Buying in Spain
What it actually costs
The asking price is not the number that leaves your account. Here is the rest of it, at the rates in force today in the Comunitat Valenciana.
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Rates in force in the Comunitat Valenciana from 1 June 2026.
- Transfer tax (ITP)9%
- €40,500
- Notary
- €900 – €2,250
- Land registry
- €450 – €1,125
- Your lawyer
- €4,500 – €6,750
- Costs on top
- €46,350 – €50,625
- What you actually pay
- €496,350 – €500,625
About 10.3–11.3% on top of the asking price.
Alicante
Worth knowing
Three things most pages get wrong
The rate dropped this June
Transfer tax on a resale in this region went from 10% to 9% on 1 June 2026, and stamp duty from 1.5% to 1.4%. A good deal of what is written online — including some agency sites — still says 10%.
A million is a cliff
Above €1,000,000 the transfer tax is 11%, and it applies to the whole price rather than to the part above the million. A house at €1,020,000 costs roughly €20,000 more in tax than one at €999,000.
Under 35, and this is your first home here
There is a 6% rate on the first €180,000 of value for a first habitual residence, subject to income limits. Your lawyer decides whether you qualify; an agent should not be the one telling you that you do.
Two things deliberately left out
- My commission. On this coast the seller pays it, so it has no business in a buyer’s total.
- A mortgage. If you are borrowing, the lender’s valuation, the arrangement fee and its own stamp duty all come on top again.
This is a guide, not tax advice. Your conveyancer signs off the real number and your own circumstances move it.
Buying in Spain
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