What buying in La Orotava actually costs
The appraised average of 1.772,4 €/m² is close to the ordinary Spanish level. Almost nothing here is a second home: 16,98 % of dwellings are not somebody's main residence. La Orotava sits in the size class where Santa Cruz de Tenerife property still trades on local knowledge more than on portals.
The one-off cost at signing
The Canary Islands transfer tax applies to resale purchases in La Orotava; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead. The Canary Islands rate is 6,5 %, around the middle of the Spanish range.
| Purchase price | Transfer 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
Put beside its neighbours
Ranked against its neighbours in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it holds the highest share of the urban register that is housing of the group.
Taking every municipality covered here together, the rural property-tax rate is in the bottom quarter.
Set against the other Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipalities in this guide, it has the second lowest year of the last cadastral revision.
Measured against the whole batch, that urban property-tax rate sits in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Among the Santa Cruz de Tenerife towns and cities covered here, it records the lowest number of appraisals behind the average.
How it ranks
Taking every municipality covered here together, the share of dwellings that are not a main residence is in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Judged only against Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the tax rate on construction work here is the fifth lowest in the guide.
On a national view, its number of notarised home sales falls into the second-cheapest twentieth.
Judged only against Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the appraised value per square metre here is the second lowest in the guide.
Against every municipality in this guide, its number of urban cadastral units lands in the band just above the bottom quarter.
Put beside its neighbours
Ranked against its neighbours in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it holds the fourth lowest population of the group.
Measured against the whole batch, that total dwelling stock sits in the lower middle of the range.
Take Santa Cruz de Tenerife alone: among the municipalities here, its count of registered residential units is the third lowest.
Against every municipality in this guide, its average cadastral value per home lands in the exact middle of the range.
A cadastral register left untouched for decades
La Orotava last revalued its cadastre in 2000, so today's rate is charged on a base from another era — the revision risk is real.
Building work is taxed at 3,6 %, near the top of what town halls may charge.
The annual cost of holding the property
Rural property pays 0,536 %.
The typical La Orotava home is on the register at 57.509 €, below the national middle.
La Orotava charges 0,536 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.
The arithmetic is 180.000 € at 0,536 %, or 965 € 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.
What the market looks like
The average appraisal in La Orotava is 1.772,4 €/m², an ordinary Spanish level.
It rests on 80 appraisals, a thin base that a few unusual properties can move.
How rarely homes change hands
Notaries recorded 314 home sales in La Orotava over the year, which is very few for its size.
Set against 17.455 residential units on the register, turnover is slow.
Sales clustered in Second quarter and thinned in Fourth quarter, the ordinary Spanish seasonal pattern.
| Quarter | Sales |
|---|---|
| First quarter | 77 |
| Second quarter | 90 |
| Third quarter | 85 |
| Fourth quarter | 62 |
A stock of homes people actually live in
Only 16,98 % of La Orotava dwellings are not somebody's main home, so the market is driven by people who live here.
No rented share is available for La Orotava: the census stops short of municipalities this size.
Almost the whole register is housing: 17.455 residential units out of 25.339 urban ones.
Related guides
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