THREE northern Costa Blanca areas have been named as the most expensive for home buyers in the region.
Javea, Teulada, and Denia have the highest property prices according to a report for property appraisal firm, Tinsa, looking at the first quarter of 2026.
Javea comes in at €3,455 per m2, Teulada on €3,292 per m2 and Denia at €2,837 per m2.
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Taking an average for the coastal municipalities of Alicante province, the Tinsa report puts it at €2,201 per m2- up by 18.9% on the first quarter of 2025.
In Javea, an average household needs to spend the equivalent of
69% of its disposable income to buy a home, while in Teulada, the percentage is 64%; 60% in Calpe: and 59% in Benidorm.
The average for coastal municipalities is 46%, compared to 39% for Alicante province as a whole.
The area is third in Spain for high spending requirements for property, behind the Balearic Islands, with 59%, and Malaga on 57%.
The biggest house price rise between the first quarter of 2025 and 2026 was in the south at Pîlar de la Horadada with a massive 31.2% hike.
Next is l’Alfas del Pi, with 25.4%, Santa Pola, with 24.9%, Javea with 22.8%, and Denia, with 21.3%.
Benidorm and Calpe are also above the 20% price inflation mark.
The Tinsa study also decided to compare property prices with the height of Spain’s real estate boom in 2007 and 2008 before the property bubble burst.
Javea is 40.2% above those levels from two decades ago, followed by Teulada, 36.3%; Denia, 19.2%; El Campello, 17.7%; Calpe, 17%; and Altea, 15.4%.
An important caveat is that once inflation has been removed from the equation, Tinsa concludes nearly all of those levels- in real terms- are below the peak of the previous bubble.
As for sales in 2025, two southern areas dominate with Torrevieja clocking in on 6,913 last year- a fall of 4.8% on 2024’s total.
It is followed by Orihuela(mainly on the Orihuela Costa), with 4,992 deals and an annual decrease of 7.5%.
Next is Benidorm with 2,174 sales followed by Denia on 1,967; Santa Pola, with 1,927; Guardamar, with 1,377; Pilar de la Horadada, with 1,329; Javea with 1,074; Villajoyosa, with 1,053; and Calpe, with 1,038.
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