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Buying a home in Huatulco: tax, fees, prices

Acquisition tax computed from the 2026 municipal law · recording fee of the state · SHF price index · Banco de México mortgage rates.

In short

On a MX$3 million home in Huatulco (Oaxaca), the acquisition tax is MX$105,000 (3.5% of the value) and the fee to record the deed MX$1,642, under its 2026 law. Appraisal values in Oaxaca changed by +7% over a year (SHF index, second quarter of 2026). The average fixed-rate mortgage offer was 11.31% in August 2026 (Banco de México).

Calculate for Huatulco

If you buy

Acquisition tax, recording fee and loan in Huatulco

Rates of Ley de Ingresos del Municipio de Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, 2026, art. 73-78 (Decreto 1254, P.O. 28 Feb. 2026). Change any field: the amounts are recalculated instantly.

Value taxedMX$3,000,000
Acquisition taxMX$105,000
Recording fee (Registro Público)MX$1,642
Total of the lines aboveMX$106,642
Loan with 20% downMX$2,400,000
Monthly payment, 20 years at 11.31%MX$25,281

Huatulco's law gives one rate per bracket with no fixed amount: Payotte applies the bracket's rate to the whole base, as written. In force from the day after its publication on 28 February 2026.

General rate; notary, appraisal, liens certificate, SRE and broker fees excluded. Payment at the Banco de México average offer, not an offer. All the rates and sources.

If you sell

Income tax on the sale

Federal rules, the same in every state: your tax residence decides.

Rule applied25% of the gross price, no deduction (LISR art. 160)
Income tax on the saleMX$750,000
Sale price after the taxMX$2,250,000

Default rule for a non-resident; the notary pays it at the signing. Option: 35% on the gain instead, computed with the resident rules (not computed here); it is cheaper when the gain is below about 71% of the price.

Main home only for the exemption; the 5% state payment and fees are excluded. How the tax on a sale works.

The questions, answered

How much tax and recording fee on a MX$3 million home in Huatulco?

On a MX$3 million home in Huatulco (Oaxaca), taxed on the highest of the declared value, the fiscal value and a valuation ordered by the municipal treasury, the buyer pays property transfer tax (ISTD) MX$105,000, recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad MX$1,642: MX$106,642 in all under the 2026 laws read by Payotte, before notary fees.

How much tax and recording fee on a MX$8 million home in Huatulco?

On a MX$8 million home in Huatulco (Oaxaca): property transfer tax (ISTD) MX$360,000, recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad MX$1,642, MX$361,642 in all, before notary fees.

What monthly payment on a MX$3 million home in Huatulco?

MX$2,400,000 borrowed (20% down) costs MX$25,281 a month over 20 years at 11.31% (Banco de México, August 2026); average CAT 13.78%.

How much tax when you sell a home in Huatulco?

Federal rules apply in Huatulco as in every state: a seller who is not a Mexican tax resident pays by default 25% of the gross price (LISR art. 160), MX$750,000 on a MX$3 million sale, paid by the notary; a resident selling their own home is exempt up to 700,000 UDIS, about MX$6,199,266 at 15 October 2026 (art. 93-XIX-a).

How Huatulco compares

On a MX$3 million home the acquisition tax of Huatulco is MX$105,000 (3.5%), 40% above the MX$75,000 median of the 54 municipios computed; 8 charge more and 45 less.

The law picks one rate for the whole base according to the bracket it falls in, so the tax runs MX$25,000 on MX$1 million, MX$105,000 on MX$3 million and MX$360,000 on MX$8 million: the effective rate goes from 2.5% to 4.5% across that range.

Inside Oaxaca, the nearest computed neighbours on a MX$3 million home are Oaxaca de Juárez MX$64,709 (MX$40,291 less) and Puerto Escondido MX$60,000 (MX$45,000 less). The MX$1,642 recording fee comes from the state's own law, so it is identical in each of them and the gap is the municipal tax alone.

Tax and recording fee together take 3.55% of a MX$3 million price, MX$106,642, which is 4.2 monthly payments of MX$25,281 and 17.8% on top of the MX$600,000 down payment. On a home at the state median appraisal of MX$1,451,000 the same rules give MX$52,427, 3.61% of the price.

Ranked from the lightest to the heaviest of the 54 areas, Huatulco is 46th: just below it in the national ranking is Mérida (Yucatán) at MX$97,000 and just above it is Durango (Durango) at MX$111,679. The lightest, Guanajuato, takes MX$24,144 on the same MX$3 million, so a buyer in Huatulco pays MX$80,856 more; the heaviest, Querétaro, takes MX$170,306, MX$65,306 more than Huatulco.

Beyond the three prices of this page, tax and fee reach MX$71,642 on MX$2 million, MX$176,642 on MX$5 million and MX$571,642 on MX$12 million. Between MX$3 million and MX$8 million, each extra peso of price carries 5.1 centavos of acquisition tax, more than the 3.5% average at MX$3 million. In the daily unit of account (UMA, MX$117 in 2026) the MX$3 million tax is 895 UMA and the recording fee 14.

MeasureValueReferenceRank
Huatulco: Acquisition tax on MX$1 millionMX$25,000median MX$21,58832nd of 54 lightest
Huatulco: Acquisition tax on MX$3 millionMX$105,000median MX$75,00046th of 54 lightest
Huatulco: Acquisition tax on MX$8 millionMX$360,000median MX$232,23951st of 54 lightest
Huatulco: Effective rate at MX$3 million3.5%median 2.5%46th of 54 lightest
Huatulco: Effective rate at MX$1 and 8 million2.5% and 4.5%gap 2 pointsrising
Huatulco: Tax on MX$3 million in UMA895 UMAMX$117 per UMA29.4 monthly UMA
Huatulco: Recording fee on MX$3 millionMX$1,6420.05% of the price1.6% of the tax
Huatulco: Tax and fee on MX$3 millionMX$106,6423.55% of the price45th of 54 lightest
Huatulco: Tax and fee on MX$12 millionMX$571,6424.76% of the price5.4 times the MX$3 million bill

Appraisal values, home loans and renting for the whole of Oaxaca are on its state page.

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Property transfer tax (ISTD) on MX$3 millionMX$105,000Ley de Ingresos del Municipio de Santa María Huatulco, Oaxaca, 2026, art. 73-78 (Decreto 1254, P.O. 28 Feb. 2026)
Recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad on MX$3 millionMX$1,642Ley Estatal de Derechos de Oaxaca, art. 44-I (consolidated 21 Dec. 2024; later decrees read do not amend it)
Average fixed-rate mortgage offer (Aug. 2026)11.31%Banco de México, CF303

The SHF publishes home prices in pesos by state only; for a municipality it publishes an index, not a price. The appraisal values, loans and renting of Oaxaca are on its state page.

Elsewhere in Oaxaca

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