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What buying in Villajoyosa actually costs

At 44,15 % not a main residence, the holiday half of the stock is the larger half. An appraised average of 2.236,6 €/m² puts this above the national middle. Villajoyosa sits in the size class where Alicante property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain. On a Villajoyosa resale the Valencian Community transfer tax is the single largest item after the price itself.

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

Put beside its neighbours

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the ninth highest share of dwellings that are not a main residence.

Over the whole guide, the rural property-tax rate recorded here falls within the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

On average cadastral value per home it is the highest of the Alicante municipalities this guide covers.

Across the country, the average cadastral value per home here belongs to the top quarter.

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

How it ranks

Over the whole guide, the number of notarised home sales recorded here falls within the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Among the Alicante towns and cities covered here, it records the tenth lowest number of urban cadastral units.

Country-wide, that count of registered residential units is one of the band just above the middle.

Judged only against Alicante, the urban property-tax rate here is the third lowest in the guide.

Measured against the whole batch, that total dwelling stock sits in the band just above the middle.

Put beside its neighbours

Compared with the rest of Alicante in this guide, it sits eighth highest on tax rate on construction work.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the appraised value per square metre is in the upper middle of the range.

Line the Alicante municipalities in this guide up by number of appraisals behind the average and this one is the seventh lowest.

Measured against the whole batch, that population sits in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

An ageing cadastral register

Villajoyosa has not revalued since 2006, which is long enough for the gap to market values to be substantial.

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

Appraised values and what they imply

At 2.236,6 €/m², Villajoyosa appraisals sit above the national middle.

It rests on 149 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

A busy transaction market

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

Against 25.782 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter252
Second quarter337
Third quarter177
Fourth quarter288

The annual cost of holding the property

Cadastral values in Villajoyosa average 77.365 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

Rural property pays 0,5 %.

Villajoyosa charges 0,576 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,576 % rate yields 1.037 €, on a register that has not been refreshed in a long time.

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

With 44,15 % of dwellings not a main home, Villajoyosa is more holiday market than housing market.

The census put the total stock at 25.780 dwellings.

25.782 of 45.020 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

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