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Fuengirola: purchase costs and the yearly bill

The appraised average of 3.668,5 €/m² belongs to the small group of expensive Spanish municipalities. Fuengirola is one of the larger municipalities of Málaga, with a housing stock too varied to describe by a single average. Roughly a third of dwellings, 30,63 %, are not a main residence.

The one-off cost at signing

The Andalusia rate is 7 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. In Fuengirola the Andalusia transfer tax on a resale runs into tens of thousands of euros, which is why the declared value is scrutinised.

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 this one stands

Take Málaga alone: among the municipalities here, its number of notarised home sales is the fifth highest.

Over the whole guide, the count of registered residential units recorded here falls within the band just inside the top fifth.

On appraised value of a home under five years old it is the second highest of the Málaga municipalities this guide covers.

Over the whole guide, the number of urban cadastral units recorded here falls within the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

On total dwelling stock it is the sixth highest of the Málaga municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against its neighbours

Across the country, the average cadastral value per home here belongs to the third-dearest twentieth.

Take Málaga alone: among the municipalities here, its average cadastral value per home is the fifth highest.

Put beside the rest of the country, its appraised value per square metre belongs to the second-dearest twentieth.

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

Put beside the rest of the country, its premium a new build commands over an older home belongs to the third-dearest twentieth.

Where this one stands

Among the Málaga towns and cities covered here, it records the third highest appraised value of an older home.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the population is in the top quarter.

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

Put beside the rest of the country, its urban property-tax rate belongs to the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

The annual cost of holding the property

At 94.347 € per dwelling, the Fuengirola cadastral base is high enough that the rate matters.

Fuengirola charges 0,5 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

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

180.000 € of cadastral value at 0,5 % is 900 € a year, but the base is dated and a revision would change it sharply.

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 cadastral values are dated

The Fuengirola register dates from 2005; a future revision could move the yearly bill significantly even if the rate never changes.

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

How active the market is

Against 51.385 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notaries in Fuengirola recorded 2.169 home sales in the year, an active market.

Second quarter was the busiest quarter and Third quarter the thinnest, but the spread was mild.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter511
Second quarter616
Third quarter479
Fourth quarter563

The shape of the housing stock

In Fuengirola, 30,63 % of dwellings are not a main home, enough for holiday demand to matter without dominating.

20,48 % of Fuengirola main homes are rented, above the national pattern.

The whole stock came to 48.887 dwellings at the census.

What the appraisers see

The figure comes from 361 appraisals in the quarter.

The appraised average in Fuengirola is 3.668,5 €/m², which is a coastal or capital-city price.

New build commands 4.595,6 €/m² against 3.613,6 €/m² for older homes, a gap wide enough to be a different market.

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