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Buying a home in Arona: taxes, fees and prices

Taxes at the region's official rates · appraised values of the ministry · INE house price index.

In short

On a €300,000 resale home in Arona (Canary Islands), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €19,701 (6.5% tax at the general rate). Homes in Arona were appraised at €2,946/m² in Q2 2026, +15% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Arona

General rates of Canary Islands. Change any field: the amounts are recalculated instantly.

Value taxed€300,000
Transfer tax (ITP)€19,500 (6.5%)
Land registry (registration + presentation)€201
Buyer total (taxes + land registry)€19,701
Notary's deed fee (the seller's by default)€388
Loan of 80% of the price€240,000
Monthly payment, 25 years at 3.134%€1,155

General rates only: no reduced rates, notary copies, gestoría or valuation. All the rates and sources.

If you sell

Income tax on the gain

National rates, the same in every region: your tax residence decides.

Capital gain€80,000
Rate on the gain19%
Income tax on the gain€15,200
Buyer's 3% withholding (advance)€12,000
Left to pay on the return€3,200

Non-resident: 19% on the gain (IRNR); the buyer withholds 3% of the price (form 211), the seller settles on form 210 and the 3% is credited.

Plusvalía municipal, exemptions and agency fees are not computed. Capital gains tax on a home sale.

The questions, answered

How much transfer tax on a €300,000 resale home in Arona?

At the general rate of Canary Islands (6.5%), €300,000 bought in Arona pays €19,500 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €19,701 for the buyer, before notary copies and any reduced rate; the base is the higher of price and Catastro reference value.

What is a home worth per square metre in Arona?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Arona at €2,946/m² in Q2 2026 (268 valuations), +15% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €2,297/m² for the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Are home prices rising in Arona?

Yes: appraised values in Arona changed by +15% over a year. For Canary Islands as a whole the INE index moved +11% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Arona

By appraised value, Arona is 27th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €2,946/m² it sits 25% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Within Canary Islands it ranks 3rd of 6 covered cities, 29% above the regional average of €2,279/m². The province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is at €2,297/m², so the city is €649 above its province.

The appraised value is up €384/m² from €2,562 a year earlier (+15%), 2.5 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and in step with Canary Islands as a whole (+14.2%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €34,560.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 100 m² in Arona, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €265,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €17,417 (6.5%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The Arona figure rests on only 268 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 3.1 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 87,793 inhabitants it is the 33rd most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Valencia at €2,973/m² (€27 more), and the next one down is A Coruña at €2,775/m² (€171 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €3,899 above Arona; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €1,460 below. A year earlier it ranked 26th, so it has slipped one place.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Arona
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€147,000€9,713 (6.5%)€11,918
70 m²€206,000€13,566 (6.5%)€16,656
90 m²€265,000€17,417 (6.5%)€21,392
120 m²€353,000€23,160 (6.5%)€28,455

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000€19,500Decreto Legislativo 1/2009, art. 31.1.a)
Land registry on €300,000€201Real Decreto 1427/1989
Notary's deed fee on €300,000 (seller by default)€388Real Decreto 1426/1989
Appraised value, Q2 2026€2,946/m²Ministry, 268 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€2,562/m²Ministry
Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Q2 2026€2,297/m²Ministry
Canary Islands, appraised value, Q2 2026€2,279/m²Ministry (+14.2% a year)
Canary Islands, INE house price index, change over a year+11%INE, Q2 2026
Population, 1 January 202587,793INE, Padrón

Valuers' averages, not sale prices; changes computed by Payotte.

Buying from abroad

What differs for a foreign buyer: Buying as a foreigner · non-resident tax calculator · purchase costs in every region.

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