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Buying a home in Vitoria-Gasteiz: 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 Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €12,201 (4% tax at the general rate). Homes in Vitoria-Gasteiz were appraised at €2,681/m² in Q2 2026, +5.8% over a year.

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If you buy

Taxes, land registry and loan in Vitoria-Gasteiz

General rates of Basque Country (foral regime). Change any field: the amounts are recalculated instantly.

Value taxed€300,000
Transfer tax (ITP)€12,000 (4%)
Land registry (registration + presentation)€201
Buyer total (taxes + land registry)€12,201
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

Foral region: the tax is charged on the real value, not on the Catastro reference value. Basque Country: 4% applies if the buyer does not hold more than five homes (6% otherwise).

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: your tax residence decides; residents of Navarre and the Basque Country pay their own foral income tax.

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 Vitoria-Gasteiz?

At the general rate of the foral rules (4%), €300,000 bought in Vitoria-Gasteiz pays €12,000 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €12,201 for the buyer, before notary copies and any reduced rate.

What is a home worth per square metre in Vitoria-Gasteiz?

Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Vitoria-Gasteiz at €2,681/m² in Q2 2026 (537 valuations), +5.8% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €2,531/m² for the province of Araba/Álava.

Are home prices rising in Vitoria-Gasteiz?

Yes: appraised values in Vitoria-Gasteiz changed by +5.8% over a year. For Basque Country as a whole the INE index moved +10% (Spain: 12.2%).

Reading the numbers for Vitoria-Gasteiz

By appraised value, Vitoria-Gasteiz is 30th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €2,681/m² it sits 14% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².

Of the three Basque Country cities covered, it is the cheapest, and 14% below the Basque Country average (€3,102/m²). The province of Araba/Álava is at €2,531/m², so the city is €150 above its province.

The appraised value is up €146/m² from €2,535 a year earlier (+5.8%), 6.7 points slower than the national rise (+12.5%) and 5.3 points slower than Basque Country as a whole (+11.1%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €13,149.

Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 110 m² in Vitoria-Gasteiz, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €241,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €9,825 (4%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.

The Vitoria-Gasteiz figure rests on 537 valuations, or 2.1 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 260,699 inhabitants it is the 16th most populated of the 55 cities covered.

On that ladder the next city up is Pamplona at €2,695/m² (€14 more), and the next one down is Santander at €2,662/m² (€19 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €4,164 above Vitoria-Gasteiz; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €1,195 below. A year earlier it ranked 28th, so it has slipped two places.

Typical sizes at the average appraised value of Vitoria-Gasteiz
SizePrice at that valueBuyer taxes, resaleBuyer taxes, new build
50 m²€134,000€5,510 (4%)€14,220
70 m²€188,000€7,691 (4%)€19,911
90 m²€241,000€9,825 (4%)€25,490
120 m²€322,000€13,087 (4%)€34,017

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000€12,000Normas forales del ITPAJD de Álava (NF 11/2003), Álava/Araba: art. 43.Uno.b) (4%); art. 56.2 (AJD 0.5%); Bizkaia: art. 13.b) (4%); art. 44.1 (AJD 0.50%); Gipuzkoa: art. 11.1.b) (4%); art. 29.2 (AJD 0.5%)
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€2,681/m²Ministry, 537 valuations
Appraised value, Q2 2025€2,535/m²Ministry
Province of Araba/Álava, Q2 2026€2,531/m²Ministry
Basque Country, appraised value, Q2 2026€3,102/m²Ministry (+11.1% a year)
Basque Country, INE house price index, change over a year+10%INE, Q2 2026
Population, 1 January 2025260,699INE, Padrón

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

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