HIPOTECALC ANALYTICS / IHEC
Buying a home in Barcelona: price versus income
How many estimated annual household incomes an 80 m² home costs at asking prices. A comparable measure across 100 Spanish municipalities.
By Equipo Hipotecalc · Published 8 September 2026
Source cutoff: 7 September 2026 · Edition 2026-09-07-v1 · Methodology 1.0
- Estimated effort
- 7.99× Annual household incomes · Q1 2026
- Quarterly change
- +0.5 % Q4 2025
- Annual change
- +5.9 % Same quarter, previous year
- Rank in the sample
- 9 / 100 1 = highest effort
What the index says about Barcelona
In Q1 2026, an 80 m² home at the municipal asking-price benchmark costs €425,680. Compared with estimated annual household income of €53,248, that is 7.99 times income. Barcelona ranks 9 out of the 100 municipalities, from highest to lowest effort.
The sample median is 4.27. The municipal result is 3.72 income multiples above it. This comparison says nothing about an individual household’s savings, credit access or property requirements.
EXPLORE THE SERIES
The path to buying a home
Multiples of estimated annual household income · lower means less relative effort
Read the chart as a table
| Quarter | Barcelona | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 7.20 | 3.86 |
| Q2 2023 | 7.10 | 3.84 |
| Q3 2023 | 6.95 | 3.77 |
| Q4 2023 | 6.93 | 3.80 |
| Q1 2024 | 6.99 | 3.77 |
| Q2 2024 | 7.19 | 3.88 |
| Q3 2024 | 7.22 | 3.81 |
| Q4 2024 | 7.35 | 3.89 |
| Q1 2025 | 7.55 | 3.99 |
| Q2 2025 | 7.80 | 4.24 |
| Q3 2025 | 7.89 | 4.23 |
| Q4 2025 | 7.96 | 4.26 |
| Q1 2026 | 7.99 | 4.27 |
More recent prices, without an effort estimate
This edition has no income estimate after Q1 2026. Complete asking prices for Q2 and partial Q3 prices do not justify extending the IHEC.
| Municipality | 2026Q2 · €/m² | 2026Q3 · €/m² | Q3 coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 5,409.67 | 5,444.50 | July–August |
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Cite this analysis
Hipotecalc Analytics. Hipotecalc Home Purchase Effort Index (IHEC), Q1 2026. Barcelona. Edition 2026-09-07-v1. Calculations by Hipotecalc using Idealista asking prices and INE income/household data. Municipal quarterly income is estimated. https://www.hipotecalc.com/en/analytics/house-price-to-income/barcelona
CSV includes derived index results and attribution, not the complete underlying source database. Municipal pages download the full series; the chart shows the six highest-effort municipalities.