Nou Barris
Plural district with low prices and solid local demand. A guide to understand the life, atmosphere and opportunities in this neighborhood.
Welcome to Nou Barris
Nou Barris brings together 13 neighbourhoods with their own identities in the north of the city. It is one of the districts with the best quality/price ratio: contained prices, a strong neighbourhood community and a market where the medium-term investor still finds upside.
Discover Nou Barris on the map
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Living in Nou Barris in a few words
The pros and cons of choosing this neighborhood — so you can decide with the facts.
- The lowest price in Barcelona with 3 metro lines
- Highest gross rental yield (~7%)
- Parc Central (90,000 m²)
- Strong historic neighbourhood movement
- Image of a depressed neighbourhood hard to change
- Very aged housing stock
- Low income = lower tenant solvency
- Costly rehabilitation and pending building inspections
The real-estate market in Nou Barris
Indicative ranges based on recent transactions and district comparables.
Average sale price (Q1 2026)
Average rent for a 2-bedroom flat
Estimated gross rental return
Average time to close a sale
Realistic minimum investment
60s-80s social housing blocks, some old buildings; high % unrenovated; the Casas Baratas as social industrial heritage
Estimate based on the average price of the neighborhood (3.050 €/m²). Taxes and purchase costs not included (~10-13%).
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Local life in Nou Barris
Cafés, vermouth bars, markets, shops and more — the real businesses of the neighborhood. Tap a category.
Renovation businesses in Nou Barris
Hardware stores, materials, electrical, plumbing — the editorial directory by Listing Barcelona.
Hardware stores
Ferreteria Verdun
View listing →Gardening / landscaping
L'hort de casa meva
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Lloguer de gandules / Sunbed hire
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Decoració Valldaura
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CUINES I BANYS ALBAND
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XSO
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CeX
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Ciudad&Cash
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