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What a purchase in San Cristóbal de La Laguna costs beyond the price

The appraised average of 2.016,2 €/m² is close to the ordinary Spanish level. San Cristóbal de La Laguna is among the biggest places in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and its neighbourhoods diverge enough that a municipal average hides more than it shows. Second homes are a minority presence, at 20,18 % of the dwelling stock.

The one-off cost at signing

The Canary Islands rate is 6,5 %, around the middle of the Spanish range. The Canary Islands transfer tax applies to resale purchases in San Cristóbal de La Laguna; a new build is charged VAT and stamp duty instead.

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 this one stands

Within Santa Cruz de Tenerife, that is the second highest total dwelling stock among the municipalities this guide covers.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the count of registered residential units is in the third-dearest twentieth.

Judged only against Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the population here is the second highest in the guide.

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of urban cadastral units belongs to the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipalities covered here, this one comes second lowest on rural property-tax rate.

Measured against its neighbours

Nationally, that share of the urban register that is housing falls in the third-dearest twentieth.

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

Put beside the rest of the country, its number of appraisals behind the average belongs to the band just inside the top fifth.

Among the Santa Cruz de Tenerife towns and cities covered here, it records the fourth highest urban property-tax rate.

Over the whole guide, the appraised value of a home under five years old recorded here falls within the lower middle of the range.

Where this one stands

Within Santa Cruz de Tenerife, that is the lowest appraised value of an older home among the municipalities this guide covers.

Country-wide, that year of the last cadastral revision is one of the eighth twentieth from the bottom.

Set against the other Santa Cruz de Tenerife municipalities in this guide, it has the second lowest premium a new build commands over an older home.

Country-wide, that share of dwellings that are not a main residence is one of the band just below the middle.

What the market looks like

Homes under five years old are appraised at 2.218,0 €/m² against 2.014,6 €/m² for older stock — a modest premium.

The average appraisal in San Cristóbal de La Laguna is 2.016,2 €/m², an ordinary Spanish level.

The figure comes from 353 appraisals in the quarter.

How many homes change hands

Set against 71.766 residential units on the register, turnover is slow.

1.296 home sales went through the notaries in San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the year — a quiet market.

Sales clustered in Fourth quarter and thinned in Second quarter, the ordinary Spanish seasonal pattern.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter341
Second quarter281
Third quarter298
Fourth quarter376

The annual cost of holding the property

Rural land is charged at 0,3 %, which is nominal.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna charges 0,53 % on urban property, modestly below the common level.

The typical San Cristóbal de La Laguna home is on the register at 59.617 €, below the national middle.

180.000 € of cadastral value at 0,53 % is 954 € 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.

What the housing stock is like

At 25,49 % of main homes rented, San Cristóbal de La Laguna has a rental sector large enough to set the tone of the market.

74.096 dwellings in total were counted.

20,18 % of dwellings in San Cristóbal de La Laguna are not a main residence — a normal proportion for an inland town.

The cadastral values are dated

Building work is taxed at 3,75 %, near the top of what town halls may charge.

The San Cristóbal de La Laguna register dates from 2003; a future revision could move the yearly bill significantly even if the rate never changes.

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