Autonomous region

Investing in País Vasco: 11 €/m²/month in rent and 4.1% gross yield

Buying in País Vasco costs 3,218 €/m² on average and renting goes for 11 €/m² a month, leaving a gross yield of 4.1% before costs and taxes. It is essentially the Spanish average (4.2%), with purchase prices above the Spanish average.

11 €/m²/monthRent90 m² home: €977/month
3,218 €/m²Purchase90 m² home: €289,620
4.1%Gross yieldAnnual rent over purchase price
50/100Momentum50 = flat market
The map

The provinces of País Vasco

Coloured by gross yield, on the same scale as the rest of the country.

Bizkaia · 4.1% gross yieldGipuzkoa · 4.1% gross yieldAraba/Álava · 4.1% gross yield Araba/Álava4.1%Bizkaia4.1%Gipuzkoa4.1% Araba/Álava4.1%Bizkaia4.1%Gipuzkoa4.1%
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 16 of 19 among the autonomous regions.

País Vasco has 2,242,342 residents, an approximate unemployment rate of 12% (above the Spanish average). These are signals of how deep housing demand runs, not of the risk of any one tenant.

In favour

  • 174 properties analysedWe hold stock for sale here, each with its own investment score.

Against

  • 2.7 transactions per 1,000 residentsAn illiquid market: expect longer selling times.
The market

What it costs and what it earns

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

24.7 yearsPrice / Rent (PER)Years of rent to pay off the purchase

Within País Vasco municipalities sit on average 18% away from that figure: real dispersion between local markets, not the estimate's margin of error. Drill down to a municipality to see its own.

3,218 €/m²Purchase price
Spain 2,028 €/m² €/m² of transactions, population-weighted average
11 €/m²/monthRent
Spain 7 €/m² €/m² a month, population-weighted average
4.1%Gross yield
Spain 4.2% annual rent over purchase price, before costs
The comparison

Where it stands against the rest

País Vasco's percentile among the 19 regions, computed on the same figure for all of them.

Gross yield4.1%
17
PeorMedianaMejor
Rent level11 €/m²/month
94
PeorMedianaMejor
Momentum50/100
11
PeorMedianaMejor

Within España it ranks 16 of 19 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.

2.7Market turnover
Spain 3.3 transactions a year per 1,000 residents · more turnover, easier to resell
12%Unemployment (approx.)
Spain 11% registered unemployed over unemployed + social security contributors
10.4‰Net migration
Spain 12.8‰ arrivals minus departures from abroad per 1,000 residents
0.22Repossession pressure
Spain 0.55 housing repossessions per 1,000 dwellings of the provincial stock · 2025
Inside País Vasco

The provinces of País Vasco

Each with its market level and gross yield, computed the same way as this page's so they can be compared.

The ranking

Municipalities with the highest gross yield for País Vasco

Only municipalities with enough data to support the figure. Gross yield is before costs, IBI and taxes.

MunicipalityPurchaseRentGross yieldMomentumAdverts
HernaniYield above the average 2,122 €/m² 13 €/m²/month 7.4% 26/100 3
SestaoYield above the average 2,346 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.9% 59/100
EibarIn line with the Spanish average 2,124 €/m² 8 €/m²/month 4.8% 57/100 1
SanturtziIn line with the Spanish average 2,714 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.4% 60/100 2
HondarribiaIn line with the Spanish average 4,251 €/m² 15 €/m²/month 4.4% 17/100 10
BarakaldoIn line with the Spanish average 2,876 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.4% 52/100 4
PortugaleteIn line with the Spanish average 2,822 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.3% 65/100 9
BasauriIn line with the Spanish average 2,732 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.2% 54/100
Vitoria-GasteizIn line with the Spanish average 2,696 €/m² 9 €/m²/month 4.1% 67/100 4
ErrenteriaIn line with the Spanish average 3,171 €/m² 11 €/m²/month 4.1% 63/100 4
BilbaoIn line with the Spanish average 3,415 €/m² 12 €/m²/month 4.1% 46/100 30
DurangoIn line with the Spanish average 2,610 €/m² 9 €/m²/month 4.0% 48/100
IrunIn line with the Spanish average 3,007 €/m² 10 €/m²/month 4.0% 85/100 8
LeioaIn line with the Spanish average 3,488 €/m² 11 €/m²/month 3.7% 45/100
GaldakaoIn line with the Spanish average 2,902 €/m² 9 €/m²/month 3.6% 59/100
GetxoExpensive market relative to local income 3,963 €/m² 12 €/m²/month 3.5% 41/100 1
Donostia/San SebastiánExpensive market relative to local income 5,029 €/m² 14 €/m²/month 3.4% 41/100 26
Nearby

Alternatives in España

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

The inventory

What is for sale in País Vasco

Our catalogue in this territory, with an investment score computed property by property.

174Properties analysed2 at auction
€263,500Median priceOf the adverts for sale
52/100Median scoreMedian investment quality of the catalogue

See the 174 properties in País Vasco

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

90/100

País Vasco covers 252 municipalities. Every figure is computed by summing or population-weighting those municipalities, never by averaging their percentages.

  • official rent series (SERPAVI) 15 of 252
  • series sufficient to measure momentum 241 of 252
  • official appraised value (MIVAU) 15 of 252
  • estimated market level 17 of 252
  • our own adverts 48 of 252

When each figure is from

For an aggregate we show the oldest figure from each source, since that is what limits how the whole can be read.

rent
2024
sale
2026Q1
official appraisal
2026Q1
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.