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Buying and owning a home in Aranjuez

An appraised average of 2.151,0 €/m² puts this above the national middle. Aranjuez is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Madrid municipality. Almost nothing here is a second home: 16,01 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence.

What you pay once, at the deed

On a Aranjuez resale the Community of Madrid transfer tax is the single largest item after the price itself. Community of Madrid charges 6 %, one of the lighter rates in the country.

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

Where this one stands

Within Madrid, that is the eleventh lowest average cadastral value per home among the municipalities this guide covers.

Set the national range end to end and this average cadastral value per home lands in the third-dearest twentieth.

Of the Madrid municipalities covered here, this one comes fourth highest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Over the whole guide, the urban property-tax rate recorded here falls within the third-cheapest twentieth.

On rural property-tax rate it is the highest of the Madrid municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against its neighbours

On a national view, its population falls into the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

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

Nationally, that premium a new build commands over an older home falls in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Line the Madrid municipalities in this guide up by number of notarised home sales and this one is the fifteenth highest.

Against every municipality in this guide, its appraised value of a home under five years old lands in the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

Where this one stands

Ranked against its neighbours in Madrid, it holds the thirteenth lowest number of appraisals behind the average of the group.

Over the whole guide, the total dwelling stock recorded here falls within the band just above the middle.

Set against the other Madrid municipalities in this guide, it has the fifteenth lowest count of registered residential units.

Put beside the rest of the country, its appraised value of an older home belongs to the band just below the middle.

What owning costs every year

At 91.644 € per dwelling, the Aranjuez cadastral base is high enough that the rate matters.

The urban IBI rate in Aranjuez is 0,44 %, on the low side nationally.

Rural property is charged 1,015 %, which is steep for land.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,44 % rate yields 792 €, 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.

A stock of homes people actually live in

Almost the whole register is housing: 25.024 residential units out of 36.140 urban ones.

21,71 % of Aranjuez main homes are rented, above the national pattern.

Only 16,01 % of Aranjuez dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.

The pace of sales

Against 25.024 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

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

Aranjuez saw 901 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter234
Second quarter233
Third quarter209
Fourth quarter225

Appraised values and what they imply

The figure comes from 244 appraisals in the quarter.

Homes under five years old are appraised at 2.296,4 €/m² against 2.146,7 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

At 2.151,0 €/m², Aranjuez appraisals sit above the national middle.

An ageing cadastral register

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

Aranjuez has not revalued since 2008, which is long enough for the gap to market values to be substantial.

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