Municipality · Ourense

Investing in Lobios: 2 €/m²/month in rent and 6.3% gross yield

Buying in Lobios costs 385 €/m² on average and renting goes for 2 €/m² a month, leaving a gross yield of 6.3% before costs and taxes. It sits clearly above the Spanish average (4.2%), with purchase prices below the Spanish average.

2 €/m²/monthRent90 m² home: €182/month
385 €/m²Purchase90 m² home: €34,650
6.3%Gross yieldAnnual rent over purchase price
1/100Momentum50 = flat market
The map

Lobios within Ourense

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

Ourense · 4.0% gross yieldCarballiño, O · 4.9% gross yieldVerín · 4.9% gross yieldBarco de Valdeorras, O · 5.0% gross yieldBarbadás · 4.6% gross yieldXinzo de Limia · 5.3% gross yieldPereiro de Aguiar, O · 5.2% gross yieldAllariz · 5.5% gross yieldSan Cibrao das Viñas · 5.4% gross yieldCelanova · 5.5% gross yieldRibadavia · 4.8% gross yieldRúa, A · 5.6% gross yieldColes · 5.6% gross yieldMaceda · 5.6% gross yieldMaside · 5.1% gross yieldViana do Bolo · 5.4% gross yieldCartelle · 6.0% gross yieldAmoeiro · 6.0% gross yieldMonterrei · 6.1% gross yieldToén · 5.6% gross yieldBoborás · 5.4% gross yieldNogueira de Ramuín · 5.3% gross yieldSan Cristovo de Cea · 6.1% gross yieldMerca, A · 6.2% gross yieldPobra de Trives, A · 5.8% gross yieldVilamarín · 6.2% gross yieldVilamartín de Valdeorras · 6.6% gross yieldPeroxa, A · 6.4% gross yieldAvión · 4.9% gross yieldOímbra · 6.1% gross yieldVilardevós · 6.6% gross yieldPadrenda · 6.4% gross yieldCualedro · 6.5% gross yieldLeiro · 6.5% gross yieldRamirás · 6.2% gross yieldTaboadela · 6.2% gross yieldBaños de Molgas · 6.1% gross yieldBande · 5.7% gross yieldRubiá · 6.7% gross yieldMuíños · 6.4% gross yieldRiós, O · 5.9% gross yieldPaderne de Allariz · 5.6% gross yieldXunqueira de Ambía · 5.8% gross yieldIrixo, O · 6.2% gross yieldCarballeda de Valdeorras · 7.2% gross yieldCastrelo de Miño · 5.9% gross yieldO Castro de Caldelas · 5.9% gross yieldTrasmiras · 6.2% gross yieldGudiña, A · 6.1% gross yieldVilar de Barrio · 6.0% gross yieldCarballeda de Avia · 6.0% gross yieldLaza · 7.0% gross yieldRairiz de Veiga · 6.3% gross yieldBola, A · 6.1% gross yieldEsgos · 5.7% gross yieldPiñor · 5.9% gross yieldEntrimo · 6.3% gross yieldSandiás · 6.9% gross yieldMelón · 6.7% gross yieldSarreaus · 6.1% gross yieldCenlle · 6.2% gross yieldSan Amaro · 5.5% gross yieldCortegada · 6.4% gross yieldMezquita, A · 7.0% gross yieldVerea · 6.8% gross yieldArnoia, A · 5.3% gross yieldCastrelo do Val · 6.7% gross yieldBeariz · 5.9% gross yieldVeiga, A · 6.2% gross yieldPetín · 6.3% gross yieldBaltar · 6.3% gross yieldPorqueira · 5.7% gross yieldBolo, O · 6.0% gross yieldManzaneda · 7.2% gross yieldPunxín · 5.6% gross yieldLobeira · 6.1% gross yieldBlancos, Os · 5.7% gross yieldXunqueira de Espadanedo · 5.6% gross yieldMontederramo · 6.8% gross yieldCalvos de Randín · 6.3% gross yieldGomesende · 6.1% gross yieldQuintela de Leirado · 6.5% gross yieldSan Xoán de Río · 7.3% gross yieldVilariño de Conso · 7.2% gross yieldParada de Sil · 7.2% gross yieldVilar de Santos · not enough dataLarouco · 6.8% gross yieldChandrexa de Queixa · 6.1% gross yieldPontedeva · 6.3% gross yieldBeade · 5.3% gross yieldTeixeira, A · 7.2% gross yieldLobios · 6.3% gross yield Lobios6.3%Veiga, A6.2%Viana do Bolo5.4%Laza7.0%Gudiña, A6.1% Lobios6.3%
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 28 of 91 among the municipalities of its province.

Lobios has 1,776 residents, an average gross household income of €20,726 a year. These are signals of how deep housing demand runs, not of the risk of any one tenant.

In favour

  • Gross yield of 6.3%Above the Spanish average (4.2%) on the same calculation method.

Against

  • Momentum 1/100The local market is not helping: the recent series are flat or falling.
  • 1.1 transactions per 1,000 residentsAn illiquid market: expect longer selling times.
The market

What it costs and what it earns

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

15.9 yearsPrice / Rent (PER)Years of rent to pay off the purchase
1.7 yearsAffordabilityHousehold incomes to pay for 90 m²
11%Rent burdenAnnual rent as a share of household income
0.50%Urban IBIRate approved by the town hall
385 €/m²Purchase price
Spain 2,028 €/m² €/m² of transactions, population-weighted average
2 €/m²/monthRent
Spain 7 €/m² €/m² a month, population-weighted average
6.3%Gross yield
Spain 4.2% annual rent over purchase price, before costs
The comparison

Where it stands against the rest

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

Gross yield6.3%
72
PeorMedianaMejor
Rent level2 €/m²/month
21
PeorMedianaMejor
Momentum1/100
14
PeorMedianaMejor

Within Ourense it ranks 28 of 91 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.

1.1Market turnover
Spain 3.3 transactions a year per 1,000 residents · more turnover, easier to resell
€20,726Gross household income
Spain €31,185 annual income tax returns (AEAT), population-weighted territorial average
-5.6‰Net migration
Spain 12.8‰ arrivals minus departures from abroad per 1,000 residents
0.15Repossession 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 Ourense, 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
1990Last cadastral revisionThe older it is, the more outdated the cadastral value
€87/yearIBI on a standard homeEstimated on 90 m² and the average cadastral value
The trend

How it has moved

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

Housing transactions

MIVAU · deals per year

−29.2% interanual
17 20112015201820222025 5 · 20115 · 20115 · 20125 · 201211 · 201311 · 201312 · 201412 · 20145 · 20155 · 20156 · 20166 · 20167 · 20177 · 20178 · 20188 · 20183 · 20193 · 20197 · 20207 · 202016 · 202116 · 202118 · 202218 · 202220 · 202320 · 202324 · 202424 · 202417 · 202517 · 2025

Registered unemployment

SEPE · yearly average

+4.8% interanual
66 20192021202320242026 69 · 201969 · 201978 · 202078 · 202076 · 202176 · 202176 · 202276 · 202273 · 202373 · 202365 · 202465 · 202463 · 202563 · 202566 · 202666 · 2026

Average gross income

AEAT · annual tax return

+4.9% interanual
€20,726 20132016201820212023 €15,226 · 2013€15,226 · 2013€15,702 · 2014€15,702 · 2014€15,630 · 2015€15,630 · 2015€16,735 · 2016€16,735 · 2016€17,446 · 2017€17,446 · 2017€18,164 · 2018€18,164 · 2018€18,342 · 2019€18,342 · 2019€20,343 · 2020€20,343 · 2020€18,534 · 2021€18,534 · 2021€19,759 · 2022€19,759 · 2022€20,726 · 2023€20,726 · 2023

Registered population

INE · yearly population register

0.0% interanual
1,776 20112014201820222025 2,238 · 20112,238 · 20112,238 · 20112,238 · 20112,175 · 20122,175 · 20122,175 · 20122,175 · 20122,130 · 20132,130 · 20132,130 · 20132,130 · 20132,025 · 20142,025 · 20142,025 · 20142,025 · 20141,988 · 20151,988 · 20151,988 · 20151,988 · 20151,868 · 20161,868 · 20161,868 · 20161,868 · 20161,795 · 20171,795 · 20171,795 · 20171,795 · 20171,732 · 20181,732 · 20181,732 · 20181,732 · 20181,708 · 20191,708 · 20191,708 · 20191,708 · 20191,678 · 20201,678 · 20201,678 · 20201,678 · 20201,672 · 20211,672 · 20211,672 · 20211,672 · 20211,703 · 20221,703 · 20221,703 · 20221,703 · 20221,786 · 20231,786 · 20231,786 · 20231,786 · 20231,820 · 20241,820 · 20241,820 · 20241,820 · 20241,776 · 20251,776 · 20251,776 · 20251,776 · 2025

Net international migration

INE · immigration − emigration · yearly

−138.5% interanual
-10 2021202220232024 14 · 202114 · 202131 · 202231 · 202226 · 202326 · 2023-10 · 2024-10 · 2024
Nearby

Alternatives in Ourense

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.