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The cost of buying a home in Armilla

The ministry publishes no appraisal average for this municipality, so the market figures below stop at the notarial sales count. Armilla is a town rather than a city, which in Granada usually means one estate agency network knows most of the stock. Second homes are a minority presence, at 19,17 % of the dwelling stock.

The one-off cost at signing

The Andalusia rate is 7 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. The Andalusia transfer tax applies to resale purchases in Armilla; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead.

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

How it ranks

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

Across the country, the average cadastral value per home here belongs to the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Among the Granada towns and cities covered here, it records the second lowest average cadastral value per home.

Nationally, that share of the urban register that is housing falls in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Line the Granada municipalities in this guide up by total dwelling stock and this one is the lowest.

How it compares

Put beside the rest of the country, its count of registered residential units belongs to the second-cheapest twentieth.

Within Granada, that is the lowest number of urban cadastral units among the municipalities this guide covers.

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of notarised home sales belongs to the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Ranked against its neighbours in Granada, it holds the lowest share of dwellings that are not a main residence of the group.

Set the national range end to end and this population lands in the cheapest twentieth of them.

In context

Ranked against its neighbours in Granada, it holds the highest tax rate on construction work of the group.

Country-wide, that rural property-tax rate is one of the band just above the middle.

On urban property-tax rate it is the second highest of the Granada municipalities this guide covers.

What the housing stock is like

19,17 % of dwellings in Armilla are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

11.745 of 20.036 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

11.389 dwellings were counted at the census.

The recurring yearly cost

The typical Armilla home is on the register at 45.103 €, below the national middle.

At 0,64 %, the Armilla urban IBI rate is an ordinary one.

Rural land carries 0,75 %, close to the urban rate.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,64 %, or 1.152 € 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.

The pace of sales

Armilla saw 385 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Fourth quarter carried far more deeds than Third quarter, so timing an offer against the calendar is worth something here.

Against 11.745 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter104
Second quarter97
Third quarter72
Fourth quarter112

What the market looks like

The ministry does not publish this figure for Armilla, so it is stated here as not available rather than estimated.

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

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

Armilla last revalued its cadastre in 1999, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

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