In recent years, modern homes have become highly popular for the clean styling, open-plan interiors, contemporary build qualities and the high-tech amenities and finishes they offer. However, this popularity has also led to the highest price rises in this segment of the market, and as a result these are generally the most expensive properties available in Marbella and surroundings right now.
The average age of people buying houses in Marbella has been coming down for some time now, meaning that there is a growing demand for young families. Small children need fun, simple things to make their early lives as happy as possible. Of course, there are the serious things like safekeeping, eating and sleeping; and then there are the essential fun things in life, like playtime and stimulation. Continue reading »
One of the most prestigious areas in Nueva Andalucía and in fact Marbella, is Las Brisas, an exclusive address at the heart of Nueva Andalucía’s Golf Valley that overlooks one of its most beautiful courses: that of the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas.
With its magnificent subtropical greenery and refined clubhouse, the latter really deserves the ‘royal’ epithet in its name, an honour not bestowed upon just any establishment. Las Brisas is best characterised by secluded leafy streets lined with luxurious villas and apartment complexes that overlook the course of the same name, which meanders its way through the essence of the Golf Valley like a green stream on its way to the nearby sea. Continue reading »
The strong demand that has driven the revival in the Marbella property market over the past few years has also had an impact on prices, which have as a result risen in a steady but sustainable way. This has been a largely balanced market emerging from the buyer’s market of the financial crisis, but never quite becoming an overinflated seller’s market either. This means we are currently not in danger of any bubbles, and while new properties and those in the best locations are most in demand in Marbella, you can still find good value across the price range, as well as highly attractive properties below the €300,000 mark.
You just have to look at the evolution of architectural and decorative styles over the past few years in Marbella to realise that terms such as ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’ don’t denote something that is fixed, but rather in constant development. Continue reading »
