Author: Alfredo Bloy-Dawson

Alfredo Bloy‑Dawson is a seasoned real estate marketing consultant based in Marbella, Spain. Drawing on over a decade of experience he now collaborates with top-tier real estate agencies, property developers, and property portals across Spain - most notably on the Costa del Sol - to craft marketing strategies. He is the co-author of Home Truths: A Candid Analysis of the Costa del Sol Property Market
August 17, 2022

Panorama: Marbella Property Market Report 2022

Local leading agency Panorama Properties Marbella has just published its annual market report. This along with the one published by DM Properties – Knight Frank (they published theirs in June) are two of the most awaiting market reports and one which is picked up by the press and carries some weight. These are my takeaways: 🔹#Marbella’s “low season” has ceased to exist 🔹An ‘explosion’ of […]

April 20, 2022

Sales of Spanish Properties to Foreign Buyers Bounce Back

Spanish property sales to foreign buyers in the second half of 2021 were 42% higher than the same period the previous year. This was revealed by data presented yesterday (Tuesday) by the Consejo General del Notariado which also shows that 18.6% of total sales nationwide were made by foreigners, in line with the average recorded between 2012 and 2019 (18.7%). The top 5 regions by y-o-y increases were: 1. […]

February 22, 2022

Solvilla & Pacaso colab with influencer Enes Yimazer

Marbella agency Solvilla has tied a collab for a series of property tours along with Pacaso Homes with one of the world’s top real estate YouTubers: Enes Yilmazer. Aside from almost 2m subscribers, Enes is known for touring some of the world’s most expensive homes (link to his channel in comments below). He was in town, staying at Villa Vida, a Pacaso Home in Las […]

February 2, 2022

Marbella Real Estate: Compete Where You Can Win

Spanish property expert, author, and Managing Director of Marbella-based agency Cloud Nine Spain Sean Woolley chats with local real estate marketing consultant Alfredo Bloy-Dawson about the different markets available to agents and how each agency needs to have a clear picture of where they have the highest likeliness of success. Sean Woolley (SW): Every agent has a client pool that they feel comfortable dealing with, […]

January 19, 2022

Marbella agent reviews Forbes Global Properties market report 2021

Here Spanish property expert, author and Managing Director of Marbella based agency Cloud Nine Spain Sean Woolley chats with local real estate marketing consultant Alfredo Bloy-Dawson about the “Year End Market Perspectives” report published by Forbes Global Properties from a local Marbella luxury real estate perspective. The 31-page International #luxury property market report is packed with stats and trends about the world’s super-rich, (albeit with […]

December 20, 2021

5 KPIs for Measuring the PROGRESS of Real Estate Google Ad Campaigns

From many years managing Google Ads campaigns for agents here on the Costa del Sol, I’ve learned one thing: it’s a numbers game. OK, come to think of it I’ve learned another thing: lead gen is not for everyone. But this article is about the first lesson. Agents who get that it’s a numbers game are generally successful with it; agents who don’t, tend to […]

December 20, 2021

Canned by Marbella developer for sucking at lead generation

A couple of years ago, I was hired by a large, successful Spanish developer to generate leads and help convert them to sales. This is a true story. Their Marbella sales team had been handed 1000 leads over the course of a year and generated 0 sales from them. Zero. Marketing blamed sales, sales blamed marketing. Management wanted to know how to fix it. Those […]

December 13, 2021

Breaking Down the Modern Content Strategy for Real Estate Agents

  Modern content strategies are simple in theory, but difficult to do in practice for most estate agencies. At least here in Marbella, Spain. Key ingredient 1: Produce content your buyers (or collaborators) want, and Key ingredient 2: ensure they see/consume it. If you don’t have anything to say of value. Say nothing. Otherwise, it’s just noise. So if it’s this easy, why does it […]

December 1, 2021

A warning shot to Spanish developers

New, stricter regulations are coming your way, says Víctor Moreno. He says the average level of technification (technology applied to the home) here is just 5% of what it could be. In Marbella things are better than inland Andalucia, where he says there are developments reaching 50%. Developers in Spain need to start thinking about technology in the home from the perspective of the buyers, […]

November 16, 2021

Drumelia teams up with Nest Seekers International

??? IT’S OFFICIAL ? Super-slick Marbella-based kings of video Drumelia Real Estate have teamed up with Nest Seekers International, the US-based property brokerage behind TV shows Million Dollar Listing and Million Dollar Beach House. Seems like a perfect fit ? According to an article published today in PrimeResi Journal it’s “the start of a wider launch into the Spanish market by Nest Seekers, which is […]