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Short reads on the market, the areas, and what to check before you buy or sell.
Market · 28 July 2026
Every agency here sells the same new developments off the same renders. What differs is which ones we will put our name to. This is the coast as it stands, and how we pick.
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Market · 28 July 2026
The coast is sold as a holiday. Living here with children is a different proposition, and a better one. What the everyday is actually like, and why the school run decides the house.
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Market · 24 July 2026
Marbella is now one of Europe's densest branded-residence markets. The unusual part: almost everywhere else, hotels lead. Here the fashion houses got there first.
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Market · 24 July 2026
Off-plan here is one of the best ways to buy. The risks are real, but every one of them has a name in Spanish law and a routine check that closes it. Here they are, in order.
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Market · 17 July 2026
Almost every average price on the Costa del Sol is an asking price. The registered notarial figure is what was actually paid. We compare the areas on that basis.
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Market · 17 July 2026
Three words used as if they mean the same thing. They describe different properties, at different prices, with different risks. Here is how to tell them apart.
ReadMarket · 17 July 2026
Golf property covers three very different purchases sold under one label. What frontline golf actually buys, what it costs you, and why the fairway's direction matters.
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Market · 17 July 2026
The New Golden Mile is a marketing name stretched along a long run of coast. The address alone tells you almost nothing. Which side of the A-7 you sit on tells you a great deal.
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Market · 5 July 2026
Two of Marbella's best-known addresses sit minutes apart, on either side of Puerto Banus, yet they ask you to live in very different ways. Here is a plain read on how the Golden Mile and Nueva Andalucia actually compare.
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Market · 3 July 2026
The headline price is rarely the final number. Here is what buying on the Costa del Sol actually costs in 2026, and why the total depends on whether you buy resale or new build.
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Market · 1 July 2026
Three million euros buys a very different home depending on where you spend it in Marbella. Here is an honest read, area by area, of what it tends to get you in 2026.
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Market · 18 June 2026
New-build and resale ask different things of a buyer: cashflow and patience on one side, certainty and room to negotiate on the other. Here is how the two compare in 2026, read the way an architect reads them.
ReadDesign · 5 June 2026
Two Marbella villas can look identical in a listing and be very different buildings. Here is how an architect reads structure, water, glass and the spec sheet before anyone signs.
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Design · 14 February 2026
South sounds like the right answer for a Marbella villa. The plan is more interesting than that.
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Market · 22 January 2026
Slope is a feature in the brochure and a tax in the build. We costed three this year.
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Design · 9 December 2025
A glass house looks expansive in May. We model it for August and January first.
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Market · 18 November 2025
Not every street on the Golden Mile moved the same way. A quiet read of where it did.
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News · 30 October 2025
Estepona keeps building. A short read on what is actually finishing, and what it means.
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Design · 21 September 2025
It is not nostalgia. The courtyard solves five problems at once on a hot, exposed plot.
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