In short
On a €300,000 resale home in Castelldefels (Catalonia), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €30,201 (10% tax at the general rate). Homes in Castelldefels were appraised at €4,337/m² in Q2 2026, +7.3% over a year.
Calculate for Castelldefels
The questions, answered
How much transfer tax on a €300,000 resale home in Castelldefels?
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 Castelldefels 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 Castelldefels?
Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Castelldefels at €4,337/m² in Q2 2026 (264 valuations), +7.3% 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 Castelldefels?
Yes: appraised values in Castelldefels changed by +7.3% over a year. For Catalonia as a whole the INE index moved +10.1% (Spain: 12.2%).
Reading the numbers for Castelldefels
By appraised value, Castelldefels is 9th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €4,337/m² it sits about 84% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².
Within Catalonia it ranks 3rd of 5 covered cities, about 58% above the regional average of €2,753/m². The province of Barcelona is at €3,204/m², so the city is €1,133 above its province.
The appraised value is up €294/m² from €4,043 a year earlier (+7.3%), 5.2 points slower than the national rise (+12.5%) and 2.8 points slower than Catalonia as a whole (+10.1%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €26,433.
Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 65 m² in Castelldefels, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €390,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €39,226 (10%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.
The Castelldefels figure rests on only 264 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 3.8 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 70,057 inhabitants it is the 40th most populated of the 55 cities covered.
On that ladder the next city up is Marbella at €4,528/m² (€192 more), and the next one down is Palma at €3,815/m² (€522 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €2,508 above Castelldefels; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €2,851 below. A year earlier it ranked 8th, so it has slipped one place.
| Size | Price at that value | Buyer taxes, resale | Buyer taxes, new build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m² | €217,000 | €21,879 (10%) | €25,134 |
| 70 m² | €304,000 | €30,602 (10%) | €35,162 |
| 90 m² | €390,000 | €39,226 (10%) | €45,076 |
| 120 m² | €520,000 | €52,261 (10%) | €60,061 |
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 | €4,337/m² | Ministry, 264 valuations |
| Appraised value, Q2 2025 | €4,043/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 | 70,057 | 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.