Eleven per cent of homes sold through idealista during the fourth quarter of 2025 had been on the market for less than a week – so-called "express sales" – according to a study by idealista, the Southern European property marketplace. A further 23% took between one week and one month to sell; 27% between one and three months; 27% between three months and one year; and 11% more than a year.
Express sales are more frequent in the provinces' capital cities. The highest proportion of sales completed in under a week was in Tarragona, where 27% found a buyer within seven days, followed by Ávila (22%) and Ciudad Real, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Pamplona (all at 19%).
Among the major markets, San Sebastián had the highest rate (17%), followed by Valencia (15%), Madrid (14%), Bilbao, Barcelona and Palma (all at 13%), Málaga and Seville (both at 11%) and Alicante (8%).
At the other end of the spectrum, no homes in Teruel sold in under a week, followed by Melilla (5%), Soria (6%), Huesca, Lugo, Almería, Cádiz and León (all at 7%). Single-digit rates were also recorded in Badajoz, Alicante, Jaén and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (8%) and Granada, Salamanca and Girona (9%).
Guadalajara, the province where the most express sales occur
Guadalajara is the province with the highest proportion of express sales, at 17% of those recorded on idealista in the fourth quarter, followed by Vizcaya and Álava (both at 16%), and Albacete, Valencia, Navarra, Ávila and Madrid (all at 14%). A Coruña, Málaga and Guipúzcoa each accounted for 13%, whilst Cantabria, Huesca and Asturias recorded 12%.
Teruel had the lowest incidence of express sales at 3%, followed by Almería (5%) and Lugo, Soria and Jaén (all at 6%).
Data was collected and analysed by idealista/data, idealista's proptech arm, which provides information for professionals to support strategic decision-making in Spain, Italy and Portugal. It draws on all parameters from idealista's database in each country, as well as other public and private data sources, to offer valuation, investment, acquisition and market analysis services.
