As the prices of apartments for sale in Lanzarote rise, it becomes less profitable to acquire a property to rent it out. Between May 2024 and the same month of 2025, the prices of apartments for sale in Lanzarote rose by 15.7%, while rents grew by 3.9% in the province formed by Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and Fuerteventura, according to data from Idealista.com.
This phenomenon is not exclusive to the island. In fact, the growing increase in the price of housing for sale, despite the high demand for rental housing, has caused profitability to decrease in 81% of coastal municipalities in Spain compared to the previous year (49% in 2024).
These latest data correspond to the analysis "Profitability in coastal municipalities in the summer of 2025" conducted by the real estate portal Fotocasa, based on the average prices of homes offered for sale and rent on the portal, which places the average profitability of Spain at 6.5% in mid-2025.
There are exceptions on the coast, such as the city of Adra, in Almería, which reaches a profitability of 13.7% in June, and the Murcian municipality of San Javier, where it reached 10%.
The most and least profitable coastal municipalities in Spain
"In 2025, we are witnessing an increase in the price of housing for purchase in Spain that has exceeded 10% year-on-year in the first months of the year. This large increase, of 15% last May, is causing profitability to decrease in 81% of the coastal municipalities analyzed," explain from Fotocasa.
Despite this decrease, housing on the coast shows very attractive returns and, in many cases, much higher than the average profitability of Spain, which stood at 6.5% in the first half of the year. For this
The city of Adra has become an ideal tourist city to enjoy long summer days and obtain high profitability in housing. In June of this year, Adra reached an impressive yield of 13.7% in 2025. It is followed by homes located in the municipalities of San Javier (10.0%), La Línea de la Concepción (9.4%), Mazarrón (9.3%), Laredo (9.2%), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (8.8%), Ferrol (8.7%), Ribeira (8.7%), Sagunto / Sagunt (8.5%), Badalona (8.3%) and Foz (8.1%), as the cities with a profitability greater than 8% in June.
On the other hand, the order of the coastal cities with the lowest profitability is Donostia – San Sebastián (3.3%), Calpe / Calp (3.7%), Fuengirola (4.0%), Denia (4.0%), Conil de la Frontera (4.0%), Marbella (4.0%), Getxo (4.0%), Pontevedra capital (4.0%), Sitges (4.2%), Almuñécar (4.3%), Calvià (4.4%), Rincón de la Victoria (4.4%), Palma de Mallorca (4.4%), Vigo (4.5%), Orihuela (4.5%), Benicasim / Benicàssim (4.5%), Cádiz capital (4.6%), Altea (4.6%), Guardamar del Segura (4.7%), A Coruña capital (4.7%), Jávea / Xàbia (4.7%), Estepona (4.8%), Chipiona (4.8%), Benalmádena (4.8%), Mijas (4.8%), Málaga capital (4.8%), Torrox (4.9%) and Ayamonte (4.9%), as cities with a profitability of less than 5% in June.
