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Buying a home in Torremolinos: 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 Torremolinos (Andalusia), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €21,201 (7% tax at the general rate). Homes in Torremolinos were appraised at €3,758/m² in Q2 2026, +7.9% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Torremolinos

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 Torremolinos?

At the general rate of Andalusia (7%), €300,000 bought in Torremolinos 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 Torremolinos?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Torremolinos at €3,758/m² in Q2 2026 (326 valuations), +7.9% 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 Torremolinos?

Yes: appraised values in Torremolinos changed by +7.9% over a year. For Andalusia as a whole the INE index moved +11.9% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Torremolinos

By appraised value, Torremolinos is 13th 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 3rd 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 €276/m² from €3,482 a year earlier (+7.9%), 4.6 points slower than the national rise (+12.5%) and 5.9 points slower than Andalusia as a whole (+13.8%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €24,831.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 75 m² in Torremolinos, 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 Torremolinos figure rests on only 326 valuations, a thin sample that a few large operations can move, or 4.6 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 71,329 inhabitants it is the 39th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Adeje at €3,776/m² (€18 more), and the next one down is Fuengirola at €3,758/m² (€0 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €3,086 above Torremolinos; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €2,273 below. A year earlier it ranked 10th, so it has slipped three places.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Torremolinos
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, 326 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€3,482/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 202571,329INE, Padrón

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

Buying from abroad

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