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Co-founder of One Place. Writes about what the data across Europe's listing markets actually shows, and what it cannot tell you.
Micha Mazaheri11 articles
FeaturedThe whole market is searchable on the free plan and always will be. What Pro adds is deal management rather than access, which makes the upgrade a question about the stage of your search rather than about what you are allowed to see.
At 8.79%, Finland has the highest median gross yield of any market we cover. A read of the thirty towns behind that number, and what the yield is paying for.
Larissa tops our Greek ranking at 11.01% gross and Glyfada sits at 3.54%. What the provincial capitals are paying for, and where the rent column cannot be trusted.
Italy has two portals of similar size at the top and no dominant one, which is why a search that works for a Milan flat quietly fails for a farmhouse in the Val d'Orcia. Where Italian inventory actually sits, the vocabulary that decides what you find, and how to read a listing before you travel.
Charleroi leads Belgium on 7.6% gross, against a national median of 4.2%. Where the top towns cluster, and what the yield is paying for.
The Netherlands inverts the European pattern: its ranking is led by the big Randstad cities, not the cheap periphery. Rotterdam leads at 6.05% gross.
Twenty-six Portuguese municipalities carry enough listings to rank. The median gross yield is 4.42%, and the best in the table does not reach 6%. Where the money is, and what it is paying for.
Catanzaro tops Italy's ranking at 11.28% gross, and six of the top eight towns are Sicilian. What that yield compensates for, and which rows to read twice.
A direct comparison of MoteurImmo and One Place: coverage, search method, duplicate merging, travel-time search, alerts, and working with other people — including the points where MoteurImmo is still ahead.
Badalona, l'Hospitalet, Sabadell and Terrassa all out-yield Barcelona in One Place's 2026 Spanish ranking. What that gap pays for, and where the evidence thins.
France has 573 towns with enough listings to rank, a median gross yield of 6.6%, and a top thirty built out of old industrial cities and quiet préfectures.
