> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations/src-official-rental-prices-by-district-town-province-and-region-in-spain.md).

# SRC: Official rental prices by census section, district, town, province & region in Spain (2015-18)

* In July 2020, **the Spanish government published an official index of rental price**s by getting the data from the Tax Authority, the national cadastre, the Spanish Statistics Office, the property registry, the Bank of Spain and the Spanish regional authorities:

* The data, published only in Spanish, covered the years 2015, 2016, 2017 y 2018 and is available to visualise on a map by 'census section', district, town, province and region in Spain, and to download as an .xlsx spreadsheet and in a visual way in the shape format.

* <https://www.mitma.es/vivienda/alquiler/indice-alquiler/>

* One of the indexes published is **the evolution of the average rental price by square meter between 2015 and 2018**, which shows an increase of 19% in Malaga and Palma (two touristic cities), 17% in Barcelona, 16% in Valencia and 13% in Madrid.

* Using that data, newspapers like **El País** and **elDiario** published interactive maps where you can zoom into almost street level to see how the rental prices evolved between 2015 and 2018.
  * Visualisation by El País here: <https://elpais.com/economia/2020-07-03/alquileres-de-ricos-y-pobres-el-mapa-de-precios-calle-a-calle.html>
  * Visualisation by elDiario here: <https://www.eldiario.es/economia/subido-alquiler-grandes-ciudades-calle_0_1044296362.html>