Moroccans Pay an Average of €53,257 for Homes in Alicante, Compared With €245,431 for Foreign Buyers

€53,257: that was the average price paid by a Moroccan for a home in the province of Alicante between January and March 2026. For all foreign buyers, the average reached €245,431, more than four times as much, according to Spanish newspaper El Español.

The PROVIA report, based on data from Valencian notaries, details this contrast. The Dutch spend an average of €369,270 per purchase, Belgians €311,675 and Britons €252,544. Algerian buyers average €132,079.

These are the average amounts paid per home in transactions completed in the first quarter, involving properties of different sizes and in different locations.

Across this foreign-buyer market, 84% of sales involve existing homes and 66% apartments, according to PROVIA. Detached houses make up the remaining 34%.

Moroccans lead in two inland cities

In Alcoy, Moroccans bought six of the 35 homes purchased by foreigners between January and March. They were ahead of Romanians, with five transactions, and Italians, with four.

In Villena, Moroccans and Algerians share first place, with four transactions each among 25 foreign purchases. On the coast, Poles lead in Torrevieja and Britons in Orihuela, among other top-ranked nationalities.

In total, Moroccans bought 142 homes in the province in the first quarter, compared with 209 a year earlier, a 32% decline. Purchases by foreign buyers overall fell 12%, to 6,557 transactions.

Across Spain, however, Moroccans ranked first among foreign buyers in the first half of 2026, with 4,960 purchases, according to Spanish notaries.