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What buying in Sant Adrià de Besòs actually costs

At 2.895,1 €/m² appraisals are firmly in the expensive half of the country. Sant Adrià de Besòs sits in the size class where Barcelona property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals. Almost nothing here is a second home: 7,53 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence.

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. At Sant Adrià de Besòs price levels the Catalonia transfer tax is worth several months of most household budgets, so it belongs in the offer, not after it.

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

Where it sits against the rest

Within Barcelona, that is the third lowest rural property-tax rate among the municipalities this guide covers.

Country-wide, that share of dwellings that are not a main residence is one of the second-cheapest twentieth.

Of the Barcelona municipalities covered here, this one comes sixteenth highest on appraised value per square metre.

Across the country, the year of the last cadastral revision here belongs to the third-dearest twentieth.

Within Barcelona, that is the eighth highest appraised value of a home under five years old among the municipalities this guide covers.

Where this one stands

Set the national range end to end and this premium a new build commands over an older home lands in the top quarter.

Judged only against Barcelona, the average cadastral value per home here is the seventeenth lowest in the guide.

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

Set against the other Barcelona municipalities in this guide, it has the seventh highest appraised value of an older home.

Country-wide, that share of the urban register that is housing is one of the band just below the top quarter.

Where it sits against the rest

Within Barcelona, that is the seventh lowest urban property-tax rate among the municipalities this guide covers.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Of the Barcelona municipalities covered here, this one comes tenth lowest on number of urban cadastral units.

Measured against the whole batch, that number of notarised home sales sits in the bottom quarter.

An expensive market, measured

The figure comes from 164 appraisals in the quarter.

Sant Adrià de Besòs appraises at 2.895,1 €/m², expensive by national standards and rising faster than incomes.

The premium for new build is clear: 3.435,9 €/m² against 2.865,1 €/m² for anything older.

How many homes change hands

With 15.023 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

450 home sales went through the notaries in Sant Adrià de Besòs in the year — a quiet market.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter98
Second quarter118
Third quarter108
Fourth quarter126

A stock of homes people actually live in

The census put the total stock at 14.877 dwellings.

Only 7,53 % of Sant Adrià de Besòs dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

Almost the whole register is housing: 15.023 residential units out of 23.291 urban ones.

The recurring yearly cost

Rural land is charged at 0,4 %, which is nominal.

At 0,598 %, the Sant Adrià de Besòs urban IBI rate is an ordinary one.

Cadastral values in Sant Adrià de Besòs average 72.442 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

A cadastral value of 180.000 € taxed at 0,598 % gives 1.076 €, though the register is old enough that real values have moved.

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.

How old the cadastral values are

The last general revision in Sant Adrià de Besòs was 2013, so cadastral values sit some way below market values.

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

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