Municipality · Murcia

Investing in Caravaca de la Cruz: 4 €/m²/month in rent and 5.0% gross yield

Buying in Caravaca de la Cruz costs 881 €/m² on average and renting goes for 4 €/m² a month, leaving a gross yield of 5.0% 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: €332/month
881 €/m²Purchase90 m² home: €79,290
5.0%Gross yieldAnnual rent over purchase price
68/100Momentum50 = flat market
The map

Caravaca de la Cruz within Murcia

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

Murcia · 4.9% gross yieldCartagena · 4.2% gross yieldLorca · 4.6% gross yieldMolina de Segura · 4.9% gross yieldAlcantarilla · 4.8% gross yieldTorre-Pacheco · 4.0% gross yieldÁguilas · 4.1% gross yieldSan Javier · 3.7% gross yieldYecla · 4.9% gross yieldCieza · 4.9% gross yieldMazarrón · 3.8% gross yieldTotana · 4.9% gross yieldSan Pedro del Pinatar · 3.6% gross yieldJumilla · 5.0% gross yieldAlhama de Murcia · 2.6% gross yieldTorres de Cotillas, Las · 4.9% gross yieldUnión, La · 4.0% gross yieldArchena · 4.7% gross yieldAlcázares, Los · 2.6% gross yieldFuente Álamo de Murcia · 3.7% gross yieldPuerto Lumbreras · 4.7% gross yieldMula · 4.8% gross yieldSantomera · 4.8% gross yieldCehegín · 5.7% gross yieldAbarán · 5.3% gross yieldCeutí · 5.0% gross yieldBullas · 5.0% gross yieldBeniel · 4.4% gross yieldFortuna · 5.0% gross yieldAlguazas · 5.2% gross yieldCalasparra · 5.7% gross yieldLorquí · 4.8% gross yieldMoratalla · 5.9% gross yieldBlanca · 5.3% gross yieldAbanilla · 4.9% gross yieldLibrilla · 5.5% gross yieldVillanueva del Río Segura · 4.9% gross yieldPliego · 5.5% gross yieldCampos del Río · 5.2% gross yieldAlbudeite · 5.3% gross yieldRicote · 5.4% gross yieldAledo · 4.9% gross yieldUlea · 5.8% gross yieldOjós · not enough dataCaravaca de la Cruz · 5.0% gross yield Caravaca de la Cruz5.0%Lorca4.6%Jumilla5.0%Moratalla5.9%Murcia4.9%Mula4.8%Yecla4.9%Cartagena4.2% Caravaca de la Cruz5.0%Lorca4.6%
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 14 of 44 among the municipalities of its province.

Caravaca de la Cruz has 26,126 residents, an average gross household income of €24,139 a year, 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

  • Gross yield of 5.0%Above the Spanish average (4.2%) on the same calculation method.
  • Momentum 68/100Appraised prices, rents, transactions and population are all rising in the latest data.
  • 4 properties analysedWe hold stock for sale here, each with its own investment score.

Against

  • 0.78 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 Caravaca de la Cruz and what it means for a buy-to-let buyer. Per-m² figures are converted to a reference home of 90 m².

19.9 yearsPrice / Rent (PER)Years of rent to pay off the purchase
3.3 yearsAffordabilityHousehold incomes to pay for 90 m²
17%Rent burdenAnnual rent as a share of household income
0.69%Urban IBIRate approved by the town hall
881 €/m²Purchase price
Spain 2,028 €/m² €/m² of transactions, population-weighted average
4 €/m²/monthRent
Spain 7 €/m² €/m² a month, population-weighted average
5.0%Gross yield
Spain 4.2% annual rent over purchase price, before costs
The comparison

Where it stands against the rest

Caravaca de la Cruz's percentile among the municipalities with enough data, computed on the same figure for all of them.

Gross yield5.0%
32
PeorMedianaMejor
Rent level4 €/m²/month
68
PeorMedianaMejor
Momentum68/100
79
PeorMedianaMejor

Within Murcia it ranks 14 of 44 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.

3.7Market 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
€24,139Gross household income
Spain €31,185 annual income tax returns (AEAT), population-weighted territorial average
10.9‰Net migration
Spain 12.8‰ arrivals minus departures from abroad per 1,000 residents
0.78Repossession 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 Murcia, 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.

0.690%Urban IBI rateApproved by the town hall
2007Last cadastral revisionThe older it is, the more outdated the cadastral value
€274/yearIBI on a standard homeEstimated on 90 m² and the average cadastral value
The trend

How it has moved

Official series for Caravaca de la Cruz over recent years. Where a series is missing, the municipality does not publish it.

Rent price index

INE · 2011 base = 100 · yearly

+3.0% interanual
118.5 20112014201820212024 102.7 · 2011102.7 · 2011100.7 · 2012100.7 · 2012100.9 · 2013100.9 · 2013100.1 · 2014100.1 · 2014100 · 2015100 · 201599.4 · 201699.4 · 2016103.6 · 2017103.6 · 2017104 · 2018104 · 2018104.6 · 2019104.6 · 2019107.2 · 2020107.2 · 2020110.3 · 2021110.3 · 2021113.4 · 2022113.4 · 2022115.1 · 2023115.1 · 2023118.5 · 2024118.5 · 2024

Housing transactions

MIVAU · deals per year

+9.4% interanual
348 20112015201820222025 126 · 2011126 · 2011120 · 2012120 · 201296 · 201396 · 2013114 · 2014114 · 2014145 · 2015145 · 2015152 · 2016152 · 2016168 · 2017168 · 2017191 · 2018191 · 2018213 · 2019213 · 2019214 · 2020214 · 2020329 · 2021329 · 2021286 · 2022286 · 2022325 · 2023325 · 2023318 · 2024318 · 2024348 · 2025348 · 2025

Registered unemployment

SEPE · yearly average

−2.2% interanual
1,220 20192021202320242026 1,824 · 20191,824 · 20192,056 · 20202,056 · 20201,889 · 20211,889 · 20211,616 · 20221,616 · 20221,504 · 20231,504 · 20231,321 · 20241,321 · 20241,247 · 20251,247 · 20251,220 · 20261,220 · 2026

Average gross income

AEAT · annual tax return

+3.7% interanual
€24,139 20132016201820212023 €19,129 · 2013€19,129 · 2013€18,827 · 2014€18,827 · 2014€19,821 · 2015€19,821 · 2015€19,843 · 2016€19,843 · 2016€20,404 · 2017€20,404 · 2017€21,018 · 2018€21,018 · 2018€21,417 · 2019€21,417 · 2019€21,686 · 2020€21,686 · 2020€22,710 · 2021€22,710 · 2021€23,278 · 2022€23,278 · 2022€24,139 · 2023€24,139 · 2023

Registered population

INE · yearly population register

0.0% interanual
26,126 20112014201820222025 26,438 · 201126,438 · 201126,438 · 201126,438 · 201126,415 · 201226,415 · 201226,415 · 201226,415 · 201226,024 · 201326,024 · 201326,024 · 201326,024 · 201326,280 · 201426,280 · 201426,280 · 201426,280 · 201425,851 · 201525,851 · 201525,851 · 201525,851 · 201525,591 · 201625,591 · 201625,591 · 201625,591 · 201625,633 · 201725,633 · 201725,633 · 201725,633 · 201725,730 · 201825,730 · 201825,730 · 201825,730 · 201825,760 · 201925,760 · 201925,760 · 201925,760 · 201925,688 · 202025,688 · 202025,688 · 202025,688 · 202025,611 · 202125,611 · 202125,611 · 202125,611 · 202125,722 · 202225,722 · 202225,722 · 202225,722 · 202225,756 · 202325,756 · 202325,756 · 202325,756 · 202325,996 · 202425,996 · 202425,996 · 202425,996 · 202426,126 · 202526,126 · 202526,126 · 202526,126 · 2025

Net international migration

INE · immigration − emigration · yearly

+11.8% interanual
285 2021202220232024 116 · 2021116 · 2021272 · 2022272 · 2022255 · 2023255 · 2023285 · 2024285 · 2024

Recorded offences

Ministry of the Interior · cumulative

+78.3% interanual
2,200 202420252026 254 · 2024254 · 2024515 · 2024515 · 2024747 · 2024747 · 20241,001 · 20241,001 · 20241,234 · 20251,234 · 20251,476 · 20251,476 · 20251,729 · 20251,729 · 20251,990 · 20251,990 · 20252,200 · 20262,200 · 2026
Nearby

Alternatives in Murcia

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

The inventory

What is for sale in Caravaca de la Cruz

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

4Properties analysed
€37,540Median priceOf the adverts for sale
57/100Median scoreMedian investment quality of the catalogue

See the 4 properties in Caravaca de la Cruz

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

100/100

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
2024
sale
2026Q1
household income
2023
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.