Alicante hits a record price per m²

In June 2026, the average price of housing in Alicante city hit its highest level ever: €2,575/m², up 5.7% year on year, according to idealista’s monthly report. This isn’t an isolated spike: it’s the confirmation of a trend that has been setting records month after month. If you’re thinking about selling, this figure changes how you should approach your asking price.

What’s actually happening with prices?

According to idealista, housing in the city of Alicante has strung together several consecutive records in 2026: €2,549/m² in April, €2,571/m² in May, and €2,575/m² in June, with moderate but sustained monthly increases. Idealista itself describes this as a new historical high in its own series. Separately, a 2024 Fotocasa report (using its own pricing methodology, distinct from idealista’s) had already placed Alicante among the cities that had overtaken prices from the 2007 property bubble, in a market context very different from that era, with much more prudent mortgage lending and none of the overbuilding seen back then.

At the provincial level, the picture is more uneven. Other portals such as pisos.com put the average price across the whole province at around €2,233/m², with growth of roughly 3% compared with a year earlier, well below the pace of the capital. Within the province there are also big differences: inland towns like Villena are posting much sharper percentage increases than the coast, albeit from lower absolute prices. Alicante’s market isn’t rising at the same rate everywhere.

Why this matters if you’re selling

An average price at record highs doesn’t mean every property is automatically worth more. It means there are buyers willing to pay high prices for homes that are well located, well maintained, and well presented, and that homes which aren’t risk being left out of that demand, no matter what the headline says about records.

The average is rising, but not everything is rising equally: the city centre and beachfront areas account for a large share of the increase; other neighbourhoods and property types may be moving far less.
A market at its peak is also a more informed market: buyers have more price references to compare against, so a poorly calculated asking price gets spotted and penalised faster than in a slower market. Presentation (photos, condition, first impression) still makes the difference between selling quickly and sitting unvisited for weeks.
The context can be favourable for selling, but not at any price: setting your asking price above what the market is actually paying in your area is still the most expensive mistake you can make, record or no record.

What to do with this data if you’re considering selling now

An average price at record highs is good context, but it doesn’t replace a real valuation of your specific property. What actually determines whether you can take advantage of this moment is how your flat or house compares to what has genuinely sold on your street or in your area in recent months, not the average across the whole city.

If you want to know what this record means for your property specifically, request your free valuation, with no obligation.