How to find a flat in Spain

If you're planning to stay for a longer period in Spain because you study or work here, it could be difficult to find a flat in the beginning. The amount of available flats might depend on the season. If you start searching in autumn and winter you will find a lot more than in summer and spring. Most of the times the price gets also influenced by the season, as the owners are asking for more money in the high season months.

Depending on the city you choose, the search can be very difficult or very easy. In big cities like Barcelona or Madrid exists a higher demand so it could take you longer to find a flat which matches your demands but don't worry you'll find something.

The rent prices increased these months but they're still affordable in cities like Malaga and Valencia.

How to find a flat?

There are a lot of internet pages to find your dream flat. The most common ones are: www.idealista.com, fotocasa.es, milanuncios.es, pisos.com or piscompartido.com (in case you're only looking for shared flats).

My personal favourite is idealista. The page is very well structured, offers a huge amount of flats and is completely for free. You don't even have to register.

In the worst case you could always contact an inmobiliaria (real estate agency). The inmobiliarias offer usually flats for rent but the bad point is that they charge you normally one or two months rent for their services.