Q1 2026: a quiet market that is not, in fact, quiet
Headline transaction volumes look subdued; what is happening beneath the headline tells a more interesting story. Every quarter someone declares that the Costa del Sol is cooling. The evidence is usually a transaction count that looks flatter than the year before, and the conclusion is usually that demand has softened. It is a tidy story […]
Why Nordic capital is moving south — and what the data actually says
A reading of registered transactions on the Costa del Sol over the last 36 months, with attention to the share of Nordic buyers and how it has changed since 2022. There is a comfortable story about Scandinavians and southern Spain. Sun, golf, a flight that is barely longer than the one to the family cabin, […]