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The cost of buying a home in Jávea

At 55,91 % not a main residence, the holiday half of the stock is the larger half. Jávea is a town rather than a city, which in Alicante usually means one estate agency network knows most of the stock. The appraised average of 3.685,1 €/m² belongs to the small group of expensive Spanish municipalities.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain. In Jávea the Valencian Community transfer tax on a resale runs into tens of thousands of euros, which is why the declared value is scrutinised.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €18.000 €
350.000 €31.500 €
600.000 €54.000 €

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 Valencian Community

A sense of scale

On share of dwellings that are not a main residence it is the sixth highest of the Alicante municipalities this guide covers.

Set the national range end to end and this appraised value per square metre lands in the second-dearest twentieth.

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the highest appraised value of an older home.

Country-wide, that appraised value of a home under five years old is one of the third-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Alicante, the year of the last cadastral revision here is the fifth lowest in the guide.

The comparison that matters

On a national view, its urban property-tax rate falls into the third-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Alicante, the number of notarised home sales here is the tenth highest in the guide.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the share of the urban register that is housing is in the top quarter.

Within Alicante, that is the seventh lowest rural property-tax rate among the municipalities this guide covers.

Over the whole guide, the count of registered residential units recorded here falls within the upper middle of the range.

A sense of scale

Judged only against Alicante, the total dwelling stock here is the tenth lowest in the guide.

Measured against the whole batch, that number of urban cadastral units sits in the band just above the middle.

Judged only against Alicante, the premium a new build commands over an older home here is the second lowest in the guide.

Over the whole guide, the tax rate on construction work recorded here falls within the band just above the middle.

What the appraisers see

The appraised average in Jávea is 3.685,1 €/m², which is a coastal or capital-city price.

Homes under five years old are appraised at 4.033,3 €/m² against 3.670,9 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

The figure comes from 180 appraisals in the quarter.

A busy transaction market

1.073 home sales were notarised in Jávea over the year, well above what its population alone would predict.

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

Against 26.923 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter251
Second quarter244
Third quarter290
Fourth quarter288

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

The construction tax is 4 %, the statutory maximum, which matters if you plan to renovate.

Jávea last revalued its cadastre in 1995, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

The yearly bill, which is not small here

The typical Jávea home is on the register at 56.180 €, below the national middle.

The 0,83 % urban IBI rate in Jávea is high by Spanish standards.

Land classed as rural is taxed at 0,6 %.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,83 %, or 1.494 € a year — on a register so old that the rate tells you little about the eventual bill.

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.

A stock built largely for holidays

Almost the whole register is housing: 26.923 residential units out of 41.397 urban ones.

With 55,91 % of dwellings not a main home, Jávea is more holiday market than housing market.

26.819 dwellings were counted at the census.

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