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Buying a home in Torrevieja: 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 Torrevieja (Valencian Community), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €27,201 (9% tax at the general rate). Homes in Torrevieja were appraised at €2,254/m² in Q2 2026, +16.7% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Torrevieja

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

Value taxed€300,000
Transfer tax (ITP)€27,000 (9%)
Land registry (registration + presentation)€201
Buyer total (taxes + land registry)€27,201
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 Torrevieja?

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 Torrevieja 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 Torrevieja?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Torrevieja at €2,254/m² in Q2 2026 (716 valuations), +16.7% 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 Torrevieja?

Yes: appraised values in Torrevieja changed by +16.7% over a year. For Valencian Community as a whole the INE index moved +13% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Torrevieja

By appraised value, Torrevieja is 42nd of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €2,254/m² it sits 4% below the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Within Valencian Community it ranks 7th of 10 covered cities, 16% above the regional average of €1,935/m². The province of Alacant/Alicante is at €2,021/m², so the city is €233 above its province.

The appraised value is up €323/m² from €1,931 a year earlier (+16.7%), 4.2 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and 1 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 €29,043.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 130 m² in Torrevieja, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €203,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €18,445 (9%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The Torrevieja figure rests on 716 valuations, or 7.3 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 98,533 inhabitants it is the 30th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Alicante at €2,279/m² (€25 more), and the next one down is Zaragoza at €2,240/m² (€14 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €4,590 above Torrevieja; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €768 below. A year earlier it ranked 44th, so it has climbed two places.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Torrevieja
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€113,000€10,305 (9%)€13,017
70 m²€158,000€14,383 (9%)€18,175
90 m²€203,000€18,445 (9%)€23,317
120 m²€270,000€24,493 (9%)€30,973

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000€27,000Ley 13/1997, art. 13.Uno
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€2,254/m²Ministry, 716 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€1,931/m²Ministry
Province of Alacant/Alicante, Q2 2026€2,021/m²Ministry
Valencian Community, appraised value, Q2 2026€1,935/m²Ministry (+15.7% a year)
Valencian Community, INE house price index, change over a year+13%INE, Q2 2026
Population, 1 January 202598,533INE, Padrón

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

Buying from abroad

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