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What buying in Montcada i Reixac actually costs

Almost nothing here is a second home: 10,68 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence. An appraised average of 2.312,5 €/m² puts this above the national middle. Montcada i Reixac sits in the size class where Barcelona property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Catalonia charges transfer tax on a progressive scale rather than a single rate, starting at 10 % and rising through bands as the value goes up; the table below applies the scale bracket by bracket. On a Montcada i Reixac resale the Catalonia 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 €20.000 €
350.000 €35.000 €
600.000 €60.000 €

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 Catalonia

In context

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

Measured against the whole batch, that rural property-tax rate sits in the band just inside the top fifth.

On average cadastral value per home it is the twelfth lowest of the Barcelona municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against the whole batch, that average cadastral value per home sits in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Ranked against its neighbours in Barcelona, it holds the nineteenth lowest share of the urban register that is housing of the group.

Put beside its neighbours

Against every municipality in this guide, its number of appraisals behind the average lands in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

Set against the other Barcelona municipalities in this guide, it has the eighth lowest appraised value per square metre.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the bottom quarter.

Judged only against Barcelona, the count of registered residential units here is the eleventh lowest in the guide.

Over the whole guide, the tax rate on construction work recorded here falls within the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

In context

Within Barcelona, that is the eleventh lowest number of urban cadastral units among the municipalities this guide covers.

Set the national range end to end and this number of notarised home sales lands in the band just above the bottom quarter.

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

Put beside the rest of the country, its population belongs to the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

The recurring yearly cost

Cadastral values in Montcada i Reixac average 68.148 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

Rural property is charged 0,9 %, which is steep for land.

At 0,626 %, the Montcada i Reixac urban IBI rate is an ordinary one.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,626 % rate yields 1.127 €, 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.

An ageing cadastral register

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

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

A stock of homes people actually live in

14.908 of 24.997 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

The census put the total stock at 15.304 dwellings.

Only 10,68 % of Montcada i Reixac dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

The pace of sales

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

Against 14.908 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Montcada i Reixac saw 514 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter84
Second quarter150
Third quarter110
Fourth quarter170

Appraised values and what they imply

It rests on 132 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

At 2.312,5 €/m², Montcada i Reixac appraisals sit above the national middle.

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