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Buying
Plan a Costa del Sol property purchase with clear guidance on budgets, independent legal checks, contracts, locations and responsibilities after completion.
Buying process
Follow the Spanish home-buying journey from budgeting and viewings to contracts, legal checks, notarial signing and post-completion administration.
Buying costs
Understand Andalusian property purchase taxes, fees, mortgage funding and currency risk, with worked examples and a practical buying budget framework.
Legal checks
Use a clear Spanish property due diligence framework covering ownership, charges, planning, community documents, occupation and technical inspections.
Selling
Prepare to sell a Spanish home with practical guidance on documents, pricing, agency terms, offers, tax questions, withholding and the final handover.
Renting
Separate residential, temporary and holiday rentals in Spain. Understand contracts, payments, handovers, maintenance and questions for tenants and owners.
Long-term rentals
Understand the practical steps in a Spanish residential tenancy, from checking the property and agreement to payment records, repairs and moving out.
Holiday rentals
Check the different permissions, community issues, management costs and current legal questions before operating tourist accommodation in Andalusia.
Property law
Learn how Spanish property title, contracts, planning, communities and tenancy rules fit together, and which questions need independent professional advice.
Taxes & costs
Organise the tax questions arising when buying, owning, letting or selling in Andalusia, with official sources and clearly labelled worked examples.
Mortgages
Prepare for a Spanish mortgage, compare personalised offers, understand valuation and currency risk, and connect borrowing with the purchase timetable.
Ownership
Plan annual ownership costs, community responsibilities, insurance, maintenance and remote management for a home on the Costa del Sol.
Areas
Compare Costa del Sol locations through daily travel, property types, access, services and total costs, with practical Marbella and Estepona guides.
Marbella
Explore Marbella as a place to buy or live, with practical questions on neighbourhoods, transport, community costs, property checks and rental use.
Estepona
Research Estepona town and its wider coastal setting, including walking access, property types, services, ownership budgets and independent buying checks.
Living in Spain
Separate Spanish property ownership from residence and tax questions, and plan healthcare, schools, work, banking and household arrangements.
Investment
Assess a Spanish property investment using realistic income, costs, permission checks, finance, vacancy and exit assumptions rather than promised returns.
Property types
Compare apartments, townhouses, villas, new homes, rural properties and renovation projects through costs, daily use, maintenance and legal checks.
Buying cost calculator
Model a Spanish purchase with separate price, tax base, loan and fees. Explore resale and qualifying new-home assumptions with worked examples.
Mortgage calculator
Estimate monthly repayment and total interest for a constant-rate loan. Compare amounts, rates and terms, with clear assumptions and limitations.
Rental yield calculator
Model gross rent, vacancy, operating costs and debt payments. Understand yield and simplified pre-tax cash flow using transparent property assumptions.
Tools & guides
Use our property calculators, printable checklists and guide directory to organise a Costa del Sol purchase, rental or ownership plan.
About
Learn the purpose, scope and limits of Costa del Sol Property Guide, an educational resource for people researching homes in southern Spain.
Editorial standards
Read how our property guides use sources, distinguish examples from evidence and handle changing legal or tax information.
Privacy
Understand the information handled by this website, its calculator design, external links and the need for the operator to publish hosting details.
Cookies
Read about cookies, browser storage and the locally served assets used by the supplied Costa del Sol Property Guide website.
Terms
Understand the educational purpose, calculator assumptions, source limits and professional advice requirements of the Costa del Sol property guides.
Accessibility
Read about keyboard navigation, semantic headings, readable layouts, reduced motion, accessible calculators and the limits of our accessibility checks.
Contact
Find the contact status and the details that make a property-guide correction useful: page URL, affected wording and supporting evidence.
Property glossary
Understand key Spanish property terms, including nota simple, escritura, arras, ITP, AJD, IBI and comunidad de propietarios.
