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Buying in Vigo: tax, IBI and the market

Second homes are a minority presence, at 20,94 % of the dwelling stock. An appraised average of 2.302,3 €/m² puts this above the national middle. Vigo is a city, and in Pontevedra that means its districts behave like separate markets that happen to share a town hall.

What the deed itself costs

Galicia applies 8 %, at the heavier end of the ordinary range. On a Vigo resale the Galicia transfer tax is the single largest item after the price itself.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €16.000 €
350.000 €28.000 €
600.000 €48.000 €

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 Galicia

A sense of scale

Of the Pontevedra municipalities covered here, this one comes highest on total dwelling stock.

Against every municipality in this guide, its count of registered residential units lands in the dearest twentieth of them all.

On population it is the highest of the Pontevedra municipalities this guide covers.

Across the country, the number of urban cadastral units here belongs to the second-dearest twentieth.

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

The comparison that matters

Over the whole guide, the number of appraisals behind the average recorded here falls within the second-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Pontevedra, the urban property-tax rate here is the highest in the guide.

On a national view, its year of the last cadastral revision falls into the cheapest twentieth of them.

Line the Pontevedra municipalities in this guide up by average cadastral value per home and this one is the lowest.

On a national view, its average cadastral value per home falls into the cheapest twentieth of them.

A sense of scale

Among the Pontevedra towns and cities covered here, it records the third lowest tax rate on construction work.

Nationally, that appraised value per square metre falls in the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

On share of dwellings that are not a main residence it is the lowest of the Pontevedra municipalities this guide covers.

Against every municipality in this guide, its share of the urban register that is housing lands in the upper middle of the range.

How many homes change hands

2.799 home sales went through the notaries in Vigo in the year — a quiet market.

With 138.670 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.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter782
Second quarter730
Third quarter615
Fourth quarter672

What the housing stock is like

20,94 % of dwellings in Vigo are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

19,38 % of Vigo main homes are rented, above the national pattern.

The census counted 144.293 dwellings across the municipality.

Appraised values and what they imply

595 appraisals stand behind it, enough for the average to be stable.

The premium for new build is clear: 2.626,5 €/m² against 2.296,9 €/m² for anything older.

At 2.302,3 €/m², Vigo appraisals sit above the national middle.

Owning it: the annual charge

The rural rate of 0,761 % is unusually close to the urban one.

A cadastral value of 37.345 € per residential unit keeps the Vigo bill modest whatever the rate.

Vigo applies 1,023 % to urban property, close to the statutory ceiling.

The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 1,023 %, or 1.841 € 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.

A cadastral register left untouched for decades

Building work is taxed at 3,5 %, near the top of what town halls may charge.

Vigo last revalued its cadastre in 1990, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.

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