In short
On a €300,000 resale home in Orihuela (Valencian Community), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €27,201 (9% tax at the general rate). Homes in Orihuela were appraised at €2,080/m² in Q2 2026, +17.9% over a year.
Calculate for Orihuela
The questions, answered
How much transfer tax on a €300,000 resale home in Orihuela?
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 Orihuela 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 Orihuela?
Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Orihuela at €2,080/m² in Q2 2026 (538 valuations), +17.9% 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 Orihuela?
Yes: appraised values in Orihuela changed by +17.9% over a year. For Valencian Community as a whole the INE index moved +13% (Spain: 12.2%).
Reading the numbers for Orihuela
By appraised value, Orihuela is 46th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €2,080/m² it sits 12% below the Spanish average of €2,355/m².
Within Valencian Community it ranks 9th of 10 covered cities, 7% above the regional average of €1,935/m². The province of Alacant/Alicante is at €2,021/m², so the city is €59 above its province.
The appraised value is up €315/m² from €1,765 a year earlier (+17.9%), 5.4 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and 2.2 points faster than Valencian Community as a whole (+15.7%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €28,377.
Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 140 m² in Orihuela, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €187,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €17,001 (9%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.
The Orihuela figure rests on 538 valuations, or 6.4 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 84,560 inhabitants it is the 35th most populated of the 55 cities covered.
On that ladder the next city up is Villajoyosa at €2,222/m² (€142 more), and the next one down is San Cristóbal de La Laguna at €2,042/m² (€38 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €4,765 above Orihuela; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €594 below. It held the same 46th place a year earlier.
| Size | Price at that value | Buyer taxes, resale | Buyer taxes, new build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m² | €104,000 | €9,489 (9%) | €11,985 |
| 70 m² | €146,000 | €13,298 (9%) | €16,802 |
| 90 m² | €187,000 | €17,001 (9%) | €21,489 |
| 120 m² | €250,000 | €22,688 (9%) | €28,688 |
The figures
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000 | €27,000 | Ley 13/1997, art. 13.Uno |
| 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 | €2,080/m² | Ministry, 538 valuations |
| Appraised value, Q2 2025 | €1,765/m² | Ministry |
| Province of Alacant/Alicante, Q2 2026 | €2,021/m² | Ministry |
| Valencian Community, appraised value, Q2 2026 | €1,935/m² | Ministry (+15.7% a year) |
| Valencian Community, INE house price index, change over a year | +13% | INE, Q2 2026 |
| Population, 1 January 2025 | 84,560 | INE, Padrón |
Valuers' averages, not sale prices; changes computed by Payotte.
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Sources
- Taxes: Ley 13/1997, de 23 de diciembre, tramo autonómico del IRPF y restantes tributos cedidos (Comunitat Valenciana); 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.