El Diario de la Vivienda

An 80 m² flat is valued at €193,700 in Sabadell and €183,200 in Terrassa: a €10,500 gap.

Where they do split is on yield: Sabadell returns 0.4 points more a year (5.4% versus 5.0%).

On rent, Sabadell signs at €869 a month and Terrassa at €765: a €104 gap across 1,457 deposit-lodged contracts between the two.

Comparing towns is useful for orientation, not for pricing. Within a single town, the gap between neighbourhoods is usually bigger than the one between these two.

An 80 m² flat in Terrassa is valued at €183,200. Rented at €765 a month, that generates €9,180 a year — so buying equals 20.0 years of rent.

It's the mirror image of yield: the more years, the more expensive buying is relative to renting. It doesn't include mortgage interest, purchase taxes, or renovation costs, all of which push the figure higher.

As a reference point, Spain's national average has historically moved between 15 and 25 years depending on the cycle.

Terrassa is the 12th most expensive of the twelve municipalities in the area, and the 8th most expensive to rent. Where those two rankings don't match is where the opportunities tend to sit.

Resale housing in Rubí has an average appraised value of €2,451/m². For an 80 m² flat, that comes to €196,100.

The figure isn't drawn from listing prices: it comes from 340 real appraisals carried out in the municipality this quarter and collected by Spain's Ministry of Housing.

Appraised value is the conservative benchmark a bank uses to grant a mortgage. The price a sale actually completes at tends to run higher, and a city-wide average captures neither the floor, the lift, nor the state of the kitchen.

New-build homes are valued at €2,750/m², 12% above resale.

Among the twelve municipalities this paper tracks, Rubí is the 9th most expensive to buy in.

An 80 m² flat is valued at €402,900 in Sant Cugat and €233,500 in Cerdanyola: a €169,400 gap.

Where they do split is on yield: Sant Cugat returns 0.3 points less a year (4.4% versus 4.7%).

On rent, Sant Cugat signs at €1,476 a month and Cerdanyola at €906: a €570 gap across 469 deposit-lodged contracts between the two.

Comparing towns is useful for orientation, not for pricing. Within a single town, the gap between neighbourhoods is usually bigger than the one between these two.