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Affordability in Xàbia/Jávea

At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €315,648. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,204 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.

Payment, two incomes
44%
Payment, one income
88%

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Starting from the average appraised value of €3,507/m² in Xàbia/Jávea, a median income of €16,450 a year per consumption unit (2024, Xàbia/Jávea) and a mortgage rate of 3.0% (August 2026).

Assumptions
90
INE's median is per consumption unit: one income is a single adult's, and a couple counts as 1.5 units, so two incomes is generous for a couple.
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The payment takes 44% of income. Spain sets no limit on it.

Home price
€315,648
Monthly payment
€1,198
Share of net income
44%

The mortgage payment as a share of income, year by year

A 90 m² home with 10% down over 30 years, at each year's average price and rate, against one and against two of that year's median incomes.

  • Two median incomes
  • One median income
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PeriodTwo median incomesOne median income
202439.5%78.9%
202336.7%73.3%
202228.5%57.1%
202127.6%55.3%
202027.7%55.4%
201927.4%54.8%
201827.0%54.0%
201725.2%50.4%
201625.4%50.7%
201525.2%50.3%

Spain against the EU

Share of people spending over 40% of their disposable income on housing, then the rest of Eurostat's survey of living conditions. These are national figures, shown here as context.

  • Spain
  • EU
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YearSpainEU
20257.2%7.7%
20247.8%8.2%
20238.2%8.8%
20229.2%8.7%
20219.9%8.7%
20208.2%7.8%
20198.5%9.4%
20188.9%9.6%
20179.8%10.1%
201610.2%10.9%
201510.3%11.2%
201410.9%11.5%
201310.3%11.6%
201210.7%11.5%
201110.0%10.6%
20109.7%10.0%
Share of people whoSpainEU
Spend over 40% of income on housing6.3%7.7%
… nationals (adults)4.4%7.1%
… citizens of another EU country (adults)17.1%15.2%
… non-EU citizens (adults)38.0%18.1%
Live in an overcrowded home12.7%16.8%
Own their home outright39.7%43.7%
Own with a mortgage31.5%24.8%
Rent at market price16.3%20.8%
Rent at a reduced price or free12.5%10.7%

Income is INE's median income per consumption unit, from tax records: a household's net income divided by its consumption units, so one income is a single adult's. Spain sets no limit on the payment as a share of income: the Banco de España has the power to set one and has not used it, and the law requires lenders to assess solvency instead.

Other reports for Xàbia/Jávea

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning 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
€887
Owning per month
€1,117

Figures for Alicante/Alacant province: Xàbia/Jávea 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: Xàbia/Jávea 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 2 times since 2005. The deepest began in Q4 2005.

Deepest fall
−47.8%
Recovery from the low
123 months

14.9% of the 26,819 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
14.9%
Empty homes
3,986