{"id":1766,"date":"2026-09-14T01:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/blog\/kto-kupuje-nieruchomosci-na-costa-del-sol-zagraniczni-nabywcy-w-liczbach\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:25:11","slug":"kto-kupuje-nieruchomosci-na-costa-del-sol-zagraniczni-nabywcy-w-liczbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/blog\/kto-kupuje-nieruchomosci-na-costa-del-sol-zagraniczni-nabywcy-w-liczbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Buying Property on the Costa del Sol? International Buyers in Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than one in three properties is purchased by an international buyer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Foreign demand continues to play a major role in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first quarter of 2026, international buyers accounted for 34.3% of residential property purchases in M\u00e1laga province<\/strong>. In the second quarter, their share increased to 37.01%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period<\/strong><\/td>Share of international buyers in M\u00e1laga province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Q1 2026<\/td>34.3%<\/td><\/tr>
Q2 2026<\/td>37.01%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This represents an increase of 2.71 percentage points in just one quarter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By comparison, foreign buyers accounted for 15.98% of all residential property purchases in Spain<\/strong> in the second quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British, Dutch and German buyers among the most active<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Across Spain as a whole, the largest groups of foreign buyers in the second quarter of 2026 were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • British – 6.99%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dutch – 6.94%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • German – 6.11%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Moroccan – 6.09%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Romanian – 5.70%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Italian – 5.13%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • French – 4.97%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Polish – 4.33%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The figures show that international demand for Spanish property is highly diversified and is not driven by any single nationality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Who is buying property in Andalusia?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Full-year data for 2025 also provide a clearer picture of the nationalities purchasing property across Andalusia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nationality<\/strong><\/td>Share of foreign buyers in Andalusia<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
    United Kingdom<\/td>13.34%<\/td><\/tr>
    Netherlands<\/td>8.62%<\/td><\/tr>
    Morocco<\/td>7.20%<\/td><\/tr>
    Belgium<\/td>4.96%<\/td><\/tr>
    Germany<\/td>4.89%<\/td><\/tr>
    Poland<\/td>4.73%<\/td><\/tr>
    Sweden<\/td>4.60%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    British buyers represented the largest group, accounting for more than 13% of all foreign property purchases in Andalusia<\/strong>. They were followed by buyers from the Netherlands and Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Polish buyers accounted for 4.73% of foreign purchases<\/strong>, placing them among the most significant international buyer groups in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    European buyers dominate international demand<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Foreign demand for Spanish property remains predominantly European.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the second quarter of 2026, 57.39% of properties purchased in Spain by foreign nationals were bought by citizens of European Union countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A further 16.75%<\/strong> of purchases were made by buyers from other European countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Combined, this means that approximately 74% of foreign demand came from Europe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Almost one in five foreign purchases in Andalusia exceeds \u20ac500,000<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The importance of international buyers is also visible in the higher end of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In 2025, 19.22% of properties purchased by foreign buyers in Andalusia were valued at \u20ac500,000 or more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Within this segment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • 57.01% of transactions<\/strong> were completed by EU citizens,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 42.99% of transactions<\/strong> were completed by non-EU buyers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In other words, almost one in five foreign property purchases in Andalusia involved a property worth at least \u20ac500,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      What do the figures tell us?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      First <\/strong>\u2013 international buyers are one of the key forces shaping the Costa del Sol property market. In the second quarter of 2026, they accounted for 37.01% of residential purchases in M\u00e1laga province, compared with a national average of 15.98%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Second <\/strong>\u2013 the majority of international demand comes from Europe. EU citizens represented 57.39% of foreign property buyers in Spain. When buyers from other European countries are included, the European share rises to approximately 74%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Third <\/strong>\u2013 international buyers also play a significant role in the higher-value segment of the market. In Andalusia, almost 20% of foreign property purchases in 2025 involved properties valued at \u20ac500,000 or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The data confirms that the Costa del Sol property market remains highly international, with foreign buyers continuing to play an important role both in overall transaction volumes and in the premium property segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Colegio de Registradores de Espa\u00f1a \u2013 Estad\u00edstica Registral Inmobiliaria, Primer trimestre 2026<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Colegio de Registradores de Espa\u00f1a \u2013 Estad\u00edstica Registral Inmobiliaria, Segundo trimestre 2026<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Colegio de Registradores de Espa\u00f1a \u2013 Estad\u00edstica Registral Inmobiliaria, Anuario 2025<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The Costa del Sol is one of Spain\u2019s most international property markets. This is clearly reflected in the data for M\u00e1laga province, which covers a large part of the Costa del Sol coastline.<\/p>\n

        In the second quarter of 2026, 37.01% of residential property purchases in M\u00e1laga province were made by foreign buyers. By comparison, the national average across Spain during the same period was 15.98%.<\/p>\n

        This means that the share of international buyers in M\u00e1laga province was more than twice the national average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-costa-del-sol"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larosaestate.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}