In short
On a €300,000 resale home in Marbella (Andalusia), transfer tax and land registry fees come to €21,201 (7% tax at the general rate). Homes in Marbella were appraised at €4,528/m² in Q2 2026, +15.6% over a year.
Calculate for Marbella
The questions, answered
How much transfer tax on a €300,000 resale home in Marbella?
At the general rate of Andalusia (7%), €300,000 bought in Marbella pays €21,000 of transfer tax (ITP) and €201 of land registry fees: €21,201 for the buyer, before notary copies and any reduced rate; the base is the higher of price and Catastro reference value.
What is a home worth per square metre in Marbella?
Approved valuers appraised open-market homes in Marbella at €4,528/m² in Q2 2026 (748 valuations), +15.6% over a year; the figure is €2,355/m² for Spain and €3,084/m² for the province of Málaga.
Are home prices rising in Marbella?
Yes: appraised values in Marbella changed by +15.6% over a year. For Andalusia as a whole the INE index moved +11.9% (Spain: 12.2%).
Reading the numbers for Marbella
By appraised value, Marbella is 8th of the 55 cities Payotte covers, from the dearest down. At €4,528/m² it sits about 92% above the Spanish average of €2,355/m².
It is the dearest of the 14 Andalusia cities covered, and more than twice the Andalusia average (€1,982/m²). The province of Málaga is at €3,084/m², so the city is €1,445 above its province.
The appraised value is up €613/m² from €3,916 a year earlier (+15.6%), 3.1 points faster than the national rise (+12.5%) and 1.8 points faster than Andalusia as a whole (+13.8%). On a 90 m² home at the average, the year's move is worth about €55,125.
Taken at the average appraised value, €300,000 buys roughly 65 m² in Marbella, against 125 m² at the Spanish average. A 90 m² home at that value would be about €408,000; the buyer's taxes and registry fees on a resale come to €28,790 (7%). Arithmetic on an average, not a valuation.
The Marbella figure rests on 748 valuations, or 4.7 valuations per 1,000 inhabitants. With 159,786 inhabitants it is the 27th most populated of the 55 cities covered.
On that ladder the next city up is Barcelona at €4,602/m² (€74 more), and the next one down is Castelldefels at €4,337/m² (€192 less). The dearest covered city, Santa Eulària des Riu, is at €6,844/m², €2,316 above Marbella; the cheapest, Cartagena, at €1,486/m², €3,043 below. A year earlier it ranked 9th, so it has climbed one place.
| Size | Price at that value | Buyer taxes, resale | Buyer taxes, new build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m² | €226,000 | €16,001 (7%) | €25,493 |
| 70 m² | €317,000 | €22,396 (7%) | €35,710 |
| 90 m² | €408,000 | €28,790 (7%) | €45,926 |
| 120 m² | €543,000 | €38,277 (7%) | €61,083 |
The figures
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer tax (ITP) on €300,000 | €21,000 | Ley 5/2021, art. 41 |
| Land registry on €300,000 | €201 | Real Decreto 1427/1989 |
| Notary's deed fee on €300,000 (seller by default) | €388 | Real Decreto 1426/1989 |
| Appraised value, Q2 2026 | €4,528/m² | Ministry, 748 valuations |
| Appraised value, Q2 2025 | €3,916/m² | Ministry |
| Province of Málaga, Q2 2026 | €3,084/m² | Ministry |
| Andalusia, appraised value, Q2 2026 | €1,982/m² | Ministry (+13.8% a year) |
| Andalusia, INE house price index, change over a year | +11.9% | INE, Q2 2026 |
| Population, 1 January 2025 | 159,786 | INE, Padrón |
Valuers' averages, not sale prices; changes computed by Payotte.
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Sources
- Taxes: Ley 5/2021, de 20 de octubre, de Tributos Cedidos de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía; calculator sources.
- Appraised values: Estadística de valor tasado de la vivienda (tables 1 and 4; Elaboración propia con datos del Ministerio; reuse under Real Decreto 1495/2011, arts. 7 and 8; published 2026-09-15).
- House price index: INE, Índice de Precios de Vivienda, Q2 2026 (Fuente: Sitio web del INE: www.ine.es; published 2026-09-07).
- Population: INE, Padrón.