In short
On a €300,000 resale home in Barcelona (Catalonia), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €30,201 (10% tax at the general rate). Homes in Barcelona were appraised at €4,602/m² in Q2 2026, +6.9% over a year.
Calculate for Barcelona
The questions, answered
How much transfer tax on a €300,000 resale home in Barcelona?
At the general rate of Catalonia (10% up to €600,000, 11% up to €900,000, 12% up to €1,500,000, 13% above €1,500,000: the scale gives an average rate applied to the whole value), €300,000 bought in Barcelona pays €30,000 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €30,201 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 Barcelona?
Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Barcelona at €4,602/m² in Q2 2026 (5,519 valuations), +6.9% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €3,204/m² for the province of Barcelona.
Are home prices rising in Barcelona?
Yes: appraised values in Barcelona changed by +6.9% over a year. For Catalonia as a whole the INE index moved +10.1% (Spain: 12.2%).
Reading the numbers for Barcelona
By appraised value, Barcelona is 7th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €4,602/m² it sits about 95% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².
Within Catalonia it ranks 2nd of 5 covered cities, about 67% above the regional average of €2,753/m². The province of Barcelona is at €3,204/m², so the city is €1,398 above its province.
The appraised value is up €296/m² from €4,306 a year earlier (+6.9%), 5.6 points slower than the national rise (+12.5%) and 3.2 points slower than Catalonia as a whole (+10.1%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €26,649.
Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 65 m² in Barcelona, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €414,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €41,632 (10%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.
The Barcelona figure rests on 5,519 valuations, a deep sample, or 3.2 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 1,731,649 inhabitants it is the 2nd most populated of the 55 cities covered.
On that ladder the next city up is Sitges at €4,932/m² (€330 more), and the next one down is Marbella at €4,528/m² (€74 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €2,243 above Barcelona; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €3,116 below. It held the same 7th place a year earlier.
| Size | Price at that value | Buyer taxes, resale | Buyer taxes, new build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m² | €230,000 | €23,182 (10%) | €26,632 |
| 70 m² | €322,000 | €32,407 (10%) | €37,237 |
| 90 m² | €414,000 | €41,632 (10%) | €47,842 |
| 120 m² | €552,000 | €55,469 (10%) | €63,749 |
The figures
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000 | €30,000 | Decreto Legislativo 1/2024, art. 641-1.1 |
| Land registry on €300,000 | €201 | Real Decreto 1427/1989 |
| Notary's deed fee on €300,000 (seller by default) | €388 | Real Decreto 1426/1989 |
| Appraised value, Q2 2026 | €4,602/m² | Ministry, 5,519 valuations |
| Appraised value, Q2 2025 | €4,306/m² | Ministry |
| Province of Barcelona, Q2 2026 | €3,204/m² | Ministry |
| Catalonia, appraised value, Q2 2026 | €2,753/m² | Ministry (+10.1% a year) |
| Catalonia, INE house price index, change over a year | +10.1% | INE, Q2 2026 |
| Population, 1 January 2025 | 1,731,649 | INE, Padrón |
Valuers' averages, not sale prices; changes computed by Payotte.
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Sources
- Taxes: Decreto Legislativo 1/2024, libro sexto del Código tributario de Catalunya; calculator sources.
- Appraised values: Estadística de valor tasado de la vivienda (tables 1 and 4; Elaboración propia con datos del Ministerio; reuse under Real Decreto 1495/2011, arts. 7 and 8; published 2026-09-15).
- House price index: INE, Índice de Precios de Vivienda, Q2 2026 (Fuente: Sitio web del INE: www.ine.es; published 2026-09-07).
- Population: INE, Padrón.