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Buying in Castellón de la Plana: tax, IBI and the market

Second homes are a minority presence, at 23,5 % of the dwelling stock. Castellón de la Plana is a city, and in Castellón that means its districts behave like separate markets that happen to share a town hall. At 1.526,6 €/m² the appraised average sits below the national middle.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain. Buying an existing home in Castellón de la Plana means paying the Valencian Community 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 €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

Where this one stands

On total dwelling stock it is the highest of the Castellón municipalities this guide covers.

Against every municipality in this guide, its count of registered residential units lands in the third-dearest twentieth.

Ranked against its neighbours in Castellón, it holds the highest number of urban cadastral units of the group.

Nationally, that number of notarised home sales falls in the second-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Castellón, the population here is the highest in the guide.

Measured against its neighbours

Taking every municipality covered here together, the number of appraisals behind the average is in the third-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Castellón, the tax rate on construction work here is the third lowest in the guide.

Against every municipality in this guide, its year of the last cadastral revision lands in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Among the Castellón towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth lowest share of the urban register that is housing.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the rural property-tax rate is in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Where this one stands

Compared with the rest of Castellón in this guide, it sits second highest on appraised value per square metre.

On a national view, its average cadastral value per home falls into the upper middle of the range.

Judged only against Castellón, the average cadastral value per home here is the second highest in the guide.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the urban property-tax rate is in the exact middle of the range.

How old the cadastral values are

The tax on construction work is 3 %, so a refurbishment budget should carry it.

The last general revision in Castellón de la Plana was 2012, so cadastral values sit some way below market values.

The pace of sales

Castellón de la Plana saw 2.949 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Against 87.447 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter874
Second quarter704
Third quarter624
Fourth quarter747

What the housing stock is like

14,71 % of main homes are rented in Castellón de la Plana, below the national pattern.

23,5 % of dwellings in Castellón de la Plana are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

The census counted 91.229 dwellings across the municipality.

The recurring yearly cost

Cadastral values in Castellón de la Plana average 64.592 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

At 0,636 %, the Castellón de la Plana urban IBI rate is an ordinary one.

Land classed as rural is taxed at 0,6 %.

A cadastral value of 180.000 € taxed at 0,636 % gives 1.145 €, 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.

The market in appraisal terms

Castellón de la Plana housing is appraised at 1.526,6 €/m² on average.

Homes under five years old are appraised at 1.683,5 €/m² against 1.522,8 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

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

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