Based on notary reports for the 2025 calendar year, Swedish buyers ranked in the top five foreign nationalities across five Costa del Sol municipalities. Here’s how they performed in each: Fuengirola – 1st place at 12.7%, representing 156 transactions Benahavís – 2nd place at 10.2%, representing 62 transactions Marbella – 3rd place at 8.1%, representing 221 transactions Estepona – 4th place at 6.5%, representing 159 […]
The number one foreign buyer nationality in Benalmadena is Italian. Who knew? One might be surprised to know that less than half of Benalmadena property sales were to foreign buyers in 2025, with just 47% of the total. According to new data from Spain’s notaries, five nationalities lead the international segment for local property. Top 5 foreign nationalities for Benalmadena property: * Italy: 12.4% * […]
Torremolinos recorded a price increase in property prices of 35.7% during the 2025 calendar year, according to new data from Spain’s notaries. This annual appreciation is the highest among all coastal municipalities along the Costa del Sol. The average proeprty price reached 3,169 Euros per square meter by December 2025. Total property sales in Torremolinos for 2025 reached 1,994 transactions. The average property transaction value […]
Foreign buyers accounted for 13.5% of all property sales in #Spain during the fourth quarter of 2025. This represents more than 24,200 individual transactions. While the percentage share decreased slightly from the third quarter, the absolute number of sales increased. Top Buyer Nationalities 1. British: 7.9% 2. Dutch: 6.8% 3. German: 6.7% 4. Moroccan: 5.8% 5. Romanian: 5.5% 6. Italian: 5.3% 7. French: 4.9% 8. […]
The United States has emerged as the second-largest international source market for hotel stays in the Costa del Sol. Data from the National Institute of Statistics and the Malaga tourism board confirm that American visitors have overtaken traditional European markets, including Germany, France, and the Netherlands. In November 2025, the American market recorded 7,718 visitors in the province of Malaga. This volume of tourism trailed […]
On December 11, 2025, Sotogrande SA held an event for more than 100 agents to present the results of their first agent sentiment survey hosted by Director of Marketing Rita Jordao and Sales Director Agustin La Rocca from Sotogrande as well as LPA President Alvaro Botella and I. Participants of the survey included a mix of Sotogrande and Costa del Sol agents, which may slightly […]
Spain received 9.2 million international tourists in October 2025, a 3.2% increase over the previous year. The accumulated total for the first ten months reached 85.7 million visitors, a 3.5% rise, marking the highest figure in the INE’s FRONTUR series. The United Kingdom was the largest source country, accounting for 1.84 million tourists (19.9% of the total) and showing a 2.8% year-on-year increase. Germany was […]
If you like stats, you´re going to love this… There is a lot to unpack here. The real estate market on the Costa del Sol shows a clear division in price and buyer demographics, according to data from the new Spanish Notaries portal for the 12 months ending September 2025. Analysis of sales in six major municipalities groups them into two market areas: the premium […]
Mijas recorded 3,446 property sales in the last year, comparable to Estepona, significantly higher than Benahavis, but about 1,000 fewer than Marbella. This was revealed by real estate data for the extensive municipality of Mijas over the 12 months to August 2025 from Spain’s notaries. The average property price for Mijas municipality was €349,526. This is similar to Estepona, approximately half the price of Marbella, […]
The Benahavís real estate market demonstrated notable activity and high values from September 2024 to August 2025, according to data from the Notariado Statistical Portal. Sales and Price Overview Over the 12-month period, the municipality recorded 710 sales. The average price per square meter of built area was 3,889 €/m². The average amount per transaction was 928,593 €. The average surface area of properties sold […]