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What a purchase in Reus costs beyond the price

Second homes are a minority presence, at 20,99 % of the dwelling stock. At 1.640,9 €/m² the appraised average sits below the national middle. Reus is among the biggest places in Tarragona, and its neighbourhoods diverge enough that a municipal average hides more than it shows.

The bill that lands on the day of the deed

Buying an existing home in Reus means paying the Catalonia transfer tax on top of the price, not out of it. Catalonia charges transfer tax on a progressive scale rather than a single rate, starting at 10 % and rising through bands as the value goes up; the table below applies the scale bracket by bracket.

Transfer tax on a resale purchase, at three illustrative prices
Purchase priceTransfer tax
200.000 €20.000 €
350.000 €35.000 €
600.000 €60.000 €

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 Catalonia

A sense of scale

Take Tarragona alone: among the municipalities here, its urban property-tax rate is the highest.

On a national view, its number of urban cadastral units falls into the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

On total dwelling stock it is the second highest of the Tarragona municipalities this guide covers.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the population is in the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Within Tarragona, that is the second highest number of notarised home sales among the municipalities this guide covers.

The comparison that matters

Put beside the rest of the country, its count of registered residential units belongs to the band just inside the top fifth.

Ranked against its neighbours in Tarragona, it holds the lowest share of the urban register that is housing of the group.

Over the whole guide, the number of appraisals behind the average recorded here falls within the seventeenth twentieth from the bottom.

Take Tarragona alone: among the municipalities here, its rural property-tax rate is the second highest.

Put beside the rest of the country, its appraised value of an older home belongs to the third-cheapest twentieth.

A sense of scale

Of the Tarragona municipalities covered here, this one comes lowest on appraised value of a home under five years old.

Against every municipality in this guide, its year of the last cadastral revision lands in the lower middle of the range.

On premium a new build commands over an older home it is the highest of the Tarragona municipalities this guide covers.

Taking every municipality covered here together, the average cadastral value per home is in the band just above the bottom quarter.

The market in appraisal terms

Reus housing is appraised at 1.640,9 €/m² on average.

The premium for new build is clear: 1.927,0 €/m² against 1.635,8 €/m² for anything older.

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

The cadastral values are dated

The construction tax is 4 %, the statutory maximum, which matters if you plan to renovate.

The Reus register dates from 2001; a future revision could move the yearly bill significantly even if the rate never changes.

The pace of sales

Reus saw 1.663 notarised home sales over the year, a steady rate for its population.

Against 47.720 registered residential units, a healthy share of the stock changes hands each year.

Fourth quarter was the busiest quarter and Third quarter the thinnest, but the spread was mild.

Notarised home sales by quarter, 2025
QuarterSales
First quarter405
Second quarter445
Third quarter360
Fourth quarter453

What the housing stock is like

21,64 % of Reus main homes are rented, above the national pattern.

47.720 of 90.994 urban units are residential, a housing-led register.

51.284 dwellings in total were counted.

Owning it: the annual charge

The typical Reus home is on the register at 49.550 €, below the national middle.

Rural property is charged 1,01 %, which is steep for land.

Reus applies 1,202 % to urban property, close to the statutory ceiling.

180.000 € of cadastral value at 1,202 % is 2.164 € 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.

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