Imofolio

Marbella · report

Past price cycles in Marbella

Appraised values have fallen by 3% or more 4 times since 2005. The deepest began in Q4 2007.

Deepest fall
−34.6%
Recovery from the low
96 months

Prices in Marbella and in Spain, indexed

Appraised values, both set to 100 in Q1 2005.

  • Marbella
  • Spain
  • 100 = Q1 2005
Show the numbers
PeriodMarbellaSpain
Q2 2026179.3139.7
Q1 2026171.6137.4
Q4 2025169.1132.3
Q3 2025170.3127.8
Q2 2025155.0124.2
Q1 2025154.9120.6
Q4 2024142.9117.0
Q3 2024131.6114.0
Q2 2024134.4112.5
Q1 2024128.9110.7
Q4 2023120.2109.3
Q3 2023126.3107.5
Q2 2023124.5106.4
Q1 2023121.2106.1
Q4 2022111.4103.8
Q3 2022112.1103.2
Q2 2022111.5103.3
Q1 2022111.8102.9
Q4 2021103.8100.5
Q3 2021104.698.6
Q2 2021104.697.9
Q1 202197.796.4
Q4 2020100.196.3
Q3 202098.696.1
Q2 2020101.595.5
Q1 202097.497.3
Q4 2019102.798.1
Q3 2019101.197.2
Q2 2019100.697.2
Q1 201992.897.1
Q4 201896.596.0
Q3 201892.694.3
Q2 201892.594.2
Q1 201887.393.0
Q4 201791.092.5
Q3 201785.291.4
Q2 201784.590.8
Q1 201784.290.5
Q4 201685.489.7
Q3 201676.989.0
Q2 201678.189.4
Q1 201678.288.5
Q4 201577.488.4
Q3 201578.787.6
Q2 201576.087.6
Q1 201575.186.5
Q4 201475.686.8
Q3 201479.486.4
Q2 201476.486.6
Q1 201475.786.6
Q4 201379.187.0
Q3 201375.288.7
Q2 201378.289.2
Q1 201378.990.0
Q4 201278.890.9
Q3 201280.692.9
Q2 201276.595.3
Q1 201282.897.9
Q4 201180.4101.0
Q3 201178.4102.6
Q2 201182.5104.0
Q1 201180.1105.5
Q4 201084.2108.3
Q3 201080.8108.7
Q2 201084.9109.7
Q1 201086.4110.7
Q4 200989.3112.3
Q3 200990.9112.5
Q2 2009102.9114.0
Q1 2009103.0116.2
Q4 2008102.7119.8
Q3 2008111.9122.7
Q2 2008112.2124.3
Q1 2008107.1124.7
Q4 2007114.8123.7
Q3 2007106.0122.3
Q2 2007111.1121.9
Q1 2007112.9120.1
Q4 2006105.0118.1
Q3 2006102.9116.1
Q2 2006105.9115.2
Q1 2006105.9112.0
Q4 2005103.7108.2
Q3 2005106.2105.7
Q2 2005104.9104.0
Q1 2005100.0100.0

Every fall of 3% or more

From the peak to the lowest month after it, and how long prices took to get back.

PeakLowFallMonths fallingMonths to recover
Q3 2005Q3 2006−3.1%126
Q1 2007Q3 2007−6.1%63
Q4 2007Q1 2015−34.6%8796
Q3 2023Q4 2023−4.8%33

Spain against the EU since 2015

Eurostat's house price index for all dwellings, 2015 = 100. National figures, comparable across member states.

  • Spain
  • EU
  • 2015 = 100
Show the numbers
PeriodSpainEU
Q2 2026200.6168.6
Q1 2026194.1166.5
Q4 2025187.5164.6
Q3 2025184.1163.5
Q2 2025178.9161.0
Q1 2025172.0158.5
Q4 2024166.1156.2
Q3 2024163.1155.1
Q2 2024158.6152.7
Q1 2024153.2149.8
Q4 2023149.1148.9
Q3 2023150.7149.1
Q2 2023147.0148.2
Q1 2023144.0147.6
Q4 2022143.0148.7
Q3 2022144.2150.9
Q2 2022141.7149.6
Q1 2022139.1146.2
Q4 2021135.6143.2
Q3 2021133.9140.2
Q2 2021131.2136.0
Q1 2021128.1132.1
Q4 2020127.6129.8
Q3 2020128.6128.1
Q2 2020127.0126.3
Q1 2020126.9124.4
Q4 2019125.4122.7
Q3 2019126.3121.5
Q2 2019124.3119.8
Q1 2019122.9117.6
Q4 2018121.0116.8
Q3 2018120.5115.9
Q2 2018117.9114.2
Q1 2018115.0112.3
Q4 2017113.4111.2
Q3 2017112.4110.4
Q2 2017110.4108.8
Q1 2017108.2106.9
Q4 2016105.8106.1
Q3 2016105.4105.4
Q2 2016104.6103.8
Q1 2016102.7102.0
Q4 2015101.3101.1
Q3 2015101.3100.8
Q2 2015100.799.8
Q1 201596.798.3

Appraised values go back to 1995 for Spain, its regions and provinces, and to 2005 for municipalities over 25,000 inhabitants. They are quarterly, so falls are dated by quarter. A fall counts once values drop 3% below a peak, and ends when they are back at it.

Other reports for Marbella

At the average appraised value, a 90 m² home costs €407,547. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,554 a month. Spain sets no cap on the payment; lenders must assess each borrower's solvency.

Payment, two incomes
52%
Payment, one income
104%

Renting a 90 m² home costs less each month than owning it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the appraised value; rent is the mean of new leases. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€1,144
Owning per month
€1,442

Figures for Málaga province: Marbella has no reliable figures of its own.

25.1% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
9,653

Figures for Málaga province: Marbella has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 27.5% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q2 2026.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
27.5%

20.2% of the 100,282 homes counted in the 2021 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.

Empty, 2021 census
20.2%
Empty homes
20,276