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Lorca: purchase costs and the yearly bill

The average appraisal is 1.201,5 €/m², which is cheap by Spanish standards. Second homes are a minority presence, at 24,98 % of the dwelling stock. Lorca is one of the larger municipalities of Murcia, with a housing stock too varied to describe by a single average.

The one-off cost at signing

The Region of Murcia rate is 7,75 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. The transfer tax set by Region of Murcia is the one closing cost in Lorca that nobody can negotiate.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €15.500 €
350.000 €27.125 €
600.000 €46.500 €

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 Region of Murcia

The comparison that matters

Set against the other Murcia municipalities in this guide, it has the third highest population.

Against every municipality in this guide, its count of registered residential units lands in the top quarter.

Set against the other Murcia municipalities in this guide, it has the third highest total dwelling stock.

Across the country, the number of urban cadastral units here belongs to the band just inside the top fifth.

Of the Murcia municipalities covered here, this one comes seventh lowest on appraised value per square metre.

Where it sits against the rest

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of appraisals behind the average belongs to the top quarter.

Compared with the rest of Murcia in this guide, it sits sixth lowest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the average cadastral value per home is in the bottom quarter.

Compared with the rest of Murcia in this guide, it sits sixth lowest on average cadastral value per home.

On a national view, its urban property-tax rate falls into the band just inside the top fifth.

The comparison that matters

Of the Murcia municipalities covered here, this one comes seventh lowest on number of notarised home sales.

On a national view, its rural property-tax rate falls into the band just below the middle.

Among the Murcia towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth highest tax rate on construction work.

Set the national range end to end and this year of the last cadastral revision lands in the exact middle of the range.

What homes are appraised at

The figure comes from 279 appraisals in the quarter.

The appraised average in Lorca is 1.201,5 €/m², cheap enough that transaction costs are a large share of the total outlay.

What the housing stock is like

The whole stock came to 42.431 dwellings at the census.

24,98 % of dwellings in Lorca are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

42.038 of 72.030 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

The cadastral values are dated

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

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

How many homes change hands

With 42.038 residential units on the register, that is moderate turnover of the existing stock.

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

876 home sales went through the notaries in Lorca in the year — a quiet market.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter243
Second quarter227
Third quarter189
Fourth quarter217

What the town hall charges every year

The typical Lorca home is on the register at 46.590 €, below the national middle.

Land classed as rural is taxed at 0,656 %.

Lorca sets its urban IBI at 0,743 %, a little above what most town halls charge.

180.000 € of cadastral value at 0,743 % is 1.337 € 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.

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