You bought your house on the Costa Blanca years ago and the time has come to sell it: change of plans, inheritance to organize or simply make cash. Sell a house in Spain as a foreigner It is a perfectly rolled process., but it has peculiarities that should be known before starting — especially if you no longer live (or you never lived) In Spain.
What you need to have in order
NO from all sellers (the same one you used when purchasing works), purchase deed, last IBI paid, community certificate of being in good standing, energy certificate in force and, if there is a mortgage, the certificate of outstanding debt to cancel it at the notary. If you can't (or you don't want) travel for signatures, and Notarial power —given before a Spanish notary or before a notary in your country with an apostille and translation—allows everything to be signed without you.
The taxes on your sale
If you are a non-tax resident in Spain
The buyer will retain a 3% of the price on account of your tax (model 211) and you will declare the real profit at 19% through the model 210 — if the withholding exceeds what you are entitled to, Treasury returns the difference. Besides, the municipal surplus value of the city council is also managed via buyer as a substitute. We have detailed guides for both.
If you reside in Spain
You pay taxes on the income in your personal income tax like any resident. (with exemptions for reinvestment in habitual residence or for being over 65 if they apply) and you pay the municipal capital gain directly.
Repatriate the money from the sale
The price is charged normally by bank check or transfer on the day of signing., and can be sent to your country without restrictions: Spain does not limit the outflow of funds from a legal sale. Your bank (here and there) will ask for the deed as proof of the origin of the money. It is advisable not to close the Spanish account until the last receipts have been settled and, if you are a non-resident, until collecting the possible refund of the 3%.
The factor that moves the most money: how to sell
Your most likely buyer is international, as you were. That rewards those who sell with multilingual diffusion, professional photography and management that resolves visits even if the owner is away. 2.000 km. And punishes the classic mistake of the remote seller: set the price by what it cost plus a round figure, instead of for what the market pays today in your urbanization.
At Mayrasa we are specialists in exactly this: we sell houses from international owners managing the entire process remotely — assessment, preparation, keys, visits, negotiation in your language, notary with power and coordinated tax paperwork. Tell us your case in your language and we will tell you what your house is worth and how much net money you would get.
