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Buying and owning a home in Vila-real

Second homes are a minority presence, at 24,39 % of the dwelling stock. Vila-real is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Castellón municipality. The average appraisal is 1.183,4 €/m², which is cheap by Spanish standards.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

The transfer tax set by Valencian Community is the one closing cost in Vila-real that nobody can negotiate. Valencian Community applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain.

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

How it compares

Within Castellón, that is the lowest tax rate on construction work among the municipalities this guide covers.

On a national view, its rural property-tax rate falls into the cheapest twentieth of them.

Of the Castellón municipalities covered here, this one comes lowest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the appraised value per square metre is in the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Set against the other Castellón municipalities in this guide, it has the highest average cadastral value per home.

Against the rest of the province

Taking every municipality covered here together, the average cadastral value per home is in the top quarter.

Take Castellón alone: among the municipalities here, its number of urban cadastral units is the second highest.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the population is in the upper middle of the range.

Among the Castellón towns and cities covered here, it records the third highest number of notarised home sales.

Over the whole guide, the count of registered residential units recorded here falls within the band just above the middle.

How it compares

Take Castellón alone: among the municipalities here, its total dwelling stock is the second highest.

Across the country, the urban property-tax rate here belongs to the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Within Castellón, that is the third lowest share of dwellings that are not a main residence among the municipalities this guide covers.

On a national view, its number of appraisals behind the average falls into the exact middle of the range.

What the housing stock is like

24.894 of 47.042 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

Only 10,05 % of main homes in Vila-real are rented, so the resale market is where households move.

24,39 % of dwellings in Vila-real are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

The pace of sales

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

Vila-real saw 846 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Against 24.894 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter230
Second quarter226
Third quarter176
Fourth quarter214

What the town hall charges every year

Cadastral values in Vila-real average 74.764 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

Vila-real sets its urban IBI at 0,682 %, a little above what most town halls charge.

Rural land is charged at 0,3 %, which is nominal.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,682 % rate yields 1.227 €, 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 homes are appraised at

The appraised average in Vila-real is 1.183,4 €/m², cheap enough that transaction costs are a large share of the total outlay.

The figure comes from 177 appraisals in the quarter.

An ageing cadastral register

Vila-real has not revalued since 2006, which is long enough for the gap to market values to be substantial.

Renovation work carries a construction tax of 2 %, at the light end.

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