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What buying in Puerto del Rosario actually costs

The appraised average of 1.968,4 €/m² is close to the ordinary Spanish level. Almost nothing here is a second home: 17,2 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence. Puerto del Rosario sits in the size class where Las Palmas property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals.

The one-off cost at signing

The Canary Islands transfer tax applies to resale purchases in Puerto del Rosario; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead. The Canary Islands rate is 6,5 %, around the middle of the Spanish range.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €13.000 €
350.000 €22.750 €
600.000 €39.000 €

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 Canary Islands

How it compares

Ranked against its neighbours in Las Palmas, it holds the lowest tax rate on construction work of the group.

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

On average cadastral value per home it is the third lowest of the Las Palmas municipalities this guide covers.

Against every municipality in this guide, its average cadastral value per home lands in the second-cheapest twentieth.

Judged only against Las Palmas, the year of the last cadastral revision here is the fifth lowest in the guide.

Against the rest of the province

Put beside the rest of the country, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence belongs to the lower middle of the range.

Line the Las Palmas municipalities in this guide up by urban property-tax rate and this one is the fourth highest.

Country-wide, that share of the urban register that is housing is one of the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

Compared with the rest of Las Palmas in this guide, it sits sixth lowest on population.

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of appraisals behind the average belongs to the band just below the middle.

How it compares

Of the Las Palmas municipalities covered here, this one comes fifth lowest on number of notarised home sales.

Against every municipality in this guide, its appraised value per square metre lands in the band just above the middle.

Within Las Palmas, that is the fifth highest count of registered residential units among the municipalities this guide covers.

Country-wide, that total dwelling stock is one of the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

The recurring yearly cost

The rural rate is 0,47 %, lower than the urban one.

A cadastral value of 40.407 € per residential unit keeps the Puerto del Rosario bill modest whatever the rate.

At 0,58 %, the Puerto del Rosario urban IBI rate is an ordinary one.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,58 %, or 1.044 € 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 cadastral register left untouched for decades

Renovation work carries a construction tax of 1,75 %, at the light end.

Puerto del Rosario last revalued its cadastre in 2000, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

How many homes change hands

With 18.001 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

540 home sales went through the notaries in Puerto del Rosario in the year — a quiet market.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter142
Second quarter127
Third quarter129
Fourth quarter142

A stock of homes people actually live in

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

18.001 of 30.030 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

Only 17,2 % of Puerto del Rosario dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

What the market looks like

It rests on 145 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

The average appraisal in Puerto del Rosario is 1.968,4 €/m², an ordinary Spanish level.

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