Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig · report
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Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the appraised value; rent is the mean of new leases. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €691
- Owning per month
- €629
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Starting from the average appraised value of €1,974/m², and the mean rent of leases signed in 2024, €7.7/m² a month, in Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig, and a mortgage rate of 3.0%.
Owning costs less each month than renting.
- Rent a month
- €691
- Owning a month, not recovered
- €623
- Interest
- €400
- Running costs
- €148
- Return given up
- €76
- Cash out a month, if buying
- €822
The comparison counts only the costs of owning you never get back: interest, running costs and what the deposit and purchase costs could earn elsewhere. Loan repayments build equity, so they are left out. So is any rise in the home's value, because nobody knows it in advance. Rents here are the mean rent of leases signed in the year, from landlords' income tax returns (AEAT); prices are appraised values, not sale prices.
Other reports for Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig
At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €177,678. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €678 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
Figures for Alicante/Alacant province: Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig has no reliable figures of its own.
80.3% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,334
Figures for Alicante/Alacant province: Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig has no reliable figures of its own.
Buyers living abroad bought 33.1% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.
- Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
- 33.1%
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more once since 2005. That fall began in Q4 2005.
- Deepest fall
- −55.9%
- Recovery from the low
- 117 months
6.0% of the 27,151 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 6.0%
- Empty homes
- 1,621