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What a purchase in Alcobendas costs beyond the price

At 4.790,4 €/m² this is one of the dearest municipalities in the country to buy into. Almost nothing here is a second home: 6,22 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence. Alcobendas is among the biggest places in Madrid, and its neighbourhoods diverge enough that a municipal average hides more than it shows.

What you pay once, at the deed

Community of Madrid charges 6 %, one of the lighter rates in the country. At the prices Alcobendas commands, the Community of Madrid transfer tax alone exceeds the whole purchase price of a flat in much of Spain.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €12.000 €
350.000 €21.000 €
600.000 €36.000 €

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 Community of Madrid

A sense of scale

Judged only against Madrid, the average cadastral value per home here is the ninth highest in the guide.

Country-wide, that average cadastral value per home is one of the dearest twentieth of them all.

Within Madrid, that is the fourth highest appraised value per square metre among the municipalities this guide covers.

Nationally, that appraised value of a home under five years old falls in the second-dearest twentieth.

Compared with the rest of Madrid in this guide, it sits third highest on appraised value of an older home.

The comparison that matters

Nationally, that population falls in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Ranked against its neighbours in Madrid, it holds the lowest share of the urban register that is housing of the group.

Measured against the whole batch, that number of urban cadastral units sits in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Compared with the rest of Madrid in this guide, it sits tenth highest on count of registered residential units.

Set the national range end to end and this total dwelling stock lands in the top quarter.

A sense of scale

Of the Madrid municipalities covered here, this one comes tenth lowest on urban property-tax rate.

Put beside the rest of the country, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence belongs to the cheapest twentieth of them.

Compared with the rest of Madrid in this guide, it sits ninth highest on number of appraisals behind the average.

Measured against the whole batch, that number of notarised home sales sits in the top quarter.

A market at the top of the national range

Homes under five years old are appraised at 5.196,6 €/m² against 4.769,5 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

The figure comes from 358 appraisals in the quarter.

At 4.790,4 €/m², Alcobendas is among the most expensive places in Spain by appraised value.

How many homes change hands

With 42.663 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

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

1.223 home sales went through the notaries in Alcobendas in the year — a quiet market.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter362
Second quarter301
Third quarter281
Fourth quarter279

The yearly bill, and why it is small here

The register values the average Alcobendas home at 145.121 €, which is where the yearly bill comes from.

Rural property is charged 0,9 %, which is steep for land.

Alcobendas levies 0,4 % on urban property, one of the lowest IBI rates you will meet.

Take 180.000 € of cadastral value: at 0,4 % the yearly bill is 720 €.

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 age of the cadastral register

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

Alcobendas last revalued in 2014, long enough ago for the register to lag the market a little.

A stock of homes people actually live in

Only 6,22 % of Alcobendas dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

21,42 % of Alcobendas main homes are rented, above the national pattern.

The register holds 85.958 urban units, of which 42.663 are residential.

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