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The cost of buying a home in Ames

The appraised average of 1.872,4 €/m² is close to the ordinary Spanish level. Second homes are a minority presence, at 25,72 % of the dwelling stock. Ames is a town rather than a city, which in A Coruña usually means one estate agency network knows most of the stock.

What the deed itself costs

Galicia applies 8 %, at the heavier end of the ordinary range. The Galicia transfer tax applies to resale purchases in Ames; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €16.000 €
350.000 €28.000 €
600.000 €48.000 €

The three prices are round illustrative figures chosen to bracket the ordinary range, not measurements of this market.

The reduced rates, stamp duty and the deed checklist for Galicia

How it compares

Among the A Coruña towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth lowest tax rate on construction work.

Measured against the whole batch, that rural property-tax rate sits in the second-cheapest twentieth.

Of the A Coruña municipalities covered here, this one comes third lowest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Measured against the whole batch, that urban property-tax rate sits in the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Take A Coruña alone: among the municipalities here, its number of appraisals behind the average is the third lowest.

Against the rest of the province

Across the country, the number of notarised home sales here belongs to the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Set against the other A Coruña municipalities in this guide, it has the fourth lowest share of dwellings that are not a main residence.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Compared with the rest of A Coruña in this guide, it sits fifth highest on appraised value per square metre.

Put beside the rest of the country, its count of registered residential units belongs to the lower middle of the range.

How it compares

Ranked against its neighbours in A Coruña, it holds the fifth lowest year of the last cadastral revision of the group.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the average cadastral value per home is in the band just above the middle.

Judged only against A Coruña, the average cadastral value per home here is the third highest in the guide.

Measured against the whole batch, that population sits in the band just above the bottom quarter.

How many homes change hands

With 16.692 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

Third quarter was the busiest quarter and Fourth quarter the thinnest, but the spread was mild.

384 home sales went through the notaries in Ames in the year — a quiet market.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter93
Second quarter101
Third quarter106
Fourth quarter84

The cadastral values are dated

The Ames register dates from 2005; a future revision could move the yearly bill significantly even if the rate never changes.

The tax on construction work is 2,5 %, so a refurbishment budget should carry it.

What the market looks like

It rests on 79 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

The average appraisal in Ames is 1.872,4 €/m², an ordinary Spanish level.

What the housing stock is like

Tenure is published only for the larger municipalities and the provincial capitals, which leaves Ames out.

16.692 of 30.171 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

25,72 % of dwellings in Ames are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

The annual cost of holding the property

Rural land is charged at 0,33 %, which is nominal.

Cadastral values in Ames average 61.449 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

Ames charges 0,5 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

180.000 € of cadastral value at 0,5 % is 900 € a year, but the base is dated and a revision would change it sharply.

The cadastral value in this example is a round illustrative figure, not the cadastral value of any particular property here. Ask for the last IBI receipt: it states the real one.

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