Spain evictions fall 35.7% in second quarter of 2026 to 4,474

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Spanish courts carried out 4,474 evictions (lanzamientos) in the second quarter of 2026, 35.7% fewer than in the same quarter of 2025, according to data the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) published on 16 October 2026. Half of them, 2,244 or 50.1%, followed proceedings under the Urban Leases Act (LAU), which covers unpaid rent. Mortgage foreclosures accounted for 1,109 evictions (24.8%), and the remaining 1,121 were due to other causes.

Rent-related evictions fell 57.7% year on year. Mortgage-related evictions dropped 8.9%. Evictions for other causes rose 152.5%, from 444 in the second quarter of 2025 to 1,121 in the same period of 2026. Mortgage foreclosure filings (ejecuciones hipotecarias presentadas) totalled 6,886, down 28.6%.

Regional differences

Cataluña recorded the most evictions, 983 or 21.9% of the national total, followed by Madrid with 778, Andalucía with 737 and the Comunidad Valenciana with 629. Andalucía's total fell 32.3% to 737, with rent-related evictions down 46.9% to 397, mortgage-related evictions at 247, and evictions for other causes up 82.4%, from 51 to 93. Cataluña, Madrid and the Valencian Community also led the rent-related ranking.

The steepest percentage declines came in smaller regions. La Rioja recorded 13 evictions, down 75% from 52, and Navarra recorded 24, down 55.6%. Castilla y León recorded 144, down 38.2% from 233. The Balearic Islands recorded 119, down 51.4%. Murcia was the exception to the national trend on mortgage cases, with 178 evictions overall (down 6.3% from 190) but mortgage-related evictions rising 53.1%, from 49 to 75.

Rent and mortgage cases

The CGPJ also reported on requests sent to shared notification and enforcement services, though its data measures trends rather than absolute values in every court district. A request sent to one of these services does not mean it was carried out. The national figures for the quarter show the sharpest change in rent-related cases, while mortgage-related evictions moved far less than the mortgage filings themselves.