Real rental prices, housing mix and market trend in Cruz de Humilladero.
Median rent
€1,118/month
Mean: €1,162/month
Price per m²
14.5€
Málaga: 16.0€/m²
Trend
Stable
€/m² vs previous period
Listings analyzed
126
Idealista listings
Prices, percentages and counts are calculated from Idealista listings of the last few months.
Cruz de Humilladero is big, dense and central-adjacent without being central. It contains La Unión, Portada Alta and Camino de Antequera: residential blocks, real shops, no postcard.
It is the cheapest of the six districts. The median rent is 1,118€ at 14.5€/m², on a median flat of 80 m², which is exactly the citywide median size. Put plainly, you pay less here for the same amount of home than anywhere else in Málaga.
This is where priced-out locals and newcomers on a budget actually land. It has almost no presence in expat marketing, and that is precisely why it is good value: international demand has not arrived to push the prices up. It also has the highest share of private landlords in the study, 24%, so it is one of the few parts of the city where you have a fair chance of dealing with an owner instead of an agency. The downsides are honest ones. The lift rate, 72%, is the lowest of the six, and the district will never sell itself to you on charm.
Transport: metro line 1 with several stops inside the district, running to the centre one way and the university the other, plus a dense city bus network.
36% of rental flats in Cruz de Humilladero have three bedrooms, followed by 24% with one bedroom. Studios make up 7% of the supply, and flats with four or more bedrooms, 10%.
Lift. 72% of rental homes here have a lift. This is the lowest rate of the six: much of the district is modest mid-century blocks built without a lift, so nearly three flats in ten are walk-ups.
Private landlord or agency. 24% of listings are posted by a private landlord, against 76% that come through an agency. That is one of the highest private-landlord shares in Málaga, so this is where you have the best chance of dealing with an owner directly.
The median rent in Cruz de Humilladero is €1,118 a month. Most flats let for between €950 and €1,300 a month: a quarter of the supply falls below €950, and another quarter goes above €1,300.
Per square metre that works out at 14.5€/m². Applied to real floor areas, a 50 m² flat lands around €720 a month, a 70 m² flat around €1,020, and a 90 m² flat around €1,300.
Against the city as a whole, Cruz de Humilladero sits 14% below the Málaga median (€1,300/month), where the median price per square metre is 16.0€/m².
In Cruz de Humilladero, only 10% of listings go below 10.0€/m². If you find a 70 m² flat at €700 a month or less, it is below the 10th percentile for the district.
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 Cruz de Humilladero sits at 12.5€/m². Below that, the price is good for the area without being anomalous.
The price per square metre in Cruz de Humilladero has held steady over the last few months, moving only 1.4% against the previous period. That is too small a difference to read as a real market move.
Based on 126 Idealista listings in Cruz de Humilladero 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 Cruz de Humilladero is €1,118 a month, which works out at roughly 14€/m². Most flats let for between €950 and €1,300 a month. These figures come from 126 Idealista listings over the last few months.
The price per square metre in Cruz de Humilladero has held steady over the last few months, moving only 1.4% against the previous period. That is too small a difference to read as a real market move. The comparison is based on 63 listings in the earlier period and 62 in the more recent one.
72% of rental homes in Cruz de Humilladero have a lift. This is the lowest rate of the six: much of the district is modest mid-century blocks built without a lift, so nearly three flats in ten are walk-ups.
Expect to be asked for your NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero) if you are a foreigner, your last few payslips or proof of income, your employment contract, and increasingly a bank guarantee or several months of deposit. None of it is a legal requirement of the contract itself, but applicants who turn up without the paperwork ready lose the flat to someone who has it. Assemble the folder before you start viewing.