Buying a home in Spain now takes eight years of gross pay

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Jun 10, 2026 · 557 words · By Christina Thykjaer

Wage-Price Gap Regional Economic Disparity Housing Affordability Crisis

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What to know about Wage-Price Gap

House prices rose 20.5% in 2025, while wages edged up just 1%.

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What happened

House prices rose 20.5% in 2025, while wages edged up just 1%.

Why it matters

The Balearic Islands and Madrid are where buying a home demands the greatest financial effort.

Common ground

Buying a home in Spain is becoming increasingly difficult.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the Balearic Islands again top the ranking, with 15.1 years of salary needed to buy a home. They are followed by Madrid (15 years), Málaga (12.9 years), Guipuzcoa (11.7 years), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (11.3 years) and Barcelona (10.2 years)?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Balearic Islands again top the ranking, with 15.1 years of salary needed to buy a home. They are followed by Madrid (15 years), Málaga (12.9 years), Guipuzcoa (11.7 years), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (11.3 years) and Barcelona (10.2 years).”

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Claim 2: “Regions such as the Canary Islands and the Basque Country also exceed ten years of salary, while Catalonia is approaching that threshold at 9.4 years.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or refute the claims regarding the Canary Islands, Basque Country, or Catalonia.

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Claim 3: “wages edged up just 1%”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by EuroNews and corroborated by a web search result ('Buying a home in Spain now requires over 8 years of full salary').

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish might refer to: Items from or related to Spain: Spaniards (Spanish people) Spanish language Spanish cuisine Spanish history Spanish culture Languages of Spain, the various languages in Spain …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It originated in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language

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Claim 4: “In 2025, a worker had to devote the equivalent of 8.4 years of their full gross salary to purchase an 80-square-metre second-hand home, according to a study by Fotocasa and InfoJobs.”

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The specific figure of 8.4 years for an 80sqm home based on a Fotocasa and InfoJobs study is reported by EuroNews and two independent web search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — by Fotocasa and Infojobs. The community most affected by the decrease in wages in 2022 was precisely the Canary Islands, with 5.1%.In 2022 the price of housing for sale in Spain closed with an annual …
https://tenerifeweekly.com/2023/05/10/the-price-of-housing-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Buying a home in Spain is becoming increasingly difficult. In 2025, a worker had to devote the equivalent of 8.4 years of their full gross salary to purchase an 80-square-metre second-hand home, accor…
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/06/10/buying-a-home-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — "Spain's Home Buyers Now Need 8.4 Years' Salary as Prices Surge. Share.MADRID — Buying a home in Spain has never been harder. A worker in 2025 needed the equivalent of 8.4 years of their full gross sa…
https://m10news.com/spanish-workers-now-need-8-4-years-salar…

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Claim 5: “Madrid is close behind, where the effort required reaches 15 years’ salary.”

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The specific figure of 15 years for Madrid is reported by EuroNews, but the corroborating web search result only mentions Madrid as one of the places where buying is hardest without specifying the 15-year figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — "Spain's Home Buyers Now Need 8.4 Years' Salary as Prices Surge.The Balearic Islands are the hardest place in Spain to buy a home, where residents must devote 15.1 years of gross salary — equivalent t…
https://m10news.com/spanish-workers-now-need-8-4-years-salar…

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web search NEUTRAL — Luxembourg is the most expensive country to buy a new home this year, with an average price of €8,760 per square metre, followed by Israel and the UK with prices at €6,131 per sq m and €5,203 respecti…
https://sofokleous10.gr/2025/09/01/greeks-spend-15-3-times-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Enter your gross salary Enter your take-home pay.Below you can see your gross salary (Bruttogehalt) and estimated net pay (Nettogehalt) in Germany with a full tax breakdown, followed by a list of rece…
https://salaryaftertax.com/de/salary-calculator

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Claim 6: “In just 12 months, the effort required to buy a home increased by 16 months’ pay, rising from 7.1 years in 2024 to 8.4 years in 2025.”

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While the 8.4 years figure for 2025 is corroborated, the specific comparison to 7.1 years in 2024 and the '16 months' increase is not explicitly confirmed by the other provided sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 29 October 2024, torrential rain caused by an isolated low-pressure area at high levels brought over a year's worth of precipitation to several areas in eastern Spain, including the Valencian Commu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Spanish_floods

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2024 in Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for the 1936 S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_at_the_2024_Summer_Olymp…

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Claim 7: “It is also the region where the situation deteriorated most in 2025: the time needed to buy a home increased by 34 months compared with the previous year.”

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The specific detail about the 34-month increase in Madrid is reported by EuroNews, but not explicitly confirmed by the other provided search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... House prices rose 20.5% in 2025, while wages edged up just 1%. The Balearic Islands and Madrid are where buying a home demands the greatest ...
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/06/10/buying-a-home-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 26, 2026 ... According to Spanish housing market news from El País, home purchases in 2025 through eleven months have surpassed those in 2024, totaling ...
https://spainhomes.com/blog/market-analysis/what-to-expect-f…

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web search NEUTRAL — During 2025 the statistics show that at both the regional and municipal levels the property market in Madrid was down in terms of transaction numbers - ...
https://thepropertyfinders.com/market-reports/madrid-market-…

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Claim 8: “The Balearic Islands are the autonomous community where it is hardest to access housing. There, a resident needs to devote 15.1 years of their full gross salary to buy an average home, equivalent to 181 months’ pay.”

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The claim regarding the Balearic Islands (15.1 years / 181 months) is reported by EuroNews and corroborated by a web search result ('Spanish Workers Now Need 8.4 Years' Salary...').

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web search NEUTRAL — The average gross salary in Spain that year was 21,519 euros, which places the worker in the islands well below the state average, according to the latest data from the Tax Agency.
https://www.diariodeibiza.com/news/ibiza/worker-balearic-isl…

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web search NEUTRAL — For its part, the average gross salary recorded by InfoJobs last year was 24,395 euros (2,033 euros gross per month in 12 payments). Housing in Ibiza: The Govern will buy old hotels in Sant Antoni to …
https://living.diariodeibiza.es/news/ibiza/renting-house-tak…

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web search NEUTRAL — Net Salary is essentially your take home pay.According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the average gross salary in Germany is around 4.500 – 4.800 € per month (full-time), which works ou…
https://www.arbeitnow.com/tools/salary-calculator/germany

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Claim 9: “According to the study, only 17 Spanish provinces allow a home to be bought by devoting less than five full years of gross salary.”

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Claim 10: “the price of second-hand housing jumped by 20.5%, reaching an average of 2,879 euros per square metre.”

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The 20.5% increase and the average price of 2,879 euros per square metre are reported by EuroNews and corroborated by the web search result 'Buying a home in Spain now requires over 8 years of full salary'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2025 in Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released or scheduled for release in Spain in 2025. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spanish_films_of_2025

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Claim 11: “House prices rose 20.5% in 2025”

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The claim is reported by EuroNews and corroborated by a web search result from a property market analysis site ('Buying a home in Spain now requires over 8 years of full salary').

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Claim 12: “Jaén is the most affordable province in the country. Its residents need three full years of gross salary to buy an 80-square-metre home.”

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Claim 13: “Ciudad Real, Teruel, Toledo, Zamora and Ávila also stand out, where the effort remains below four years.”

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Claim 14: “At the other end of the scale are Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura, where buying a home requires around four years of gross pay.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results or cross-references to support or refute the claims regarding Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura.

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