Real rental prices, housing mix and market trend in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample.
Median rent
€1,572/month
Mean: €1,753/month
Price per m²
22.1€
Barcelona: 22.2€/m²
Trend
↓ 6.5%
€/m² vs previous period
Listings analyzed
268
Idealista listings
Prices, percentages and counts are calculated from Idealista listings of the last few months.
The Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample is the part of the grid nobody photographs and a lot of people end up living in. It runs from Urgell across to Tarragona, up against Sants, and it is the most residential and least touristy stretch of the whole Eixample.
There is no Gaudí here and no Instagram terraces. There are supermarkets, pharmacies, the Hospital Clínic, and families who have been in the same building for decades. Tenants are professionals and families who want the convenience of the Eixample, its transport and its logical street plan, without paying the premium for being next to Passeig de Gràcia. Three in ten flats have three bedrooms, which is a high proportion for central Barcelona.
Its real strength is the buildings: newer than in Ciutat Vella or Gràcia, with a lift in nine out of ten cases and generous floor areas. The weakness is character. It is a comfortable neighbourhood, but it has no strong identity of its own and no nightlife worth the name.
Transport: metro L1 (Rocafort, Urgell), L5 (Hospital Clínic, Entença) and L3 (Sants Estació).
34% of rental flats in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample have two bedrooms, followed by 30% with three bedrooms. Studios make up 3% of the supply, and flats with four or more bedrooms, 10%.
Lift. 91% of rental homes here have a lift. Post-war and 1960s to 1970s blocks, with a lift in almost every building.
Private landlord or agency. 14% of listings are posted by a private landlord, against 86% that come through an agency. As in most of Barcelona, the supply is dominated by agencies.
The median rent in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample is €1,572 a month. Most flats let for between €1,300 and €2,000 a month: a quarter of the supply falls below €1,300, and another quarter goes above €2,000.
Per square metre that works out at 22.1€/m². Applied to real floor areas, a 50 m² flat lands around €1,100 a month, a 70 m² flat around €1,550, and a 90 m² flat around €1,990.
Against the city as a whole, la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample sits 5% above the Barcelona median (€1,496/month), where the median price per square metre is 22.2€/m².
In la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, only 10% of listings go below 14.9€/m². If you find a 70 m² flat at €1,040 a month or less, it is below the 10th percentile for the neighbourhood.
That does not make it a scam, but it is worth checking before you go any further. A price well below the local market is the single most common red flag in rental fraud.
For reference, the 25th percentile in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample sits at 17.3€/m². Below that, the price is good for the neighbourhood without being anomalous.
Over the last few months, the price per square metre in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample has fallen by 6.5% against the previous period.
Based on 268 Idealista listings in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample analyzed over the last few months. We compare two consecutive 28-day periods, and we measure the change in price per square metre rather than in median rent: median rent rises and falls with the size of the flats posted in a given week, which describes our sample rather than the market. Our history is still short, so these figures describe where the market is right now, not an annual trend.
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The median rent in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample is €1,572 a month, which works out at roughly 22€/m². Most flats let for between €1,300 and €2,000 a month. These figures come from 268 Idealista listings over the last few months.
Over the last few months, the price per square metre in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample has fallen by 6.5% against the previous period. The comparison is based on 115 listings in the earlier period and 153 in the more recent one.
91% of rental homes in la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample have a lift. Post-war and 1960s to 1970s blocks, with a lift in almost every building.
In practice, yes. Most landlords and agencies in Barcelona will ask for your NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) before signing a rental contract, and you will also need it to set up utilities and open a bank account. It is not a legal requirement for the contract itself, but applicants without one tend to lose the flat to someone whose paperwork is ready. Here is how to get your NIE in Barcelona.