Buying costs can reverse a close buying-power result
Headline floor area for a €250,000 property budget compared with usable floor area when €250,000 is the total cash budget.
Grouped horizontal bars compare headline and usable buying power in 11 cities. Valencia starts above Warsaw at 65.4 versus 64.0 square metres, but after standard mandatory entry costs Warsaw is higher at 62.4 versus 59.8 square metres. Bucharest remains highest and Prague lowest.