There are 632 new-build developments on our books on the Costa del Sol. Thirty-one of them start below €300,000, and the cheapest entry point is not where most buyers expect it. This page ranks the towns by their lowest advertised starting price, using our own portfolio rather than portal averages. It covers towns with eight or more developments. The single cheapest unit in the whole portfolio is a...

Buyers budget for the price and then discover the bill. On a new-build home in Andalucía the purchase carries 10% VAT plus stamp duty; on a resale it carries transfer tax. The two routes are not taxed the same way, and on the same headline price the difference runs to tens of thousands of euros. Here is the full picture, using a €695,000 home in Estepona — the median starting price of the 84...

Buying off-plan on the Costa del Sol is a normal transaction with unusual risk, because you are paying for something that does not exist yet. The risk is not that developers are dishonest. It is that buyers sign a reservation without asking seven questions that have clear answers — and that the answers are only easy to get before the deposit leaves your account. 1. Is there a building licence? Not a...

Buyers usually ask which area is "best". It is the wrong question. Benahavís, Estepona and Mijas solve three different problems, and the numbers from our own portfolio of 632 new developments show it plainly. AreaDevelopmentsStarting fromMedian starting price Mijas55€225,000€590,000 Estepona84€229,000€695,000 Benahavís44€400,000€3,822,500 Marbella (for...

Most buyers arrive with one number in their head — "Marbella is two million" — and spend three weekends discovering that the same budget buys a three-bedroom apartment in one village and a villa with a pool in another. We have 632 new developments listed on this site. Once you calculate each development's starting price, the spread across the coast becomes very concrete. These are not market averages...