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The cost of buying a home in Sant Joan d'Alacant

Second homes are a minority presence, at 21,21 % of the dwelling stock. Sant Joan d'Alacant is a town rather than a city, which in Alicante usually means one estate agency network knows most of the stock. The ministry publishes no appraisal average for this municipality, so the market figures below stop at the notarial sales count.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain. The Valencian Community transfer tax applies to resale purchases in Sant Joan d'Alacant; 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 €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

In context

Compared with the rest of Alicante in this guide, it sits lowest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Set the national range end to end and this total dwelling stock lands in the second-cheapest twentieth.

Set against the other Alicante municipalities in this guide, it has the second lowest count of registered residential units.

Against every municipality in this guide, its year of the last cadastral revision lands in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

Ranked against its neighbours in Alicante, it holds the third lowest number of urban cadastral units of the group.

Put beside its neighbours

Put beside the rest of the country, its population belongs to the second-cheapest twentieth.

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

Country-wide, that urban property-tax rate is one of the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Within Alicante, that is the fifth lowest number of notarised home sales among the municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against the whole batch, that share of dwellings that are not a main residence sits in the band just below the middle.

How it compares

Set against the other Alicante municipalities in this guide, it has the fifth highest average cadastral value per home.

On a national view, its average cadastral value per home falls into the band just above the middle.

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the eighth highest rural property-tax rate.

What the market looks like

The ministry does not publish this figure for Sant Joan d'Alacant, so it is stated here as not available rather than estimated.

What the housing stock is like

12.581 of 23.100 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

21,21 % of dwellings in Sant Joan d'Alacant are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

11.659 dwellings were counted at the census.

How active the market is

Notaries in Sant Joan d'Alacant recorded 704 home sales in the year, an active market.

The quarters are very uneven — Third quarter against First quarter — which in a market this size usually means a development completing.

12.581 residential units are registered, and a large slice of them turns over annually.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter136
Second quarter138
Third quarter262
Fourth quarter168

The cadastral values are dated

The Sant Joan d'Alacant register dates from 2003; a future revision could move the yearly bill significantly even if the rate never changes.

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

What the town hall charges every year

Rural land carries 0,75 %, close to the urban rate.

Sant Joan d'Alacant sets its urban IBI at 0,68 %, a little above what most town halls charge.

Cadastral values in Sant Joan d'Alacant average 62.355 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

180.000 € of cadastral value at 0,68 % is 1.224 € 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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