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Buying and owning a home in Motril

34,3 % of the housing stock is not a main residence, a genuinely mixed town. Motril is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Granada municipality. At 1.544,5 €/m² the appraised average sits below the national middle.

The one-off cost at signing

The Andalusia rate is 7 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. Buying an existing home in Motril means paying the Andalusia 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 €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

Where it sits against the rest

On appraised value of a home under five years old it is the lowest of the Granada municipalities this guide covers.

Put beside the rest of the country, its appraised value of an older home belongs to the second-cheapest twentieth.

Judged only against Granada, the rural property-tax rate here is the highest in the guide.

Put beside the rest of the country, its count of registered residential units belongs to the band just below the top quarter.

Within Granada, that is the second highest share of dwellings that are not a main residence among the municipalities this guide covers.

Where this one stands

Over the whole guide, the number of notarised home sales recorded here falls within the band just below the top quarter.

Of the Granada municipalities covered here, this one comes second highest on total dwelling stock.

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of urban cadastral units belongs to the band just below the top quarter.

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

Measured against the whole batch, that population sits in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Where it sits against the rest

Compared with the rest of Granada in this guide, it sits highest on average cadastral value per home.

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

Compared with the rest of Granada in this guide, it sits second lowest on tax rate on construction work.

On a national view, its appraised value per square metre falls into the band just above the bottom quarter.

A stock split between residents and visitors

34,3 % of the Motril stock is not a main residence, so resident and visitor demand compete for the same buildings.

In total the census recorded 32.841 dwellings.

14,07 % of main homes are rented in Motril, below the national pattern.

The annual cost of holding the property

Cadastral values in Motril average 72.295 € per dwelling, an ordinary base.

Motril charges 0,522 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

Rural property is charged 0,96 %, which is steep for land.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,522 % rate yields 940 €, 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

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

Building work is taxed at 3,6 %, near the top of what town halls may charge.

The pace of sales

Motril saw 1.094 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Against 32.780 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 quarter310
Second quarter272
Third quarter231
Fourth quarter281

The market in appraisal terms

Motril housing is appraised at 1.544,5 €/m² on average.

The figure comes from 211 appraisals in the quarter.

Homes under five years old are appraised at 1.681,1 €/m² against 1.538,7 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

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