Market analysis — Alicante
Alicante records 338,577 residents in 2022, growing 3.0% from 2015 according to INE's Padrón Continuo, sustained in part by inbound migration from central and northern Europe. Median sale price per square metre in Rendio's analysed listings sits at €3,595/m². The structure ranges from €2,252/m² in Campoamor to over €5,500/m² in Centro Tradicional, with a notable gap between coastal and consolidated-centre districts —Centro Tradicional, Pau 5, Casco Histórico-Santa Cruz— and inland residential districts such as Campoamor and Carolinas Altas.
Rental tension scores 60 out of 100 on demand and 27 out of 100 on tenant budget. SERPAVI's average rent estimate (~€608/month in 2024) absorbs around 53% of the per-capita disposable income INE publishes for the province (€13,681/year). The combination of moderately high demand and stretched tenant budget reflects the dual effect on the Alicante market: rent pressure from foreign-buyer-investors and from seasonal tourist rotation, alongside a provincial wage level below the national average. Historically, Mediterranean coastal markets with this profile have shown moderate gross yields with appreciation tied to foreign-buyer cycles.
Across 16 districts covered, net yield in Alicante ranges from 1.00% in Centro Tradicional to 2.46% in Campoamor. The best price-to-rent ratios are in Campoamor (2.46%), Carolinas Altas (2.34%), Benalúa (2.23%), Alicante Golf (2.09%) and San Blas (2.03%). Supply concentrates in Ensanche-Diputación (22 listings), Playa de San Juan (19), the generic Alicante / Alacant zone (19) and Cabo de las Huertas (12), all at yields below 1.6%. This distribution —listings concentrated in coastal and Ensanche districts at compressed yields, against higher yields in inland districts with smaller samples— suggests that the pure residential-investment market in Alicante coexists with a second-home and tourist-rental market that distorts district averages in the zones closest to the waterfront.
Rendio automatically discards listings outside the retail-investor universe: properties with Valencian VPO classification, units with active tenants or irregular occupation, «to reform» properties without a defensible refurbishment cost, and cases with insufficient surface or price data. The Catastro reference adds an extra verification when available. The dashboard lets you filter the 142 active Alicante listings by these criteria and by net yield computed one listing at a time.