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Buying in Gijón: tax, IBI and the market

Gijón is a city, and in Asturias that means its districts behave like separate markets that happen to share a town hall. Second homes are a minority presence, at 19,2 % of the dwelling stock. An appraised average of 2.341,6 €/m² puts this above the national middle.

What the deed itself costs

Asturias charges transfer tax on a progressive scale rather than a single rate, starting at 8 % and rising through bands as the value goes up; the table below applies the scale bracket by bracket. On a Gijón resale the Asturias 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 €16.000 €
350.000 €28.500 €
600.000 €52.000 €

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 Asturias

A sense of scale

Of the Asturias municipalities covered here, this one comes highest on total dwelling stock.

Across the country, the count of registered residential units here belongs to the dearest twentieth of them all.

Within Asturias, that is the second highest number of urban cadastral units among the municipalities this guide covers.

Nationally, that population falls in the dearest twentieth of them all.

Take Asturias alone: among the municipalities here, its number of notarised home sales is the highest.

The comparison that matters

Measured against the whole batch, that number of appraisals behind the average sits in the second-dearest twentieth.

Of the Asturias municipalities covered here, this one comes lowest on urban property-tax rate.

Against every municipality in this guide, its rural property-tax rate lands in the third-cheapest twentieth.

On premium a new build commands over an older home it is the lowest of the Asturias municipalities this guide covers.

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

A sense of scale

Take Asturias alone: among the municipalities here, its average cadastral value per home is the second highest.

Measured against the whole batch, that year of the last cadastral revision sits in the top quarter.

Judged only against Asturias, the appraised value of a home under five years old here is the highest in the guide.

Nationally, that share of dwellings that are not a main residence falls in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

What owning costs every year

The urban IBI rate in Gijón is 0,45 %, on the low side nationally.

Cadastral values in Gijón average 72.162 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

The rural rate is 0,45 %, lower than the urban one.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,45 % rate yields 810 €, 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.

What the housing stock is like

19,2 % of dwellings in Gijón are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

Renting accounts for 15,42 % of main homes in Gijón, close to the Spanish norm.

The census counted 148.955 dwellings across the municipality.

An ageing cadastral register

Gijón has not revalued since 2009, 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

907 appraisals stand behind it, enough for the average to be stable.

New and old are appraised at much the same level, 2.399,7 €/m² against 2.340,2 €/m².

At 2.341,6 €/m², Gijón appraisals sit above the national middle.

The pace of sales

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

With 147.615 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

Gijón saw 3.772 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter1.005
Second quarter953
Third quarter840
Fourth quarter974

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