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

Selling in Martorell

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.

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Sale prices, Jul 2025–Jun 2026
€2,198/m²
Resale homes, average price per built m². 254 sales in 2025. Only completed sales count, never asking prices.
Letting a flat, 2024
€7.94/m² a month
Median of SERPAVI, the Housing Ministry's rent index, based on 1,406 lets declared to the tax office (old and new, not just this year's); half of all lets fall between €6.28 and €9.86/m². Median rent: €650 a month; for a house, €582.
Plusvalía: deadline to declare it
30 working days
From the date of the sale. 2026 rate: 30% 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 lawReal 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 lawLey 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 lawLey 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 lawLey 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 Martorell: 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.

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 Martorell itself gives back

We've read 2 council tax breaks in Martorell.

  • 01Solar panels: 50% off IBI for 5 yearsIBI · see the small print

    A cut that shrinks each year: 50%, 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% over five years, never more than the installation cost

    • · Self-consumption in a detached home; flats in shared buildings have their own scale
    • · On request
    Ordenança fiscal núm. 1 de l'IBI, bonificacions potestatives 2.a i 2.c — Ajuntament de Martorell · read 30 September 2026Ordenances fiscals 2026 (portal de transparència)
  • 02Large families: 20% to 60% off, by cadastral valueIBI · see the small print

    60% up to €50,000 of cadastral value; 40% up to €80,000; 30% up to €150,000; 20% above

    • · Main home, the one on the padrón
    • · No debts with the council
    • · Apply before 31 March; it lasts as long as the title
    Ordenança fiscal núm. 1 de l'IBI, bonificacions potestatives 2.a i 2.c — Ajuntament de Martorell · read 30 September 2026Ordenances fiscals 2026 (portal de transparència)
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