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Buying and owning a home in San Vicente del Raspeig

Second homes are a minority presence, at 20 % of the dwelling stock. San Vicente del Raspeig is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Alicante municipality. The appraised average of 1.987,2 €/m² is close to the ordinary Spanish level.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

The Valencian Community transfer tax applies to resale purchases in San Vicente del Raspeig; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead. Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain.

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

Measured against its neighbours

Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the fourth lowest tax rate on construction work of the group.

Put beside the rest of the country, its year of the last cadastral revision belongs to the bottom quarter.

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth lowest share of the urban register that is housing.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the population is in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the fifth lowest rural property-tax rate of the group.

A sense of scale

Over the whole guide, the number of urban cadastral units recorded here falls within the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the tenth highest count of registered residential units.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the upper middle of the range.

Set against the other Alicante municipalities in this guide, it has the tenth lowest urban property-tax rate.

Measured against the whole batch, that average cadastral value per home sits in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Measured against its neighbours

Line the Alicante municipalities in this guide up by average cadastral value per home and this one is the tenth lowest.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the number of notarised home sales is in the band just above the middle.

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

Nationally, that number of appraisals behind the average falls in the upper middle of the range.

What the housing stock is like

20 % of dwellings in San Vicente del Raspeig are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

11,86 % of main homes are rented in San Vicente del Raspeig, below the national pattern.

26.865 of 47.047 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

The tax on construction work is 3,2 %, so a refurbishment budget should carry it.

San Vicente del Raspeig last revalued its cadastre in 1998, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

How many homes change hands

777 home sales went through the notaries in San Vicente del Raspeig in the year — a quiet market.

The year was almost flat: First quarter was the busiest quarter and Third quarter the quietest, with little between them.

With 26.865 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter198
Second quarter192
Third quarter189
Fourth quarter198

What the town hall charges every year

The typical San Vicente del Raspeig home is on the register at 50.542 €, below the national middle.

San Vicente del Raspeig sets its urban IBI at 0,729 %, a little above what most town halls charge.

Rural property pays 0,57 %.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,729 %, or 1.312 € 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.

What the market looks like

The average appraisal in San Vicente del Raspeig is 1.987,2 €/m², an ordinary Spanish level.

The figure comes from 194 appraisals in the quarter.

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