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What buying in Figueres actually costs

Figueres sits in the size class where Girona property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals. Almost nothing here is a second home: 16,92 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence. At 1.494,1 €/m² the appraised average sits below the national middle.

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. Buying an existing home in Figueres means paying the Catalonia 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 €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

Put beside its neighbours

Ranked against its neighbours in Girona, it holds the second lowest urban property-tax rate of the group.

Put beside the rest of the country, its year of the last cadastral revision belongs to the cheapest twentieth of them.

Within Girona, that is the second lowest appraised value per square metre among the municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against the whole batch, that share of dwellings that are not a main residence sits in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Set against the other Girona municipalities in this guide, it has the second lowest rural property-tax rate.

How it ranks

Across the country, the number of appraisals behind the average here belongs to the bottom quarter.

On population it is the second highest of the Girona municipalities this guide covers.

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

Within Girona, that is the highest average cadastral value per home among the municipalities this guide covers.

Nationally, that tax rate on construction work falls in the top quarter.

Put beside its neighbours

Take Girona alone: among the municipalities here, its share of the urban register that is housing is the second lowest.

Country-wide, that count of registered residential units is one of the band just below the middle.

Set against the other Girona municipalities in this guide, it has the third lowest number of urban cadastral units.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the band just below the middle.

The market in appraisal terms

Figueres housing is appraised at 1.494,1 €/m² on average.

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

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

Figueres last revalued its cadastre in 1990, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

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

How many homes change hands

With 20.773 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

599 home sales went through the notaries in Figueres in the year — a quiet market.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter156
Second quarter157
Third quarter125
Fourth quarter161

Owning it: the annual charge

Figueres applies 0,975 % to urban property, close to the statutory ceiling.

Cadastral values in Figueres average 64.134 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

The rural rate of 0,829 % is unusually close to the urban one.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,975 %, or 1.756 € a year — on a register so old that the rate tells you little about the eventual bill.

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.

A stock of homes people actually live in

No rented share is available for Figueres: the census stops short of municipalities this size.

Almost the whole register is housing: 20.773 residential units out of 33.979 urban ones.

Only 16,92 % of Figueres dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

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