Poles buy Spanish real estate. Costa del Sol breaks sales records

The first half of 2025 is a real hit for Polish investors – over 2,000 real estate purchased on the Iberian Peninsula. Registradores de España data shows that only in the second quarter Poles bought over 1,000 houses and apartments, strengthening the 9th place among foreign buyers. Main motivations? Stability, safety and … the sun, which on the Spanish coast shines over 300 days a year.

Costa del Sol – Golden Triangle of Investment in Spanish real estate

It is Malaga’s province with her famous Costa del Sol and the prestigious “Golden Triangle” – Marbella, Estepon, Benahavis – attracts the largest number of Polish merchants.

Luxury villas and apartments cost here from 350,000 to even several dozen million euros, but despite high prices, demand does not weaken. As much as 60 percent He buys customers here as a second house, and almost 30 percent. plans to move permanently. Surprising? Real estate prices in Malaga are still more competitive than in Warsaw or spot.

Real estate prices in Spain

As Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa from Agnes Inversiones, the Polish Real Estate Office on Costa del Sol, notes, apart from the weather, Poles also appreciate the strong economy and favorable credit conditions.

– Costa del Sol is a safe haven not only because of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Today, in the era of technological changes, geopolitical challenges or the growing popularity of investments in intangible assets, we are looking primarily for stability. It is provided by Spain, where luxurious villas and apartments on the coast of the sun not only maintain and increase value. They simply create it-says Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa.

He points to the Eurostat data, according to which real estate prices in Spain in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 12.3 percent. compared to the same period a year earlier. A similar increase (+12.1 percent) was recorded in the holiday homes segment on the coast, and in the Malaga region prices went up as much as 14.3 percent. – results from the report “Housing on the Coast 2025”.

Meanwhile, the latest data of Consajo General Del Notemarado shows that although the prices of houses throughout the country increased by 6.7 percent, sales in the period from April to May 2025 dropped by 2 percent, and in Andalusia by as much as 6.5 percent.

As the expert emphasizes, the next quarters will allow to assess whether this is a temporary change or the beginning of a slight braking of the growing real estate market on the Iberian Peninsula.

The Spanish community of Poles is growing in strength

Interestingly, more and more of our countrymen not only invest, but also settles permanently. They create their own companies, learn language, integrate with local culture and organize events, such as the annual WOŚP final at Costa del Sol. Importantly, more and more Poles choose Spain for holidays, where rest is often cheaper than in Poland, and the climate and kitchen – well, unrivaled.