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Buying a home in San Cristóbal de La Laguna: 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 San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Canary Islands), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €19,701 (6.5% tax at the general rate). Homes in San Cristóbal de La Laguna were appraised at €2,042/m² in Q2 2026, +16.2% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in San Cristóbal de La Laguna

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 San Cristóbal de La Laguna?

At the general rate of Canary Islands (6.5%), €300,000 bought in San Cristóbal de La Laguna 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 San Cristóbal de La Laguna?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in San Cristóbal de La Laguna at €2,042/m² in Q2 2026 (415 valuations), +16.2% 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 San Cristóbal de La Laguna?

Yes: appraised values in San Cristóbal de La Laguna changed by +16.2% over a year. For Canary Islands as a whole the INE index moved +11% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for San Cristóbal de La Laguna

By appraised value, San Cristóbal de La Laguna is 47th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €2,042/m² it sits 13% below the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Of the six Canary Islands cities covered, it is the cheapest, and 10% below the Canary Islands average (€2,279/m²). The province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is at €2,297/m², so the city is €255 below its province.

The appraised value is up €284/m² from €1,758 a year earlier (+16.2%), 3.7 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and 2 points faster than Canary Islands as a whole (+14.2%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €25,596.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 145 m² in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €184,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €12,130 (6.5%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The San Cristóbal de La Laguna figure rests on only 415 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 2.6 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 161,108 inhabitants it is the 26th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Orihuela at €2,080/m² (€38 more), and the next one down is San Javier at €1,953/m² (€89 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €4,803 above San Cristóbal de La Laguna; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €556 below. It held the same 47th place a year earlier.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€102,000€6,758 (6.5%)€8,288
70 m²€143,000€9,451 (6.5%)€11,596
90 m²€184,000€12,130 (6.5%)€14,890
120 m²€245,000€16,111 (6.5%)€19,786

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€2,042/m²Ministry, 415 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€1,758/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 2025161,108INE, Padrón

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

Buying from abroad

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