Selling in Gallifa

What homes here really sell for, what the council charges and what the law asks before you sign.

Selling in Gallifa

A second opinion, with sources, before you sign. What homes here really sold for, what they would let for, what the council charges and what the law requires.

Take the Gallifa report

Plusvalía: deadline to declare it: 30 working days; From the date of the sale. 2026 rate: 15% on the rise in land value, only if there is a gain.

Before you sign

Selling requires a registered energy performance certificate; the buyer receives a copy with the contract.
The law
Real Decreto 390/2021, arts. 3.1.b y 17
The deed must show you are up to date with the owners' association (certificate from the secretary, approved by the president).
The law
Ley 49/1960, de Propiedad Horizontal, art. 9.1.e
Income tax: the gain on selling your main home is exempt if you reinvest the proceeds in another main home within 2 years. It counts as a main home after at least 3 years living there.
The law
Ley 35/2006, del IRPF, y Real Decreto 439/2007, su Reglamento, LIRPF art. 38.1; RIRPF arts. 41 y 41 bis
Income tax: from age 65 (or with severe or high dependency), the gain on selling your main home (or the one that was your main home in the previous 2 years) is exempt.
The law
Ley 35/2006, del IRPF, art. 33.4.b

If you're inheriting the home, see the deadlines that overlap

Sources and dates

Generalitat de Catalunya, Secretaria d'Habitatge (registered sales); Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, SERPAVI rent index (2024); Spanish Ministry of Finance (plusvalía, 2026); BOE and council bylaws (rules).

Where the real money is

Buying in Gallifa: Catalonia's transfer tax (ITP).

Catalonia charges 10% to 13% when you buy a resale home. You pay 5% on your main home if you're 35 or under, have a large or single-parent family, or a disability of 65% or more, and your taxable income is no more than €36,000.

Purchase price

€

At the general rate: €60,000
At the reduced 5% rate: €30,000

What the reduced rate saves you

€30,000

Agència Tributària de Catalunya. Rates read 19 September 2026.

And what Gallifa itself gives back

We've read 1 council tax break in Gallifa.

01Large families: 50% offIBI · see the small print
50% of the gross charge
- · Main home
- · The whole family registered there
Ordenança fiscal núm. 1 de l'IBI, art. 5.5 — Ajuntament de Gallifa · read 30 September 2026Ordenances fiscals 2023, el text més recent publicat per l'Ajuntament (sense modificacions posteriors de l'IBI trobades)

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