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Buying a home in Benidorm: 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 Benidorm (Valencian Community), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €27,201 (9% tax at the general rate). Homes in Benidorm were appraised at €3,217/m² in Q2 2026, +15.7% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Benidorm

General rates of Valencian Community. Change any field: the amounts are recalculated instantly.

Value taxed€300,000
Transfer tax (ITP)€27,000 (9%)
Land registry (registration + presentation)€201
Buyer total (taxes + land registry)€27,201
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 Benidorm?

At the general rate of Valencian Community (9% up to €1,000,000, 11% above €1,000,000, one rate on the whole value), €300,000 bought in Benidorm pays €27,000 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €27,201 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 Benidorm?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Benidorm at €3,217/m² in Q2 2026 (288 valuations), +15.7% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €2,021/m² for the province of Alacant/Alicante.

Are home prices rising in Benidorm?

Yes: appraised values in Benidorm changed by +15.7% over a year. For Valencian Community as a whole the INE index moved +13% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Benidorm

By appraised value, Benidorm is 22nd of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €3,217/m² it sits 37% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Within Valencian Community it ranks 3rd of 10 covered cities, about 66% above the regional average of €1,935/m². The province of Alacant/Alicante is at €2,021/m², so the city is €1,196 above its province.

The appraised value is up €436/m² from €2,780 a year earlier (+15.7%), 3.2 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and in step with Valencian Community as a whole (+15.7%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €39,267.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 90 m² in Benidorm, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €289,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €26,208 (9%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The Benidorm figure rests on only 288 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 3.7 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 77,327 inhabitants it is the 38th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Calpe at €3,269/m² (€52 more), and the next one down is Cádiz at €3,021/m² (€195 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €3,628 above Benidorm; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €1,731 below. A year earlier it ranked 21st, so it has slipped one place.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Benidorm
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€161,000€14,654 (9%)€18,518
70 m²€225,000€20,431 (9%)€25,831
90 m²€289,000€26,208 (9%)€33,144
120 m²€386,000€34,964 (9%)€44,228

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000€27,000Ley 13/1997, art. 13.Uno
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€3,217/m²Ministry, 288 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€2,780/m²Ministry
Province of Alacant/Alicante, Q2 2026€2,021/m²Ministry
Valencian Community, appraised value, Q2 2026€1,935/m²Ministry (+15.7% a year)
Valencian Community, INE house price index, change over a year+13%INE, Q2 2026
Population, 1 January 202577,327INE, 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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