Municipality · Pontevedra

Investing in Soutomaior: 4 €/m²/month in rent and 4.8% gross yield

Buying in Soutomaior costs 973 €/m² on average and renting goes for 4 €/m² a month, leaving a gross yield of 4.8% before costs and taxes. It sits clearly above the Spanish average (4.2%), with purchase prices below the Spanish average.

4 €/m²/monthRent90 m² home: €353/month
973 €/m²Purchase90 m² home: €87,570
4.8%Gross yieldAnnual rent over purchase price
26/100Momentum50 = flat market
The map

Soutomaior within Pontevedra

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

Vigo · 3.9% gross yieldPontevedra · 3.7% gross yieldVilagarcía de Arousa · 4.2% gross yieldRedondela · 4.6% gross yieldCangas de Morrazo · 3.9% gross yieldMarín · 4.2% gross yieldPonteareas · 4.6% gross yieldPorriño, O · 3.9% gross yieldLalín · 5.1% gross yieldEstrada, A · 4.8% gross yieldMoaña · 4.2% gross yieldNigrán · 3.6% gross yieldSanxenxo · 4.1% gross yieldTui · 4.8% gross yieldPoio · 4.0% gross yieldMos · 4.3% gross yieldGondomar · 4.8% gross yieldCambados · 5.1% gross yieldTomiño · 4.5% gross yieldBaiona · 4.2% gross yieldBueu · 4.4% gross yieldGrove, O · 3.7% gross yieldSalvaterra de Miño · 4.7% gross yieldVilanova de Arousa · 4.6% gross yieldGuarda, A · 4.5% gross yieldCaldas de Reis · 5.0% gross yieldSalceda de Caselas · 4.3% gross yieldSilleda · 5.1% gross yieldRosal, O · 5.0% gross yieldVilaboa · 4.8% gross yieldValga · 5.1% gross yieldPonte Caldelas · 4.7% gross yieldMeaño · 4.7% gross yieldRibadumia · 4.7% gross yieldCañiza, A · 4.9% gross yieldVila de Cruces · 5.0% gross yieldIlla de Arousa, A · 4.3% gross yieldMeis · 5.0% gross yieldCuntis · 5.0% gross yieldMondariz · 5.2% gross yieldMoraña · 4.9% gross yieldBarro · 4.8% gross yieldNeves, As · 5.3% gross yieldCatoira · 4.8% gross yieldPontecesures · 4.7% gross yieldForcarei · 5.7% gross yieldOia · 4.3% gross yieldPazos de Borbén · 5.2% gross yieldPortas · 5.4% gross yieldArbo · 5.0% gross yieldCovelo · 5.3% gross yieldLama, A · 5.5% gross yieldRodeiro · 5.4% gross yieldAgolada · 5.2% gross yieldCrecente · 5.4% gross yieldCampo Lameiro, O · 5.0% gross yieldFornelos de Montes · 6.0% gross yieldDozón · 5.2% gross yieldMondariz Balneario · 4.1% gross yieldCerdedo Cotobade · not enough dataSoutomaior · 4.8% gross yield Soutomaior4.8%Lalín5.1%Estrada, A4.8% Soutomaior4.8%
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 26 of 60 among the municipalities of its province.

Soutomaior has 7,589 residents, an average gross household income of €24,025 a year. These are signals of how deep housing demand runs, not of the risk of any one tenant.

In favour

  • Gross yield of 4.8%Above the Spanish average (4.2%) on the same calculation method.

Against

  • Momentum 26/100The 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 Soutomaior and what it means for a buy-to-let buyer. Per-m² figures are converted to a reference home of 90 m².

20.7 yearsPrice / Rent (PER)Years of rent to pay off the purchase
3.6 yearsAffordabilityHousehold incomes to pay for 90 m²
18%Rent burdenAnnual rent as a share of household income
0.54%Urban IBIRate approved by the town hall
973 €/m²Purchase price
Spain 2,028 €/m² €/m² of transactions, population-weighted average
4 €/m²/monthRent
Spain 7 €/m² €/m² a month, population-weighted average
4.8%Gross yield
Spain 4.2% annual rent over purchase price, before costs
The comparison

Where it stands against the rest

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

Gross yield4.8%
28
PeorMedianaMejor
Rent level4 €/m²/month
72
PeorMedianaMejor
Momentum26/100
31
PeorMedianaMejor

Within Pontevedra it ranks 26 of 60 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
€24,025Gross household income
Spain €31,185 annual income tax returns (AEAT), population-weighted territorial average
4‰Net migration
Spain 12.8‰ arrivals minus departures from abroad per 1,000 residents
0.33Repossession 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 Pontevedra, 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.

0.540%Urban IBI rateApproved by the town hall
1990Last cadastral revisionThe older it is, the more outdated the cadastral value
€236/yearIBI on a standard homeEstimated on 90 m² and the average cadastral value
The trend

How it has moved

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

Housing transactions

MIVAU · deals per year

+35.9% interanual
87 20112015201820222025 32 · 201132 · 201134 · 201234 · 201212 · 201312 · 201326 · 201426 · 201425 · 201525 · 201527 · 201627 · 201633 · 201733 · 201747 · 201847 · 201865 · 201965 · 201948 · 202048 · 202049 · 202149 · 202168 · 202268 · 202249 · 202349 · 202364 · 202464 · 202487 · 202587 · 2025

Registered unemployment

SEPE · yearly average

−4.0% interanual
407 20192021202320242026 591 · 2019591 · 2019618 · 2020618 · 2020561 · 2021561 · 2021514 · 2022514 · 2022460 · 2023460 · 2023448 · 2024448 · 2024424 · 2025424 · 2025407 · 2026407 · 2026

Average gross income

AEAT · annual tax return

+4.1% interanual
€24,025 20132016201820212023 €18,810 · 2013€18,810 · 2013€19,140 · 2014€19,140 · 2014€19,451 · 2015€19,451 · 2015€19,977 · 2016€19,977 · 2016€20,257 · 2017€20,257 · 2017€20,522 · 2018€20,522 · 2018€21,193 · 2019€21,193 · 2019€21,179 · 2020€21,179 · 2020€21,880 · 2021€21,880 · 2021€23,082 · 2022€23,082 · 2022€24,025 · 2023€24,025 · 2023

Registered population

INE · yearly population register

0.0% interanual
7,589 20112014201820222025 7,223 · 20117,223 · 20117,223 · 20117,223 · 20117,265 · 20127,265 · 20127,265 · 20127,265 · 20127,302 · 20137,302 · 20137,302 · 20137,302 · 20137,356 · 20147,356 · 20147,356 · 20147,356 · 20147,317 · 20157,317 · 20157,317 · 20157,317 · 20157,251 · 20167,251 · 20167,251 · 20167,251 · 20167,242 · 20177,242 · 20177,242 · 20177,242 · 20177,305 · 20187,305 · 20187,305 · 20187,305 · 20187,395 · 20197,395 · 20197,395 · 20197,395 · 20197,426 · 20207,426 · 20207,426 · 20207,426 · 20207,482 · 20217,482 · 20217,482 · 20217,482 · 20217,543 · 20227,543 · 20227,543 · 20227,543 · 20227,603 · 20237,603 · 20237,603 · 20237,603 · 20237,584 · 20247,584 · 20247,584 · 20247,584 · 20247,589 · 20257,589 · 20257,589 · 20257,589 · 2025

Net international migration

INE · immigration − emigration · yearly

+66.7% interanual
30 2021202220232024 12 · 202112 · 202129 · 202229 · 202218 · 202318 · 202330 · 202430 · 2024
Nearby

Alternatives in Pontevedra

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.