A report from the first quarter of 2026 by the Housing Observatory Chair reveals that real estate market pressure has overflowed Valencia's urban limits and has strongly shifted to the metropolitan area. This change in scenario indicates that demand not met in the city is moving outwards, creating a domino effect across the territory.

Localities such as Godella and Burjassot are already registering prices above 4,000 euros per square meter, demonstrating that the tension in the real estate market is not only maintained but is expanding rapidly. This phenomenon is shaping a new residential map where pressure does not disappear but shifts, affecting more and more municipalities in the Valencian surroundings.

The origin of this situation lies in a structural imbalance between supply and demand. New housing construction remains far below real needs, while demand grows steadily, largely driven by demographic evolution. The report indicates that the current system is not prepared to absorb this growth, which translates into a continuous increase in prices and greater access difficulties for citizens.

Furthermore, many of the homes being built do not align with the economic capacity of households, excluding young people and middle-income earners from the market. The rental market is also not absorbing this pressure, with rising prices and a reduction in supply turning housing access into a structural burden for many families.

Experts propose the need to rethink the residential model, promoting affordable rental housing as a flexible alternative adapted to the economic capacity of households. The report concludes that housing has ceased to be an urban problem to become a metropolitan challenge that requires a structural response.