Honest writing on the Costa del Sol apartment market.
Long-form editorial — quarterly market reports, comparison essays, opinion, buying-process pieces. Written by Maarten Glaser and the team. New posts roughly every two weeks; quarterly market reports the first week of each quarter.
Costa del Sol apartment market report — Q1 2026
Quarterly market commentary across our eight covered towns, with what we're seeing on inventory, pricing and foreign-buyer behaviour.
Five expensive mistakes British buyers keep making on the Costa del Sol
None of them are about price. All five are about what people forget to check while the terrace view distracts them.
The best restaurants in Mijas in 2026
Where to eat across the three faces of Mijas — the La Cala de Mijas seafront, the white streets of Mijas Pueblo, and the international tables of Calahonda.
The best beach clubs in Mijas in 2026
A resident's guide to the beach clubs of Mijas Costa — and what a decade of seafront investment has done to the apartments behind the sand.
The Mijas apartment market in 2026
How prices and growth differ across the three Mijas markets — the Mijas Costa coast, the golf valley, and the village 428 metres up the Sierra.
Mijas’s international community in 2026
Who actually lives in Mijas — the balance of Spanish residents and the British, Scandinavian and German communities, and what the mix means for a buyer.
Coast vs pueblo living in Mijas
La Cala de Mijas, the wider Mijas Costa and Mijas Pueblo are three different ways to live in one municipality. The real Mijas decision, framed honestly.