Costa Blanca Confidence
Selling on the Costa Blanca North · from Dénia to Benidorm

Ready to sell?

See in four minutes where your sale stands today: which phase you are in, which documents a buyer will ask for anyway, what is holding your sale back right now and which step comes first. Not a calculator with a price that is just wrong enough to pin you to it. An honest starting point, from an estate agent who lives here himself.

Why this check exists

Free · about 4 minutes · your first result without an email address

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The core in 30 seconds
  • Fifteen to eighteen short questions about your plan, the owners, the property, the paperwork, the price basis and how it is on the market today.
  • You immediately see your phase, what already stands strong and what comes first. Then, if you want, your full selling plan: the document list, the selling clock and what to have checked on tax.
  • Deliberately without a price. That comes at the property, on notarial sale figures, and then it is on paper. Free.
Being honest
1 in 51

That many homes for sale in the city of Alicante had a price cut in a single quarter. A price that is right from the start sells faster, and usually for more.

3%2

If you are not tax resident, the buyer withholds 3% of the price for the Spanish tax office. Good to know before you sit down at the table, not only at the notary.

No. 13

The most common dealbreaker in this region: a pool, extension or closed-in terrace that is registered nowhere. Buyers and their lawyers always find it.

Notes and sources

1. idealista, price report first quarter 2026: share of listings with a price cut in the city of Alicante, 19 percent.

2. Agencia Tributaria: 3 percent retention on a sale by a non-resident (article 25.2 LIRNR, Modelo 211). It is an advance on capital gains tax; settled via Modelo 210.

3. Own experience and that of colleagues on the Costa Blanca North: buyers and their lawyers compare the Registro de la Propiedad, the Catastro and reality as standard.

Why this check exists

You do not need to know a price today. You do need to know what has to be sorted out first.

Anyone who wants to sell their home on the Costa Blanca almost always starts with the same question: what is it worth? And then gets a number from a calculator, or from an agent who would like the instruction. That number is usually just wrong enough to hang on to for months.

The real question comes earlier. Are the owners on the same page? Is the paperwork complete? Is that extension in the Registro? Do you know what the buyer withholds at the notary? Those are the things a sale gets stuck on here, and they are exactly the things you can sort out before the first viewing.

That is why this check deliberately gives no price. It tells you where you stand, what is missing and what to do first. The price itself I build at the property, on notarial sale figures from your zone and similar homes I actually know. Free, and then it is on paper.

I am an estate agent, not a tax adviser. Where your sale needs a gestor or a lawyer, the check simply says so. And where it is about the home, the price and the buyers, I am happy to help you myself.

Four phases

Every sale sits somewhere between a thought and the notary. Where does yours?

01

Exploring phase

The thought is there, the basics are not yet: who has a say, when, what first.

02

Preparation phase

A few parts are in place. Paperwork, price basis and alterations are still assumptions.

03

Almost ready to sell

Most of it is in place. Now the last points count, the ones a buyer will find anyway.

04

Ready to sell

Paperwork, registries, owners and price basis are in place, and no blocker is open.

Your selling plan

Not a score of 73 percent. Six parts, three actions and the list every buyer asks for.

A percentage suggests a precision that does not exist. So you get your phase, the status of six parts with the reason attached, and the critical dependencies separately. With me, a blocker never averages away into a mean.

Then the three actions that pay off most right now, with who does them and by when. The documents every buyer or their lawyer will ask you for, with what you already have and what is still missing. The selling clock from today to the notary. And what to have checked on tax, per situation, without amounts but without surprises either.

Your plan gets its own link that keeps working. Do the check again in three months and see what moved.

Fair is fair

What you may hold this to

01

Value first, your email address later

Your phase, what already stands strong, your main blocker and your first action are visible straight away, without filling in anything. I only ask for your email address to deliver the full plan and keep your link working.

02

No price from a calculator, not even as bait

Every online estimate gives a number that is just wrong enough. Your price deserves better: notarial sale figures, similar homes and a look on site. I do that for free, and then it is on paper, with the reasoning behind it.

03

The result is never polished to make you call

The rules are fixed and traceable to your answers. If you are not ready to sell yet, the plan says so. If you have a running mandate with another agent, I respect that and the plan says what you can review yourself. Nothing more.

Three tools, in the order of your life

Planning, buying, selling.

First · planning

Ready for Spain?

How realistic is your moving plan, what is holding it back and what do you do first.

To the check
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The place test

42 towns and zones on the Costa Blanca, ranked for your life.

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You are here · selling

Ready to sell?

How ready to sell is your home, what is missing and what do you do first. Deliberately without an online price.

Before you start

What you probably want to know

Is this really free?

Yes. You see your snapshot without filling in anything. If you want the full selling plan, the only thing I ask is your email address, so I can deliver the link. And I am honest about why: I am an estate agent on the Costa Blanca North. If you sell in my area later, I hope you think of me. If you don't, you still have a plan that is actually useful.

Why don't I get a price?

Because a price from a calculator pins you down. It is built on averages and on what portals are asking, not on what was paid at the notary in your street, and it does not see your home. Too high, and you sit for months. Too low, and you give money away. I build your price at the property, for free, and put it on paper with the reasoning behind it. Then you also know what it is built on.

I already have an agent. Is this check still worth doing?

Yes, perhaps most of all. The check says which paperwork, registries and price basis need tackling; put the plan next to what your agent is doing today. If you have a running exclusive mandate, I respect that: the plan then says what you can review yourself, nothing more. If it ends and you are not satisfied, we talk further.

My pool or extension is registered nowhere. Is that a problem?

It is the most common dealbreaker in this region. Buyers and their lawyers now compare the Registro, the Catastro and reality as standard. Regularising is often possible, but it takes time. So start on it before the sale, not during. The check puts it as the first action in your plan if it applies.

I am not resident in Spain. What does that change?

Three things, and the plan lines them up for you: the buyer withholds 3 percent of the price at the notary as an advance on your capital gains tax, the plusvalía is formally paid by the buyer and usually withheld, and you settle within 4 months via Modelo 210. I do not calculate amounts in the check; a gestor does that on your deed and your invoices. I do say what to have checked, and by whom.

There are several of us who own it.

Then this is exactly the moment. Do the check each separately and put the results side by side. You will see straight away where the difference sits: the timing, the price or the letting go. That conversation is worth more than three valuations.

My property is not on the Costa Blanca North.

Do the check anyway. The paperwork, the blockers and the order apply anywhere in Spain. I will tell you honestly that my working area is the Costa Blanca North, from Dénia to Benidorm: I cannot recommend a local agent elsewhere, and so I don't.

Will I get ten sales calls now?

No. You get your plan, and beyond that you only hear from me if you tick that box yourself. Leave it unticked and it stays at that one plan. Your details go to nobody else either way.

Shall we see where you stand?

Fifteen to eighteen questions, about four minutes. Your phase and your first action appear straight away. The full plan follows, with a link that keeps working.

Costa Blanca Confidence