The March 2026 figures from Spain’s Notaries are out, and they show weak sales performance compared to last year, with some steep provincial differences. There were 53,364 property sales completed in Spain during March, up just 0.6% from what was generally considered a poor February, but 20.7% lower than in March 2025. On prices, the rate of growth is slowing, as many had expected. The […]
The Spanish Supreme Court has partially accepted an appeal against Royal Decree 1312/2024, striking down the central government’s mandatory national registry for short-term and seasonal rentals. According to an official statement from the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the court ruled that the state overstepped its constitutional boundaries by enacting an exhaustive national registration process. Because tourism and housing oversight belongs strictly to Spain’s […]
A LinkedIn poll asked a simple question. Do you use AI in your day-to-day work? …and the results were clear. 89% (rounded up) said yes. 11% said no. These are based on just 128 agents votes, but it is something. On the surface, this suggests AI is now standard across the sector. But the comments show a more detailed picture. They show how AI is […]
According to data from the Spanish Land Registry, 133,618 residential mortgages were registered in Spain during Q1 2026, up from 132,385 in the previous quarter, a quarterly increase of 0.9%. Mortgages accounted for 75% of all residential property transactions during the quarter, 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous quarter. Seven autonomous communities recorded quarterly increases in mortgage activity. The highest volumes were registered in […]
Based on the Q1 2026 Spanish Real Estate Land Registry Statistics report, foreign demand reached 13.9% of all purchases during the quarter, totalling just under 24,800 properties. The following table details the number of properties sold to the top 18 foreign nationalities in Spain during Q1 2026. Note that these figures are derived by applying the specific percentage of each nationality relative to the total […]
I caught up with Charlie Gubbins, Partner at Noll Sotogrande, to get his read on how the first quarter has played out for the real estate marke there. “Q1 has been relatively okay,” Charlie told me. “A slow start. I think everyone had that with the weather and people getting on later.” The numbers from Spain’s Notarial Statistics Portal for postcode 11310 backs that up. […]
Two-thirds (67.1%) of Spanish adults aged 18 to 34 were still living in their parental home in 2025, according to Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) survey ‘Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida‘ (ECV). Among those aged 26 to 34, nearly half (47.3%) say they cannot afford to move out – 34.6% citing unaffordable rent and 12.7% unable to purchase a home, per INE data reported by […]
February was mostly worse than January this year… these were the property sales (completions) in February 2026 on the Costa del Sol by municipality as well as month-on-month trends: Marbella: 259 sales (-12% vs previous month, January 2026). Mijas: 190 sales (-15%) Estepona: 188 sales (-2%) Benalmádena: 144 sales (+𝟓%) Torremolinos: 103 sales (-6%) Fuengirola: 101 sales (-33%) Manilva: 67 sales (-20%) Benahavís: 34 sales […]
Almost one in every two agents on the Costa del Sol didn’t sell anything in February this year, according to my calculations… bear with me… big assumptions coming up Let’s estimate that there are 4,000 individual agents operating on the Coast, whether it’s Paco the Gardener or within a large agency. According to Notary data, the total number of property sales (completions) for the main […]
The Polish and Swedish markets on the Costa del Sol are significant, and in the next five years, they could become even more so, especially in the prime segment. This is highlighted in Knight Frank´s The Wealth Report 2026, which is out now. This annual report is considered the bible on where global wealth is growing the fastest. My favourite part is on on page 77 […]