The ladder runs 19%, then 24%, then 30%, then 37%, then 45%, then 47%.
Only 50% of a positive rental profit is taxable, so the top rate comes to 23.5% of the whole profit.
Capital gainswhen you sell
10%a flat rate on the gain
30%top rate on its own scale
The gain is taxed on a scale of its own in Spain, apart from other income, from 19% to 30%.
A non resident pays a flat 19%.
3% of the sale price is held back at settlement from a non resident seller. It counts against the bill rather than adding to it.
Annual property taxevery year you hold it
Not modelled
0.66%a year on the assessed value
Charged on the official assessed value rather than the market price, which is typically nearer 50% of it.
Duty on purchaseone off, on the way in
3%averageof the price, on average
This headline is a national average. The published rule is regional or banded, so enter a price to see what it actually charges.
The tax on onerous acquisition of property (Local Taxes and Fees Act arts. 44 to 51) is paid by the BUYER and set by each Municipal Council anywhere from 0.1% to 3%. A thirty fold spread with no national answer, so the 3% statutory ceiling is used and flagged. The base is the price, or the assessed value if that is higher. Notary and registration fees are NOT inside this rate; they are charged separately as legals. Annual property tax exists (also municipal, on the tax valuation) but is not modelled. No EU foreign buyer surcharge.
8%averageof the price, on average
This headline is a national average. The published rule is regional or banded, so enter a price to see what it actually charges.
ITP on a resale is set by the autonomous community and priced per community once one is chosen, with Catalonia on its own progressive ladder: from 4% in the Basque Country to 13% at the top of the Catalan scale. Until a community is chosen an 8% national average is used. A new build is outside ITP and pays 10% IVA (VAT) plus about 1.5% AJD (stamp duty) instead. IBI is about 0.4 to 1.1% of the valor catastral; entering the cadastral value gives an exact figure (≈50% of market is assumed otherwise). A proposed 100% surcharge on non EU buyers is not law and not computed.
House pricesaverage change a year, last ten years
9.7%a year, on its own national series
The last 5 years: 2021 +9.4% · 2022 +13.4% · 2023 +10.1% · 2024 +18.3% · 2025 +12.6%.
Source: BIS residential property prices, nominal, national, local currency, fourth quarter over fourth quarter (FRED mirrors it as Q<CC>N628BIS).
6.4%a year, on its own national series
The last 5 years: 2021 +6.3% · 2022 +5.5% · 2023 +4.3% · 2024 +11.3% · 2025 +12.9%.
Source: BIS residential property prices, nominal, national, local currency, fourth quarter over fourth quarter (FRED mirrors it as Q<CC>N628BIS).
The same purchase in both
Bulgaria, on €860,230
€25,807Duty on the way in
—Annual property tax
An annual property tax is not modelled for Bulgaria, so this example leaves it out rather than showing a zero.
Spain, on €860,230
€68,818Duty on the way in
€2,839Annual property tax
Priced at $1,000,000, converted at rates of 2026-09-08 and held there so the example does not drift.
This is the country. Your own price, loan and years held are the other half.