Foreigners’ interest in buying apartments and houses in the Valencian Community remains strong. While prices continue to rise steadily, the share of foreign capital in the local housing market is not declining, and in 2025 it once again exceeded the average figure for Spain as a whole by two times.
According to the latest report by the Association of Property Registrars of Spain, home purchases by foreigners in the Valencian Community account for 27.65%, compared with 13.82% of the total volume of purchases made by this group on the national market. Only the Balearic Islands are ahead, with foreign capital accounting for 29.86% of transactions of this kind. They are followed by the Canary Islands (25.65%), Murcia (21.42%), Catalonia (15.57%) and Andalusia (13.34%).
Foreign buyers and transactions from 500,000 euros
12.22% of the total number of home purchases made by foreigners in the Valencian Community were completed for an amount equal to or exceeding 500,000 euros, which is the highest figure ever recorded (10.76% in 2024). 47% of these purchases were made by citizens of non-EU countries.
In 2025, homes in the Valencian Community were most often purchased by:
- Dutch buyers (10.22%), who displaced British buyers (8.48%) from first place;
- citizens of Belgium (7.51%);
- Poland (7.25%);
- Ukraine (5.92%);
- Germany (5.81%);
- Romania (4.50%);
- France (4.35%);
- Sweden (3.82%);
- Morocco (2.93%).
Alicante, Castellón and Valencia exceeded the national average
Alicante ended 2025 as the leading Spanish province by the number of home purchase and sale transactions per thousand inhabitants – 25.86; Castellón (22.61) took second place, while Valencia (14.63) ranked 24th. Thus, all three Valencian provinces were above the national average, which stood at 14.27.
In absolute figures, the Valencian Community ranked third among the autonomous communities thanks to 108,608 registered purchase and sale transactions (of which 18,439 were for new-build properties), 5% more than in the previous year. More transactions were registered only in Andalusia and Catalonia – 141,284 and 112,105, respectively, while the Community of Madrid ranked fourth (81,484). Among the provinces, Alicante took third place (53,385), and Valencia ranked fourth (40,839).
Mortgages and housing prices in 2025
2025 ended with a 14.5% increase in the number of mortgage loans arranged in Spain – up to 498,500 (63,000 more than in 2024). In the Valencian Community, 60,126 mortgage loans were arranged (+21.13%), placing it fourth in the ranking after Andalusia, Catalonia and Madrid. These four autonomous communities account for 63.6% of the total number of mortgage loans registered across the country.
The average price per square meter of housing in the Valencian Community rose by 10.6% to 1,813 euros, the ninth-highest figure in Spain. This is 470 euros less than the national average (2,284 euros/m2), which reached a historic high. While in Spain the price per 1 sq.m. increased by 9.5%, in the province of Alicante it rose by 11.7% (2,074), in Castellón by 4.6% (1,281), and in Valencia by 11.9% (1,649).
Housing affordability and the average mortgage amount
Housing affordability indicators showed a new deterioration in 2025, despite the average mortgage repayment term in Spain increasing by 2.7% to 25.4 years. The average monthly mortgage payment per residential property amounted to 769 euros (+4.2%), while its share of salary was 32.67% (+0.31%). In the Valencian Community, this payment was somewhat lower (619.3 euros), and its share of salary stood at 29.31% (+0.54%).
The average amount of new mortgage loans signed in Spain rose by 10.2% to 163,612 euros, the highest value since data collection began. Debt increased in all autonomous communities, including the Valencian Community, where it amounted to 128,330 euros (35,282 euros below the national average).
