Móstoles

Much more than the 2nd of May

Móstoles' City Museum places the municipality's first secure appearance in a document of October 1144, a grant by Alfonso VII to Segovia Cathedral, although the area had been inhabited since the Palaeolithic. In 1565 Móstoles bought the privilege of town status from the Crown and gained autonomy from Toledo.

A proclamation that made history

On 2 May 1808 the mayors Andrés Torrejón and Simón Hernández signed the Bando de Independencia. The museum itself qualifies the image of a mayor who declared war on Napoleon alone as partly a later myth. In 1883 Alfonso XII granted Móstoles the title of Villa Ilustrísima, and in 1908, during the centenary of the 2nd of May, Alfonso XIII visited, the monument to Andrés Torrejón was unveiled and the title of Excelentísima was granted.

From town to large city

Around 1910–1913 electricity arrived and around 1920 the telephone line. From the 1960s the population grew strongly, and in 1979 democratic town councils began.

What it means for buyers and sellers

• In July 2026 it is the 24th of the 32 municipalities analysed by median closing price.
• It is a large municipality with relatively recent growth: compare homes in the same neighbourhood and of the same type.

Source for the historical context: Móstoles City Museum (tour of Móstoles' history).

Data and statistics

Móstoles is a municipality in the Community of Madrid. According to the Community of Madrid's statistical tables, it covers 44.89 km² and lies 24.5 km by road from the capital. The INE's official population figures give 214,817 registered inhabitants for 2025.

In July 2026, the median price of completed sales in the municipality of Móstoles was €2,911/m². Since January (€2,698/m²), the figure rose in 3 months and fell in 3 of the 6 that can be compared: the path is uneven.

Among the 2026 figures published, the highest is May (€3,010/m²) and the lowest, March (€2,616/m²).

The report publishes a year-on-year change of +17.3% and a year-to-date change of +7.9%, with €2,481/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.