Collado Villalba

Stonemasons for El Escorial

According to the Town Council, building the monastery of El Escorial under Philip II absorbed a lot of labour from nearby villages, and it is "more than likely" that Villalba stonemasons took part; in 1583 the Puente del Herreño was built to link the monastery with the old Roman road. In 1630 Philip IV granted Collado Villalba the privilege of town status, at the request of the Duchess of Infantado, in exchange for 300 ducats for the armies of Italy.

Province of Madrid and the railway

A Royal Decree of 30 November 1833 included it definitively in the province of Madrid, and in 1840 the Alpedrete neighbourhood split off. The Príncipe Pío–El Escorial line, built under Isabella II, had a halt at Collado Villalba and in the early 20th century made it easier for Madrileños to go up to the mountains in summer.

From a rural centre to the head of its district

In 1950 it was still a rural centre, with 20% of the working population in farming and livestock. From those years significant second-home growth began, and the drive of the company MADE and the later motorway took it to first place in population in its district.

What it means for buyers and sellers

• In July 2026 it is the 23rd of the 32 municipalities analysed by median closing price.
• It is a municipal median: compare homes in the same neighbourhood and of the same type.

Source for the historical context: Collado Villalba Town Council (Modern and Contemporary Ages).

Data and statistics

Collado Villalba is a municipality in the Community of Madrid. According to the Community of Madrid's statistical tables, it covers 25.22 km² and lies 42.6 km by road from the capital. The INE's official population figures give 67,274 registered inhabitants for 2025.

In July 2026, the median price of completed sales in the municipality of Collado Villalba was €2,923/m². Since January (€2,658/m²), the figure fell in 4 of the 6 months that can be compared with the previous one, without a steady decline.

Among the 2026 figures published, the highest is May (€3,117/m²) and the lowest, February (€2,504/m²).

The report publishes a year-on-year change of +9.6% and a year-to-date change of +10.0%, with €2,667/m² in July 2025 as the prior-year starting point. They compare medians of different transactions in each period, not the change in value of the same home.

For reference, the July figure is below the one published for the province as a whole (€3,618/m²). These are medians for each area, not averages of the areas they contain.

This guide describes the figure for the area, not an individual home: valuing a property requires comparing similar homes. The report does not say how many transactions underlie each territorial median.

Territorial context: Community of Madrid and National Statistics Institute (INE) (land area of the municipalities (Regional Geographic Information Centre, Community of Madrid); road distance to the capital (Directorate-General for Economy and Industry, Community of Madrid); official population figures, Madrid: population by municipality and sex (INE)), accessed 2 November 2026. Official information, separate from the Huspy statistics.

Source of the statistics: Huspy Market Insights · Madrid, October 2026 edition. Completed sales, median in €/m²; not asking or rental prices. The edition date is not the data date.