“Qualification by Friction” is costing you. Here's why... Making it hard for buyers to contact you so that only the most “serious” will persist is self-sabotage. In a market like Marbella, you’re not just competing with local agents, you’re competing ...
The Marbella property market continues to outperform expectations in 2025, driven by steady international demand, limited high-end supply, and broader economic strength across Spain. This Q3 snapshot breaks down price movements, buyer trends, and investme ...
CRM, MLS, Portal… 🤯 If you’ve waited too long to ask, this one’s for you. Over the past decade, I’ve often heard estate agents and others in the real estate world use these acronyms interchangeably, and it causes no end of confusion. This isn’t just a ca ...
Following major recent developments in Spain's property portal market*, Álvaro Botella Fernández, president of LPA - The leading property agents of Spain, has voiced concerns about the potential impact on real estate agents, particularly regarding rising ...
Ever wondered what it would cost to own the entire Spanish housing market? Just a casual €2.8 trillion (that's $3.3 trillion for our American friends). Pocket change, really. Savills' latest global residential report reveals that this eye-watering sum ha ...
Spain’s Ministry of Labour is enforcing the “right to disconnect” more strictly. Companies can be fined up to €7,500 for contacting employees during holidays or outside working hours. Spain's right is tied to its 2021 remote-work law. Does This Law A ...
In 2024, Spain welcomed 94 million international tourists, making it the second most visited country in the world. A significant portion of these tourists return to buy second homes or relocate permanently. This creates economic benefits, but also p ...
Starting in August 2025, Airbnb will provide monthly data to Spain's Ministry of Housing as part of a comprehensive crackdown on illegal short-term rentals. The collaboration, formalized in a meeting yesterday, establishes new enforcement mechanisms to id ...
Spain's housing market is experiencing a historic supply crunch. According to new data from Spain's largest property portal Idealista, the number of homes for sale in the country fell by 20% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025. This is the largest y ...
A Swedish, a German and a French estate agent are chatting in a bar in Marbella after a game of padel (of course). What language do you reckon they are speaking? English. And we know that in their home countries, stereotypically, the Germans and the Fren ...