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Date Published: 14/04/2026

Alicante strengthens its grip as Spain's third biggest property market

The province leads the Valencian Community as Jávea stays in demand and prices keep climbing

Alicante has firmly established itself as Spain’s third largest real estate market, behind only Madrid and Barcelona. With 53,385 sales recorded at the end of 2025, the province also holds absolute leadership in the Valencian Community, accounting for 47.3% of the region’s market share.

Those figures were highlighted at an event organised by Eurojavea Real Estate at a luxury villa provided by The Adelante Homes, where the latest Eurojavea Report on the Costa Blanca Real Estate Market 2026 was presented. The meeting brought together industry figures including Luis Alberto Fabra Garcés, director of the Real Estate Market Chair, and Stephan Fremeijer, manager of Eurojavea, who later spoke with the press and with clients from the Alicante area.

The numbers underline just how strong Alicante remains as a property market. Sales were up 2.9% year on year, with 81.5% of transactions involving existing homes and 18.5% new builds. At municipal level, Torrevieja, Alicante and Orihuela are among the 15 municipalities with the highest number of sales in Spain, which gives a clear sense of the province’s weight in the national market.

Jávea continues to stand out for different reasons. In the last quarter of 2025, the town recorded 289 transactions, most of them resale homes, and it now ranks first in the Valencian Community for price intensity. The average appraised price there reached €3,436 per square metre, up 13.3% year on year, while asking prices averaged €3,879 per square metre. In the most expensive parts of the market, particularly Zone 05, large detached homes are exceeding €4,300 per square metre.

The appeal of Jávea is being driven by limited supply and strong overseas demand, which remains one of the area’s biggest selling points. Dutch buyers were the most active foreign purchasers in the latest period, with 72 transactions and growth of 26.3%.

Looking ahead to 2026, the message is one of continued growth, but at a steadier pace. Fabra and Fremeijer say it will be difficult to match the record activity of 2025, but they still expect the market to remain lively. They point to population growth, the need for more available land and faster planning, and a strong labour market as key factors shaping the year ahead.

As Fremeijer put it, “How development is managed on the Costa Blanca and in Spain will be crucial to consolidating this growth.” He also said that legal certainty, service quality and infrastructure, including international schools in Jávea, are becoming increasingly important for foreign buyers.

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