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Buying and owning a home in Adeje

Roughly a third of dwellings, 27,93 %, are not a main residence. Adeje is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipality. The appraised average of 3.727,9 €/m² belongs to the small group of expensive Spanish municipalities.

The one-off cost at signing

In Adeje the Canary Islands transfer tax on a resale runs into tens of thousands of euros, which is why the declared value is scrutinised. The Canary Islands rate is 6,5 %, around the middle of the Spanish range.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €13.000 €
350.000 €22.750 €
600.000 €39.000 €

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 Canary Islands

A sense of scale

Within Santa Cruz de Tenerife, that is the highest average cadastral value per home among the municipalities this guide covers.

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

On share of the urban register that is housing it is the lowest of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipalities this guide covers.

Put beside the rest of the country, its year of the last cadastral revision belongs to the dearest twentieth of them all.

Judged only against Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the appraised value per square metre here is the highest in the guide.

The comparison that matters

Country-wide, that rural property-tax rate is one of the second-cheapest twentieth.

Within Santa Cruz de Tenerife, that is the third highest number of notarised home sales among the municipalities this guide covers.

Measured against the whole batch, that urban property-tax rate sits in the fourth-cheapest twentieth.

Take Santa Cruz de Tenerife alone: among the municipalities here, its number of urban cadastral units is the fourth highest.

Across the country, the tax rate on construction work here belongs to the lower middle of the range.

A sense of scale

Compared with the rest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in this guide, it sits fourth highest on total dwelling stock.

Across the country, the population here belongs to the band just above the middle.

Take Santa Cruz de Tenerife alone: among the municipalities here, its share of dwellings that are not a main residence is the third highest.

Country-wide, that count of registered residential units is one of the band just above the middle.

The cadastral values were reset very recently

Adeje revalued its cadastre in 2025, so the register still tracks reality and there is little revaluation risk to price in.

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

A busy transaction market

1.516 home sales were notarised in Adeje over the year, well above what its population alone would predict.

Fourth quarter carried far more deeds than Third quarter, so timing an offer against the calendar is worth something here.

23.649 residential units are registered, and a large slice of them turns over annually.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter375
Second quarter376
Third quarter281
Fourth quarter484

What owning costs every year

Rural land is charged at 0,315 %, which is nominal.

The urban IBI rate in Adeje is 0,47 %, on the low side nationally.

The register values the average Adeje home at 138.659 €, which is where the yearly bill comes from.

On a cadastral value of 180.000 € the 0,47 % rate produces 846 € a year, and after a recent revaluation that figure is close to what a buyer will actually see.

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 shape of the housing stock

In Adeje, 27,93 % of dwellings are not a main home, enough for holiday demand to matter without dominating.

The register holds 52.215 urban units, of which 23.649 are residential.

In total the census recorded 26.798 dwellings.

What the appraisers see

The appraised average in Adeje is 3.727,9 €/m², which is a coastal or capital-city price.

It rests on 148 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.

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