Selling in Sant Just Desvern
What homes here really sell for, what the council charges and what the law asks before you sign.
Selling in Sant Just Desvern
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
- €4,763/m²
- Resale homes, average price per built m². 133 sales in 2025. Only completed sales count, never asking prices.
- Letting a flat, 2024
- €12.82/m² a month
- Median of SERPAVI, the Housing Ministry's rent index, based on 919 lets declared to the tax office (old and new, not just this year's); half of all lets fall between €10.74 and €14.94/m². Median rent: €970 a month; for a house, €2,104.
- 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.
- If you let it instead of selling
- Rent-controlled area
- Law 12/2023 caps the rent on new contracts in some cases. For income tax, your rental income is reduced by 50% to 90%, depending on the case.
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 - Income tax: rental income from a home is reduced by 50%; 60% if renovated in the previous 2 years; 70% for a first letting in a stressed area to a tenant aged 18-35 (or to a social-housing body); 90% in a stressed area if the new contract cuts the rent by more than 5%.
The law
Ley 35/2006, del IRPF (redacción de la Ley 12/2023), art. 23.2
If you're inheriting the home, see the deadlines that overlap
Sources and dates
Buying in Sant Just Desvern: 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
Agència Tributària de Catalunya. Rates read 19 September 2026.
We've read 2 council tax breaks in Sant Just Desvern.
01Solar panels: 50% off IBI for 10 yearsIBI · see the small print
50% of the gross charge for 10 years, capped in total at 33% of the installation cost
- · Only if the installation is not required by planning rules or bylaws
- · Approved collectors
- · Blocks with a shared system for common areas: 5% per home for 10 years
02Large families: up to 20% off (30% with a disabled member), by cadastral valueIBI · see the small print
Cadastral value up to €60,000: 20% (30% with a disability); up to €100,000: 15% (20%); up to €200,000: 10% (15%). Capped at €120 a year (€150 with a disability)
- · Only on the owner-occupied main home, registered on 1 January
- · Apply by 31 December of the previous year; not retroactive
- · Kept while the certificate is valid