and Social SecurityRegistered unemployment and contributions
CatastroCadastral value, age and IBI rate
InmobliaOur own catalogue of adverts, each with its investment score

An indicative statistical estimate for comparing markets, not an appraisal or an investment recommendation. Gross yield does not deduct costs, IBI, insurance, voids or taxes.