Torrevieja · report
Foreign buyers in Torrevieja
Figures for Alicante/Alacant province: Torrevieja 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%
Homes bought by buyers living abroad in Alicante/Alacant province
Share of dwellings sold to buyers not resident in Spain, by quarter, from notarial deeds (MIVAU). Foreigners living in Spain count as residents.
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| Period | Alicante/Alacant province |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 32.5% |
| Q1 2026 | 33.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 32.2% |
| Q3 2025 | 33.9% |
| Q2 2025 | 33.8% |
| Q1 2025 | 33.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 35.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 37.9% |
| Q2 2024 | 36.7% |
| Q1 2024 | 34.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 35.3% |
| Q3 2023 | 37.6% |
| Q2 2023 | 37.4% |
| Q1 2023 | 36.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 35.9% |
| Q3 2022 | 38.0% |
| Q2 2022 | 36.9% |
| Q1 2022 | 36.5% |
| Q4 2021 | 35.8% |
| Q3 2021 | 33.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 23.6% |
| Q1 2021 | 22.5% |
| Q4 2020 | 26.8% |
| Q3 2020 | 32.3% |
| Q2 2020 | 23.3% |
| Q1 2020 | 35.0% |
| Q4 2019 | 33.8% |
| Q3 2019 | 36.6% |
| Q2 2019 | 36.2% |
| Q1 2019 | 33.7% |
| Q4 2018 | 35.6% |
| Q3 2018 | 36.2% |
| Q2 2018 | 35.6% |
| Q1 2018 | 35.0% |
| Q4 2017 | 37.7% |
| Q3 2017 | 39.6% |
| Q2 2017 | 36.1% |
| Q1 2017 | 37.1% |
| Q4 2016 | 37.7% |
| Q3 2016 | 39.2% |
| Q2 2016 | 40.7% |
| Q1 2016 | 37.9% |
| Q4 2015 | 40.0% |
| Q3 2015 | 41.4% |
| Q2 2015 | 37.3% |
| Q1 2015 | 37.2% |
| Q4 2014 | 38.0% |
| Q3 2014 | 39.9% |
| Q2 2014 | 41.9% |
| Q1 2014 | 39.0% |
| Q4 2013 | 40.0% |
| Q3 2013 | 39.1% |
| Q2 2013 | 37.5% |
| Q1 2013 | 37.0% |
| Q4 2012 | 35.2% |
| Q3 2012 | 34.7% |
| Q2 2012 | 29.0% |
| Q1 2012 | 30.7% |
| Q4 2011 | 30.4% |
| Q3 2011 | 29.1% |
| Q2 2011 | 27.3% |
| Q1 2011 | 23.4% |
| Q4 2010 | 17.7% |
| Q3 2010 | 21.9% |
| Q2 2010 | 17.3% |
| Q1 2010 | 18.4% |
| Q4 2009 | 16.4% |
| Q3 2009 | 15.6% |
| Q2 2009 | 15.7% |
| Q1 2009 | 15.3% |
| Q4 2008 | 15.6% |
| Q3 2008 | 17.3% |
| Q2 2008 | 16.7% |
| Q1 2008 | 16.4% |
| Q4 2007 | 17.8% |
| Q3 2007 | 16.3% |
| Q2 2007 | 16.9% |
| Q1 2007 | 15.8% |
Who lives here
Net migration: the people who moved in, from abroad or the rest of Spain, minus those who left (INE, from 2021).
- Net migration, Alicante/Alacant province, 2024
- +43,359
- 21.8 per 1,000 residents
Residence is not nationality: a foreigner living in Spain buys as a resident, and a Spaniard living abroad as a non-resident. MIVAU publishes counts by province, not prices, so the report describes how many homes buyers abroad take, not what they pay.
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At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €202,860. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €774 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.
- Payment, two incomes
- 36%
- Payment, one income
- 72%
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
- €787
- Owning per month
- €718
Figures for Alicante/Alacant province: Torrevieja 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
Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2005. The deepest began in Q4 2007.
- Deepest fall
- −52.6%
- Recovery from the low
- 138 months
24.9% of the 122,736 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2021 census
- 24.9%
- Empty homes
- 30,546