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Selling in Sant Andreu de la Barca

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

Selling in Sant Andreu de la Barca

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
€2,762/m²
Resale homes, average price per built m². 238 sales in 2025. Only completed sales count, never asking prices.
Letting a flat, 2024
€8.53/m² a month
Median of SERPAVI, the Housing Ministry's rent index, based on 1,353 lets declared to the tax office (old and new, not just this year's); half of all lets fall between €7.00 and €10.31/m². Median rent: €680 a month; for a house, €942.
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 Sant Andreu de la Barca: 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 Sant Andreu de la Barca itself gives back

We've read 2 council tax breaks in Sant Andreu de la Barca.

  • 01Solar panels: 50% off IBI for 3 yearsIBI · see the small print

    50% of the gross charge for 3 years

    • · Solar thermal, or PV for a house or for one flat in a block
    • · Blocks with panels for common areas only: 5%
    • · Apply by 31 January of the year it applies
    Ordenança fiscal núm. 1 de l'IBI, art. 5.3 i 5.4 — Ajuntament de Sant Andreu de la Barca · read 28 September 2026Text complet de les ordenances fiscals 2026; l'IBI no es va modificar per a 2026 (vigent des de l'1/1/2024)
  • 02Large families: up to 50% off, by cadastral valueIBI · see the small print

    50% up to €40,000 cadastral value; 40% to €60,000; 30% to €80,000; 20% to €100,000; 10% above

    • · Main home only, as registered
    • · No income limit
    • · Apply by the last day of February
    Ordenança fiscal núm. 1 de l'IBI, art. 5.3 i 5.4 — Ajuntament de Sant Andreu de la Barca · read 28 September 2026Text complet de les ordenances fiscals 2026; l'IBI no es va modificar per a 2026 (vigent des de l'1/1/2024)
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