Cataluña · report
Public housing works in Cataluña
Public bodies signed €69.5M of housing works here in 2025, and €188M since 2017.
- Signed in 2025
- €69.5M
- Per resident, 2025
- €9
Public housing works signed in Cataluña
Contract awards for housing construction published on TED by Spanish public buyers, by the year published, before VAT. Complete years only; the data runs to October 8, 2026.
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| Year | Value signed |
|---|---|
| 2025 | €69,473,052 |
| 2024 | €6,095,387 |
| 2023 | €60,310,717 |
| 2022 | €14,491,547 |
| 2021 | €18,179,719 |
| 2020 | €19,405,152 |
| 2019 | €0 |
| 2018 | €0 |
| 2017 | €0 |
Only contracts above the EU thresholds are published on TED, so these are the larger works. A contract is placed in the provinces its place of performance names, split evenly; one that names only Spain counts for Spain alone. The value is the award's total.
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Figures for Spain: Cataluña has no reliable figures of its own.
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €247,761. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €945 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 28%
- Payment, one income
- 57%
26.4% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 16,883
- Per 1,000 residents
- 2.1
Buyers living abroad bought 3.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 3.8%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more once since 1995. That fall began in Q2 2008.
- Deepest fall
- −33.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 123 months
In 2024 the population grew by 108,816 while 14,028 homes were finished: 7.8 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2024
- 7.8
- Population change, 2024
- +108,816
10.7% of the 3,915,127 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 10.7%
- Empty homes
- 417,652
In 2025, 18% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 18%