{"id":100117,"date":"2026-02-18T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=100117"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:05:16","slug":"costs-owning-property-spain-non-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/costs-owning-property-spain-non-resident\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The costs to consider when maintaining a home in Spain as a non-resident foreign buyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"952\">In addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\">purchase price of a home<\/a>, owning property in Spain involves a series of <strong>recurring expenses<\/strong> that it is advisable to know in advance in order to plan your budget properly. Municipal taxes, utilities, community fees or maintenance costs are part of the day-to-day responsibilities of any homeowner, regardless of nationality. However, non-residents must also pay the <strong>Non-Resident Income Tax (IRNR \u2013 Impuesto sobre la Renta de No Residentes)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1315\">At <strong>Fotocasa<\/strong>, we review the <strong>costs of maintaining a home in Spain as a non-resident foreign owner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"1315\"><section class=\"mini-posts\"><div class=\"row align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-4 col-md-3 pt-2 pb-2\"><div class=\"mini-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/How-to-buy-a-house-in-Spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner-355x230.png\" alt=\"How to buy a house in Spain as a non-resident foreigner\" title=\"-\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-8 col-md-9 pt-2 pb-2\"><h3 class=\"mini-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\">How to buy a house in Spain as a non-resident foreigner<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":100123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13774,13710,13877,13869,13870,13552,13551,13549,13550,13547],"class_list":["post-100117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-compra-de-vivienda-en-espana-por-extranjero","tag-comprar-una-casa-en-espana-siendo-extranjero","tag-costs-of-owning-a-property-in-spain-as-a-non-resident","tag-gastos-compra-casa","tag-gastos-vivienda","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}