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Buying and owning a home in San Bartolomé de Tirajana

At 3.138,9 €/m² appraisals are firmly in the expensive half of the country. San Bartolomé de Tirajana is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Las Palmas municipality. Roughly a third of dwellings, 31,91 %, are not a main residence.

The one-off cost at signing

At San Bartolomé de Tirajana price levels the Canary Islands transfer tax is worth several months of most household budgets, so it belongs in the offer, not after it. 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

Judged only against Las Palmas, the share of the urban register that is housing here is the lowest in the guide.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the rural property-tax rate is in the second-cheapest twentieth.

Of the Las Palmas municipalities covered here, this one comes second highest on number of urban cadastral units.

On a national view, its tax rate on construction work falls into the bottom quarter.

On appraised value per square metre it is the second highest of the Las Palmas municipalities this guide covers.

Against the rest of the province

Country-wide, that year of the last cadastral revision is one of the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Within Las Palmas, that is the second highest number of notarised home sales among the municipalities this guide covers.

Across the country, the total dwelling stock here belongs to the band just below the top quarter.

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

Over the whole guide, the population recorded here falls within the upper middle of the range.

How it compares

Within Las Palmas, that is the fifth highest urban property-tax rate among the municipalities this guide covers.

Nationally, that number of appraisals behind the average falls in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Compared with the rest of Las Palmas in this guide, it sits sixth lowest on count of registered residential units.

Nationally, that average cadastral value per home falls in the exact middle of the range.

How active the market is

17.202 residential units are registered, and a large slice of them turns over annually.

Notaries in San Bartolomé de Tirajana recorded 1.109 home sales in the year, an active market.

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

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter342
Second quarter315
Third quarter230
Fourth quarter222

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

The tax on construction work is 3,2 %, so a refurbishment budget should carry it.

San Bartolomé de Tirajana last revalued its cadastre in 1997, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

The annual cost of holding the property

Rural land is charged at 0,4 %, which is nominal.

San Bartolomé de Tirajana charges 0,57 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

The typical San Bartolomé de Tirajana home is on the register at 57.287 €, below the national middle.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,57 %, or 1.026 € 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 shape of the housing stock

In San Bartolomé de Tirajana, 31,91 % of dwellings are not a main home, enough for holiday demand to matter without dominating.

Of 67.478 urban cadastral units, 17.202 are residential — a register dominated by garages, stores and commercial space.

At 26,97 % of main homes rented, San Bartolomé de Tirajana has a rental sector large enough to set the tone of the market.

An expensive market, measured

San Bartolomé de Tirajana appraises at 3.138,9 €/m², expensive by national standards and rising faster than incomes.

It rests on 123 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

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