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Buying a home in Fuengirola: 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 Fuengirola (Andalusia), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €21,201 (7% tax at the general rate). Homes in Fuengirola were appraised at €3,758/m² in Q2 2026, +14.8% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Fuengirola

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

Value taxed€300,000
Transfer tax (ITP)€21,000 (7%)
Land registry (registration + presentation)€201
Buyer total (taxes + land registry)€21,201
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 Fuengirola?

At the general rate of Andalusia (7%), €300,000 bought in Fuengirola pays €21,000 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €21,201 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 Fuengirola?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Fuengirola at €3,758/m² in Q2 2026 (423 valuations), +14.8% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €3,084/m² for the province of Málaga.

Are home prices rising in Fuengirola?

Yes: appraised values in Fuengirola changed by +14.8% over a year. For Andalusia as a whole the INE index moved +11.9% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Fuengirola

By appraised value, Fuengirola is 14th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €3,758/m² it sits about 60% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Within Andalusia it ranks 4th of 14 covered cities, about 90% above the regional average of €1,982/m². The province of Málaga is at €3,084/m², so the city is €675 above its province.

The appraised value is up €484/m² from €3,274 a year earlier (+14.8%), 2.3 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and 1 points faster than Andalusia as a whole (+13.8%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €43,533.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 75 m² in Fuengirola, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €338,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €23,871 (7%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The Fuengirola figure rests on only 423 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 5 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 85,211 inhabitants it is the 34th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Torremolinos at €3,758/m² (€0 more), and the next one down is Bilbao at €3,529/m² (€229 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €3,086 above Fuengirola; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €2,272 below. It held the same 14th place a year earlier.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Fuengirola
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€188,000€13,331 (7%)€21,227
70 m²€263,000€18,601 (7%)€29,647
90 m²€338,000€23,871 (7%)€38,067
120 m²€451,000€31,812 (7%)€50,754

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000€21,000Ley 5/2021, art. 41
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€3,758/m²Ministry, 423 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€3,274/m²Ministry
Province of Málaga, Q2 2026€3,084/m²Ministry
Andalusia, appraised value, Q2 2026€1,982/m²Ministry (+13.8% a year)
Andalusia, INE house price index, change over a year+11.9%INE, Q2 2026
Population, 1 January 202585,211INE, Padrón

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

Buying from abroad

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