Apartments and flats for sale in Costa Brava

Apartment prices on Costa Brava

The cost of apartment on Costa Brava depends on the municipality: the top and bottom rows of the table differ almost twofold, though barely an hour of driving separates them.

Tamariu stands outside this order altogether: a village of some fifty houses by the water trades at €7,379 per metre, twice the rate of Palafrugell, the municipality it belongs to.

Apartments for sale on Costa Brava carry transaction costs on top of the asking price. Catalonia charges resale purchases on a rising scale that starts at 10% and reaches 13% on expensive homes, while off-plan property is taxed at 11.5% in total. Paperwork adds another 1–2%.

Each card carries a currency switcher for quick orientation, but the euro remains the only currency of the transaction itself.

Buyers working to a tight figure should start with cheap property on Costa Brava.

Popular cities for buying an apartment on Costa Brava

You can buy apartment on Costa Brava along three distinct stretches of coastline, and they differ in more than price.

The southern stretch covers Blanes, Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar. Prices here are the most affordable on the coast, the tourist infrastructure is well developed and Barcelona airport is around an hour away. Lloret de Mar trades at €3,154 per metre.

The central part runs through Platja d'Aro, Palamós and Calonge — marinas, promenades and the largest number of gated residences with pools. A metre in Platja d'Aro costs €5,565.

The northern stretch takes in Begur, Palafrugell with the coves of Tamariu and Calella, then Roses and the Cap de Creus headland. The shoreline is rocky, development sparse, and part of the territory sits inside a natural park.

Buying apartment on Costa Brava takes more patience than on other Spanish coasts: some coves put only two or three homes on the market in a season, so the right one is worth waiting for.

Prefer a building of your own? Then open villas on Costa Brava, houses on Costa Brava or townhouses on Costa Brava. Everything currently going up is tracked in new buildings on Costa Brava.

Advantages of buying an apartment on Costa Brava

An apartment on Costa Brava for foreigners comes without restrictions: Spanish law makes no distinction between buyers by nationality. The paperwork amounts to identification, a foreigner's tax number and a current account opened locally.

Apartments for sale on Costa Brava for permanent residence suit those ready for a resort rhythm: part of the hospitality closes in winter, and the coast comes alive again in summer. Year-round amenities are concentrated in Blanes, Palamós and Lloret de Mar.

What the buyer gains:

• 214 km of coastline with coves and pine-covered slopes

• Girona airport half an hour away, Barcelona roughly an hour

• protected land that will not be built over in front of the window

• limited supply, which supports the value of a property

• ownership held without any time limit

Residency is a separate matter. An apartment on Costa Brava for expats grants no permit, since the investment visa closed in 2025; status comes from remote work, foreign income, study or a local employment contract.

Apartments on Costa Brava for investment

Investing in apartments on Costa Brava rests on seasonal letting and scarce supply. In Lloret de Mar the gross yield reaches 7.49% a year, with a median property price of €255,000 and rent of €930 a month — among the strongest figures on the Catalan coast.

Two forces pull in opposite directions. Prices gained 15.9% over the year while rental rates slipped 3.1%: owners are selling more actively and the tourist flow is redistributing between resorts.

What to weigh up before buying:

• tourist letting in most coastal municipalities requires a planning licence

• the permit lasts five years, and the number of rentals is limited by quota

• the season runs from June to September, with the property often idle in winter

• a non-resident owner pays 19% or 24% on rental income, plus vacancy tax, IBI and residence fees

Markets with year-round demand include Torrevieja, Alicante, Valencia, Benidorm, Malaga and Madrid. Business premises are collected in commercial property on Costa Brava.

Trends and price forecast for apartments on Costa Brava

Girona province, which covers this coast, gained 10.8% over the year — less than Barcelona or Tarragona. Resort municipalities nevertheless outpace inland towns: compact housing in Tossa de Mar rose 12.47%.

Conservation status caps development. The Cap de Creus massif in the north and Montgrí in the centre close off a significant share of the shoreline, so new schemes appear inland while sea-view homes stay a rarity — which holds prices up even in quiet seasons.

The tax burden has grown: since June 2025 the progressive scale reaches 13%, and owners of more than ten properties pay 20%. Deals below €600,000 remain on the lowest step, and demand is shifting there.

Credit has moved the other way, with average mortgage rates near 2.9% a year and the Euribor around 2.25%.