What buying in Tenerife costs, beyond the price
Between 8% and 11% on top of the purchase price, depending on who is selling and how you pay. Here is the breakdown, with 2026 figures.
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What we learn selling houses here
What we learn selling houses in Tenerife, written for the people about to buy one.
North or south: the one question to answer first
Eight degrees apart in January, four times the rainfall and two markets with nothing in common. Choosing the wrong side is the expensive mistake; the house can be changed.
How to sell without cutting the price three times
A correctly priced house sells in six weeks. A wrongly priced one sells in fourteen months and for less money, after three reductions.
The January light, and why we show at that hour
In the south the sun sets behind La Gomera and the house changes completely in twenty minutes. That is why we do not show at midday.
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