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Buying and owning a home in Granadilla de Abona

An appraised average of 2.474,7 €/m² puts this above the national middle. Granadilla de Abona is large enough for several distinct sub-markets to exist inside one Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipality. Second homes are a minority presence, at 20,48 % of the dwelling stock.

The one-off cost at signing

The Canary Islands rate is 6,5 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. On a Granadilla de Abona resale the Canary Islands 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 €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

Where it sits against the rest

Within Santa Cruz de Tenerife, that is the lowest urban property-tax rate among the municipalities this guide covers.

Country-wide, that population is one of the thirteenth twentieth from the bottom.

Compared with the rest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in this guide, it sits fifth lowest on share of the urban register that is housing.

Set the national range end to end and this appraised value per square metre lands in the band just below the top quarter.

Ranked against its neighbours in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it holds the second lowest average cadastral value per home of the group.

Where this one stands

Measured against the whole batch, that average cadastral value per home sits in the band just above the bottom quarter.

Among the Santa Cruz de Tenerife towns and cities covered here, it records the lowest premium a new build commands over an older home.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the total dwelling stock is in the exact middle of the range.

Take Santa Cruz de Tenerife alone: among the municipalities here, its count of registered residential units is the fifth lowest.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the share of dwellings that are not a main residence is in the band just below the middle.

Where it sits against the rest

Compared with the rest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in this guide, it sits fourth highest on year of the last cadastral revision.

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of notarised home sales belongs to the exact middle of the range.

Of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipalities covered here, this one comes fifth lowest on number of urban cadastral units.

Measured against the whole batch, that tax rate on construction work sits in the exact middle of the range.

How many homes change hands

733 home sales went through the notaries in Granadilla de Abona in the year — a quiet market.

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

Against 22.889 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter199
Second quarter230
Third quarter143
Fourth quarter161

Appraised values and what they imply

The figure comes from 176 appraisals in the quarter.

At 2.474,7 €/m², Granadilla de Abona appraisals sit above the national middle.

Homes under five years old are appraised at 2.693,2 €/m² against 2.471,6 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

An ageing cadastral register

Building work is taxed at 3,8 %, near the top of what town halls may charge.

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

What the housing stock is like

At 29,12 % of main homes rented, Granadilla de Abona has a rental sector large enough to set the tone of the market.

20,48 % of dwellings in Granadilla de Abona are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

Almost the whole register is housing: 22.889 residential units out of 35.315 urban ones.

The yearly bill, and why it is small here

The typical Granadilla de Abona home is on the register at 50.034 €, below the national middle.

Granadilla de Abona levies 0,4 % on urban property, one of the lowest IBI rates you will meet.

Rural land carries 0,75 %, close to the urban rate.

On 180.000 € of cadastral value the 0,4 % rate yields 720 €, 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.

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