If you're a private owner selling an apartment in Alcossebre, the sale goes faster when you know what buyers are after and have the paperwork ready before the first viewing. This guide sums up both, the seller's taxes and an alternative: renting it out instead of selling.
What buyers look for in Alcossebre
People buying in Alcossebre are usually after a second home for the summer or a flat they can rent out when they're not using it. So they look at the same things as a guest:
- The area and the beach: centre and Cargador, Las Fuentes, Playa Romana or the south. We explain it in buying an apartment in Alcossebre.
- Beachfront and sea views: few buildings are truly on the beachfront.
- Pool, and whether there's a children's pool.
- Lift or ground floor, especially for older buyers.
- Parking: a space included or easy parking.
- Whether it can be rented out: tourist licence and what the community's bylaws say.
- Community fees and outstanding special levies (derramas).
The features of each complex Casa Azahar manages are in the accommodation comparison: use it to see how your building compares.
Preparing the sale: the paperwork
Have these to hand before you advertise:
- The deed of the property.
- A recent nota simple from the Land Registry, showing the owner and any charges.
- Energy performance certificate: issued by a technician, and its rating goes in the advert.
- Certificate of occupancy (cédula de habitabilidad), if you have one.
- The latest IBI (property tax) receipt.
- A community certificate showing you're up to date with payments, and the monthly fee.
- If the flat has a tourist licence, its number and registration details.
- If there's still a mortgage, the bank's outstanding-debt certificate so it can be cancelled at signing.
Setting the price
As a reference, RealAdvisor estimated in July 2026 about €2,521/m² for flats in Alcalà de Xivert (postcode 12579, which includes Alcossebre), up 9% in twelve months. It's an average from a private portal: your flat may be above or below it depending on its floor, views, pool, condition and whether it can be rented to tourists. An agency that knows the town or a professional valuation will give you a more accurate figure.
The seller's taxes
- Municipal plusvalía (IIVTNU): paid by the seller and handled by Alcalà de Xivert Town Council. The amount depends on each case: ask the Town Council or your gestor.
- Gain on the sale: taxed in your income tax return. Ask your adviser how much you'll owe.
- If you're not resident in Spain: the buyer withholds 3% of the price and pays it to the tax office with form 211. You declare the gain with form 210, at 19%. The forms are on the Spanish Tax Agency website; your adviser will tell you whether you're due a refund.
Selling privately or through an estate agency
Selling on your own saves you the commission, but you have to take the photos, write the advert, show the flat, screen buyers and coordinate with the notary. A local agency handles all of that and knows who's looking in the area. If you live far from Alcossebre, that difference usually counts.
Casa Azahar is an Alcossebre estate agency that sells apartments and houses and manages holiday rentals. You can find out how it sells apartments with no obligation.
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What if you rent it out instead of selling?
If you don't need the money now, another option is to rent it out by the week and keep using it whenever you like. For that, the home needs a tourist licence and the owners' community must not prevent it in its bylaws or resolutions. Casa Azahar manages rentals of owners' apartments in Alcossebre.
If you own a house or villa, also see houses and villas for sale in Alcossebre to find out which areas and types there are.