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The cost of buying a home in Alcázar de San Juan

Alcázar de San Juan is a town rather than a city, which in Ciudad Real usually means one estate agency network knows most of the stock. Roughly a third of dwellings, 30,93 %, are not a main residence. Homes here are appraised at 980,4 €/m², at the bottom of the national range.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Castilla-La Mancha applies 9 %, among the highest transfer-tax rates in Spain. In Alcázar de San Juan the transfer tax is often larger than every other closing cost put together, because the tax scales with the price and the fees largely do not.

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 Castilla-La Mancha

A sense of scale

Among the Ciudad Real towns and cities covered here, it records the highest rural property-tax rate.

On a national view, its share of the urban register that is housing falls into the third-dearest twentieth.

Within Ciudad Real, that is the second highest appraised value per square metre among the municipalities this guide covers.

On a national view, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence falls into the top quarter.

On number of appraisals behind the average it is the second lowest of the Ciudad Real municipalities this guide covers.

The comparison that matters

Set the national range end to end and this average cadastral value per home lands in the lower middle of the range.

Ranked against its neighbours in Ciudad Real, it holds the second highest average cadastral value per home of the group.

Over the whole guide, the number of urban cadastral units recorded here falls within the bottom quarter.

Judged only against Ciudad Real, the year of the last cadastral revision here is the second highest in the guide.

Across the country, the tax rate on construction work here belongs to the top quarter.

A sense of scale

Compared with the rest of Ciudad Real in this guide, it sits lowest on count of registered residential units.

Across the country, the total dwelling stock here belongs to the band just above the bottom quarter.

Take Ciudad Real alone: among the municipalities here, its population is the second lowest.

Set the national range end to end and this urban property-tax rate lands in the upper middle of the range.

The shape of the housing stock

Tenure is published only for the larger municipalities and the provincial capitals, which leaves Alcázar de San Juan out.

In Alcázar de San Juan, 30,93 % of dwellings are not a main home, enough for holiday demand to matter without dominating.

Almost the whole register is housing: 15.957 residential units out of 23.554 urban ones.

What the market looks like at the cheap end

It rests on 118 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

Appraisers value free-market housing in Alcázar de San Juan at 980,4 €/m², which puts a whole flat within reach of a modest deposit.

What the town hall charges every year

Alcázar de San Juan sets its urban IBI at 0,66 %, a little above what most town halls charge.

The typical Alcázar de San Juan home is on the register at 52.303 €, below the national middle.

Rural property is charged 1,16 %, which is steep for land.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,66 % rate yields 1.188 €, 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.

Alcázar de San Juan has not revalued since 2008, which is long enough for the gap to market values to be substantial.

The pace of sales

Against 15.957 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

The year was almost flat: Second quarter was the busiest quarter and Fourth quarter the quietest, with little between them.

Alcázar de San Juan saw 568 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter141
Second quarter145
Third quarter144
Fourth quarter138

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