Guides to buying a home in Spain
These guides walk a buyer from abroad through the purchase from start to finish: the steps and the costs, which taxes you pay when buying and later as a non-resident owner, which residence permits exist, which risks to check before signing and what rules apply to holiday rentals. Every rule carries its official reference and the date we checked it.
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Guides
- How to buy a house in Spain: steps, taxes and costs — How to buy a house in Spain as a foreigner: NIE, reservation, off-plan deposit guarantee, deed, VAT and stamp duty vs ITP, costs, non-resident mortgage.
- Non-resident property owner taxes in Spain: IBI, IRNR and modelo 210 — What a non-resident owner pays every year in Spain: IBI property tax, waste fee, non-resident income tax on imputed and rental income, modelo 210 and tax on sale.
- Where to buy property in Spain: which area fits your plans — Where to buy in Spain to retire, spend the winter, stay on a budget or let: what to look at for each profile, with a table of zones built from official data.
- Spain visas and residency for property buyers: what buying a home gives — Buying a home in Spain gives no visa or residency: the golden visa ended on 3 April 2025. Non-lucrative visa, digital nomad, Beckham law, the 183-day rule and the NIE.
- Risks of buying property in Spain: squatters, AFO, debts — What can go wrong when you buy a home in Spain and what the law gives the buyer: squatters (okupas), AFO houses, habitability certificates, flood zones, the nota simple and debts that pass to the property.
- Holiday lets in Spain: tourist licences by region — Buying does not give you the right to let to tourists: regional registration, town-planning compatibility, the three-fifths community vote, non-resident tax and what changed in 2025 and 2026.