The Golden Mile, Puerto Banús marina and the Marbella Club Golf Resort anchor southern Europe's deepest luxury market. Fine Luxury Property advises international buyers on frontline beach villas, penthouses and gated-community residences across Marbella, Nueva Andalucía, Sierra Blanca and the New Golden Mile, with Spain Golden Visa coordination where eligible.
Detached villas on the Marbella Golden Mile, Sierra Blanca, La Zagaleta and Marbella Club Golf Resort, typically five-to-eight bedrooms with pools, spas and staff quarters, priced from €4 million to €60 million on trophy frontline parcels.
Two-to-four bedroom apartments in Puerto Banús, the Golden Mile beachfront and Nueva Andalucía's golf valley, with shared pools, gated security and concierge, typically €750,000 to €5 million.
Duplex penthouses with private roof terraces, plunge pools and panoramic Mediterranean views, concentrated in Puerto Banús, the Golden Mile and the New Golden Mile towards Estepona.
Front-line beach villas along the Golden Mile and Los Monteros, subject to Spain's Ley de Costas coastal-protection rules that prohibit any new seaward construction, a structural scarcity driver for existing stock.
Fine Luxury Property operates as a boutique real estate brokerage with dedicated coverage of Marbella, Puerto Banús, Sierra Blanca, Nueva Andalucía, Benahavís and the New Golden Mile. Our multilingual estate agents work in English, Spanish, French, German and Arabic, reflecting the deep UK, Scandinavian, German, French, Middle-Eastern and North-American buyer base, and we coordinate NIE registration, ITP filings, Golden Visa Spain paperwork and notary completion end-to-end.
The Marbella Club Golf Resort, in the hills above the Marbella Club Hotel at the western end of the Golden Mile, offers gated villa plots on a Dave Thomas championship course with Mediterranean and Gibraltar sea views. Villas within Marbella Club Golf Resort routinely trade at €8-€25 million, supported by Marbella Club brand heritage and strict architectural covenants.
Puerto Banús, with its 915-berth marina, flagship boutiques, beach clubs and restaurants, anchors the Marbella luxury lifestyle and drives year-round footfall. Apartments and penthouses within walking distance of the port command a structural premium, and short-let rental economics are among the strongest in Europe.
Unlike Portugal, Spain's Golden Visa programme still accepts real-estate investment from €500,000 upwards, offering residency and Schengen mobility with no minimum-stay requirements. The programme has been politically debated, but it remains active as of the latest public information and is a primary driver of non-EU buyer demand in Marbella.
The Marbella Golden Mile and the adjacent Sierra Blanca enclave have compounded at 5-9% per year in the prime segment since 2020, with new-build frontline villas now trading at €8,000-€20,000 per square metre, still a clear discount to comparable Monaco, Cap d'Antibes or St Tropez stock.
Marbella fragments into distinct micro-markets: the Golden Mile between Marbella town and Puerto Banús, Sierra Blanca above the A-7, Puerto Banús and Nueva Andalucía, La Zagaleta in Benahavís, the Marbella Club Golf Resort and the New Golden Mile stretching west to Estepona. We match client priorities to the right micro-market before inventory is shown.
Non-EU buyers obtain a Spanish NIE (foreigner tax number) and open a Spanish bank account. An independent Spanish lawyer, separate from the agent, is essential. We arrange NIE through our cooperating firms and typically complete bank opening within ten working days of arrival.
A reservation deposit (typically €6,000-€50,000) holds the property while lawyers verify title at the Registro de la Propiedad, urban-planning status at the Ayuntamiento de Marbella, community-of-owners debt position, energy certificate and any outstanding embargoes or community levies.
The arras contract is signed with 10% deposit. Under Arras Penitenciales the buyer forfeits the deposit if they withdraw and the seller pays double. Completion is normally scheduled 30-90 days later, typically subject to mortgage approval for financed deals.
The public deed (escritura) is signed before a Spanish notary. On resale property, ITP transfer tax is charged at 7% in Andalucía (as of the latest public information). On new-build, 10% IVA plus 1.2% AJD applies instead of ITP. Notary, registry and gestoria fees add roughly 1.5-2%.
For non-EU buyers at or above €500,000, we coordinate the Spain Golden Visa application with specialist immigration counsel. Tax residency in Spain triggers at 183+ days of presence, and for qualifying inbound workers the Beckham Law regime caps income tax at 24% on Spanish-source salary up to €600,000 for six tax years.
Spain's Ley de Costas prohibits new construction inside the public domain coastal strip, meaning the existing frontline stock on the Marbella Golden Mile, Los Monteros and the New Golden Mile cannot be replicated. This is a hard supply constraint at the very top of the market.
Spain's Golden Visa, still active at a €500,000 property threshold, continues to draw British, Middle-Eastern, American and Chinese buyers into Marbella. Changes to the EU Golden Visa landscape have concentrated demand into Spain as Portugal's real-estate route closed in 2023.
Málaga's Costa del Sol Airport handles 20+ million passengers annually with direct flights to most European capitals. Marbella offers world-class private healthcare (Hospital Quirónsalud Marbella, HC Marbella), international schools (Aloha College, Swans, Laude San Pedro) and a full-service luxury ecosystem.
Spain's Beckham Law regime, for qualifying inbound workers and their families, caps income tax at 24% on Spanish-source salary up to €600,000 per year for six tax years, making Marbella attractive to relocating executives, fund managers and tech founders alongside traditional second-home buyers.
A four-bedroom modern villa in Nueva Andalucía or the New Golden Mile starts around €2.5 million. Golden Mile frontline villas trade at €12,000-€25,000 per square metre, with trophy parcels reaching €30-€60 million. Marbella Club Golf Resort villas run €8,500-€14,500 per square metre, with individual homes typically €6-€25 million. Sierra Blanca and La Zagaleta trophy villas sit at €8,000-€18,000 per square metre. Puerto Banús apartments cost €7,000-€14,000 per square metre, or roughly €1-€5 million for a two-to-four bedroom unit.
Marbella Club Golf Resort is a gated residential and golf community in the hills above the historic Marbella Club Hotel, at the western end of the Golden Mile in Benahavís municipality. The scheme centres on a Dave Thomas-designed championship course and offers fully serviced villa plots of 2,000-10,000 m² with Mediterranean and Gibraltar sea views. Properties inside the resort are subject to strict architectural covenants protecting the low-density, white-walled Andalucían aesthetic, and Marbella Club hotel membership is accessible to residents.
The Marbella Golden Mile remains the definitive trophy address, combining frontline beach, the Marbella Club and Puente Romano hotels and walkable access to Puerto Banús. Sierra Blanca and La Zagaleta (in Benahavís) are the premier gated-community addresses above town. Puerto Banús delivers marina apartments and penthouses with full lifestyle amenities. Nueva Andalucía offers golf-valley villas at lower density. The New Golden Mile between San Pedro and Estepona suits buyers wanting modern new-build villas at better per-square-metre pricing.
Yes, as of the latest public information. Spain's Golden Visa accepts real-estate investment of €500,000 or more (net of mortgage), offering residency and Schengen mobility with no minimum-stay requirement. The programme has been politically debated, and rules can change, so we coordinate applications with specialist immigration counsel at the point of offer. Property price levels in Marbella mean almost all luxury-segment acquisitions comfortably clear the €500,000 threshold. Spain Golden Visa remains the primary residency route for non-EU Marbella buyers.
Non-residents face no ownership restrictions in Marbella. The process requires a Spanish NIE (tax identification number), a Spanish bank account and an independent Spanish lawyer. After offer acceptance, a reservation holds the property, followed by the private purchase contract (Contrato de Arras) with 10% deposit, then the public deed (escritura) before a notary 30-90 days later. Our Marbella team regularly closes transactions for British, Irish, Dutch, French, German, Swiss, Scandinavian, Middle-Eastern and American clients.
Puerto Banús peak-season July-August apartments deliver 4.5-6% gross yields, supported by licensed holiday-rental demand. Golden Mile trophy villas typically return 3-4.5% gross given their higher entry prices. Nueva Andalucía golf-valley villas run 4-5.5% gross, and the New Golden Mile apartments reach 5-7% gross at lower price points. Andalucía requires a VFT (Vivienda con Fines Turísticos) licence for short-let, and the Junta de Andalucía has tightened licensing in 2024-2025, making existing licensed stock genuinely more valuable.
On resale Marbella property, total closing costs run roughly 10-12% of the purchase price. ITP transfer tax is 7% in Andalucía as of the latest public information. Notary, registry and gestoria fees add 1.5-2%. Legal fees are roughly 1% plus 21% VAT. On new-build property, 10% IVA plus 1.2% AJD stamp duty applies instead of ITP, so total costs run similarly. Annual IBI municipal tax is 0.4-1.1% of the catastral value, and non-resident rental income is taxed at 19% (EU) or 24% (non-EU).
Marbella sits 55 km west of Málaga's Costa del Sol Airport, approximately 40 minutes by car via the AP-7 toll motorway or 50 minutes via the free A-7. Puerto Banús is a further 7 km west, the New Golden Mile another 10 km, and Estepona 30 km beyond that. Málaga airport handles 20+ million passengers annually with direct flights to London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, New York (seasonal), Dubai and most major European capitals, making Marbella one of Europe's best-connected second-home markets.
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