Data 12 months to April 2026 via Notaries portal Penotariado.com. Where is has “unknown”, this means the nationality in question is not in the top 5 foreign buyer nationalities for a given area, so the data is not available and thus sales volumes cannot be calculated. It does not mean there were no sales by that nationality in that town. 1. Regional Market Overview Málaga […]
What percentage of foreign buyers on the Costa del Sol are residents vs non-residents? Analysis of real estate transaction data from Spain’s Portal Penotarial for the twelve months ending April 2026 reveals distinct patterns between resident and non-resident foreign property buyers across different municipalities on the Costa del Sol. Takeway 1: Málaga City and Benalmádena attract a high proportion of resident Italian buyers. In Málaga […]
The Fairmont Residences La Hacienda project launched in June 10, 2026, on the Costa del Sol, located between Sotogrande and Alcaidesa. This project is the first branded residences initiative by Fairmont in Europe, owned and developed by ActivumSG, operated by Accor Group, and commercialised in partnership with Colliers. The development consists of 31 completed private villas, in a direct fronline golf and beach position, with […]
Estate agencies in Spain are under investigation for failing to fully declare commissions, among other things. The Spanish Tax Agency (Agencia Tributaria) has launched “Operación Insulae,” an investigation into tax fraud within the real estate sector, according to the press release on the official government website lamoncloa.gob.es dated 29th June 2026. The operation targets estate agencies providing brokerage services for property sales and rentals. Tax […]
According to Q1 2026 data from Spain’s largest property portal Idealista, five destinations dominate the luxury real estate market for homes priced over €3 million in Spain, and three of them are on the Costa del Sol. The coastal properties consistently outpace Madrid, with the Golden Triangle of the Costa del Sol – comprising Marbella, Benahavis, and Estepona – holding over 5,000 listings priced over […]
Spain’s Ministry of Finance has updated its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions (commonly referred to as ‘tax havens’), removing Gibraltar, Barbados, Dominica, Samoa, the Seychelles, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to an article in Expansión. This decision follows confirmation of the effective exchange of tax information and greater convergence of their tax regimes with international standards, according to a ministerial order published this Saturday in the […]
While public debate routinely centres on rising material costs and high demand, an Ernst & Young (EY) report commissioned by the Madrid Promoters Association (Asprima) has brought a startling reality to light: taxes and administrative fees now account for a staggering 26.1% of the total cost of a new-build home in Spain. To unpack what this means for developers and everyday buyers, property expert Alfredo […]
Let’s dive straight into the latest provisional data from Spain’s land registry (Colegio de Registradores) for April 2026. If you are tracking the Spanish property market, the headline figure shows a gentle tapping of the brakes nationally, but as always with Spanish real estate, the real story is entirely local. Here is exactly what happened to residential property sales in April 2026 compared to the […]
If you’ve ever tried to figure out exactly how many homes are selling in Spain in a given month, you’ve probably ended up staring at a bunch of conflicting numbers, scratching your head. Take March 2026, for example. If you look at the official headline news, you are told one thing. If you log into the back-end statistical portals (Penotariado), you see another. And if […]
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 […]