{"id":104391,"date":"2026-06-03T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=104391"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:00:52","slug":"where-to-buy-house-northern-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/where-to-buy-house-northern-spain\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Where to buy a house in Northern Spain? The best areas and prices to live in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pamplona, Oviedo and Santander<\/strong> lead the national quality of life ranking by MWCC and Numbeo thanks to their excellent public services, safety and low pollution levels.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Basque Country is the most expensive autonomous community<\/strong> to buy a home in the north, registering the maximum price in <strong>San Sebasti\u00e1n<\/strong> with <strong>7,148 \u20ac\/m\u00b2<\/strong> in April 2026, according to Fotocasa data (571,859 \u20ac for 80m\u00b2).<\/li>\n<li><strong>La Rioja<\/strong> (1,889 \u20ac\/m\u00b2; 151,102 \u20ac for 80m\u00b2) <strong>and inland Galicia are the cheapest alternatives.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To live <strong>by the sea, the Mari\u00f1a Lucense, Castro Urdiales and the municipalities of Lastres and Cudillero stand out.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Five northern capitals lead the top positions of the Quality of Life Index in Spain prepared by the association <b>Madrid Capital Mundial (MWCC)<\/b> based on the prestigious global collaborative database <b>Numbeo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Waking up every morning to the sounds of nature, opening the window and seeing the mountains embracing the horizon, or breathing pure air are accessible realities on the Cantabrian Coast. A life without rushing, without endless traffic and without the overwhelming heat of the south defines the experience of living in this area.<\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, we analyze the average housing price in northern Spain according to your specific needs. We explain how much it costs to buy a house in the best cities, the best rural areas and the best coastal areas to live in northern Spain in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know which is the most expensive area and which is the cheapest to buy a house in northern Spain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Why move to live in northern Spain?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"citation-68\">Northern Spain stands out for its <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-68\">continuous mild climate<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-68\">, the <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-68\">integration of green spaces<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-68\"> into the daily environment, the <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-68\">absence of crowds<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-68\">, and several of its capitals achieving the <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-68\">highest scores in urban well-being<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-68\"> in independent studies by MWCC<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"citation-67\">The sea, the mountains and the parks are integrated into the routine of livable and efficient cities equipped with highly rated healthcare infrastructure, as is the case in Oviedo<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":104398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[15413,13692,15410,15409,13548,14821,15386,13552,13551,13549,13550,15099,15389,15411,15390,15391,15412,15414,13547],"class_list":["post-104391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-best-areas","tag-buy","tag-buy-house","tag-buy-house-northern-spain","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-foreign","tag-galicia","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-living-in-spain","tag-norte-de-espana","tag-northern-spain","tag-pais-vasco","tag-precios-vivienda","tag-property-prices","tag-real-estate-2026","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}