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What a purchase in Algeciras costs beyond the price

Second homes are a minority presence, at 18,61 % of the dwelling stock. At 1.533,1 €/m² the appraised average sits below the national middle. Algeciras is among the biggest places in Cádiz, and its neighbourhoods diverge enough that a municipal average hides more than it shows.

The one-off cost at signing

The Andalusia rate is 7 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. Buying an existing home in Algeciras means paying the Andalusia transfer tax on top of the price, not out of it.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €14.000 €
350.000 €24.500 €
600.000 €42.000 €

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 Andalusia

Where this one stands

On number of notarised home sales it is the second highest of the Cádiz municipalities this guide covers.

On a national view, its population falls into the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Compared with the rest of Cádiz in this guide, it sits third highest on total dwelling stock.

Across the country, the count of registered residential units here belongs to the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Judged only against Cádiz, the number of urban cadastral units here is the third highest in the guide.

Measured against its neighbours

Set the national range end to end and this number of appraisals behind the average lands in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Line the Cádiz municipalities in this guide up by urban property-tax rate and this one is the fourth highest.

Measured against the whole batch, that share of the urban register that is housing sits in the third-dearest twentieth.

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

Set the national range end to end and this average cadastral value per home lands in the bottom quarter.

Where this one stands

Take Cádiz alone: among the municipalities here, its appraised value per square metre is the second lowest.

On a national view, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence falls into the lower middle of the range.

Among the Cádiz towns and cities covered here, it records the second highest year of the last cadastral revision.

Put beside the rest of the country, its tax rate on construction work belongs to the band just below the top quarter.

The market in appraisal terms

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

Algeciras housing is appraised at 1.533,1 €/m² on average.

What the housing stock is like

18,61 % of dwellings in Algeciras are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

55.815 dwellings in total were counted.

13,86 % of main homes are rented in Algeciras, below the national pattern.

An ageing cadastral register

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

Algeciras has not revalued since 2009, which is long enough for the gap to market values to be substantial.

The pace of sales

Algeciras saw 2.199 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Sales clustered in Second quarter and thinned in First quarter, the ordinary Spanish seasonal pattern.

Against 54.877 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter470
Second quarter681
Third quarter547
Fourth quarter501

Owning it: the annual charge

The rural rate of 0,76 % is unusually close to the urban one.

The typical Algeciras home is on the register at 48.274 €, below the national middle.

Algeciras applies 0,9 % to urban property, close to the statutory ceiling.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,9 % rate yields 1.620 €, 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.

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