The first half of the year has brought another record performance by Polish buyers of houses and flats in Spain. They have already purchased 2,083 properties, of which nearly 1,100 between April and June 2025. – according to the latest data from Registradores de España. Security, the economic situation and Spain’s advantages, which cannot be found in vain in other markets, are among the main motivations for buying properties – worth from several hundred thousand to even tens of millions of euros.
Spain first home for Poles
Exactly 1,085 properties in Spain, purchased by Poles in Q2 2025, gave our compatriots the 9th place in the ranking of foreign investors, increasing the market share to 4.5%. Compared to the same period of 2024, the number of transactions was 8% higher, which is part of an upward trend. The long-term trend is illustrated by the more than 35 per cent increase in the number of Spanish houses and flats purchased by Poles in 2023-24.
At the same time, the province of Malaga is consolidating its position among top locations. According to a report by Lucas Fox, 30% of the purchase offers for Spain’s most exclusive properties fall in this region, including the Costa del Sol and the 'Golden Triangle’ – formed by Marbella, Estepona and Benahavis.
Luxury villas are being purchased as second homes there (close to 60%), with almost 30% of customers buying them with permanent residency in mind. Their supply is holding steady – Idealista points out that in Q2 2025, the number of offers to buy houses in Malaga was only 3% lower than a year earlier, while much higher declines were recorded even in Barcelona (-21% or Madrid (-25%).
– Costa del Sol a safe haven not only because of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Today, in an era of technological change, geopolitical challenges or the growing popularity of investments in intangible assets, we are looking above all for stability. This is exactly what Spain provides, where luxury villas and flats on the sunshine coast not only maintain and increase in value. They simply create it ,” says Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa, founder of Agnes Inversiones.
Sunshine Coast leading location
Spain’s advantage also lies in its economic situation and some of the best economic indicators in the Old Continent, hence its nickname as the 'bright star of the euro area’. The International Monetary Fund has indicated that Spain’s GDP per capita is higher not only than many EU countries, but even Japan.
Added to this are the cheapest mortgages in Europe, important especially for the most expensive transactions, and favourable regulations for property buyers. Andalusia, for example, has introduced the full abolition of the wealth tax on second home owners in Spain.
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The Costa del Sol is the leading location chosen by Polish buyers – investors, but also people who plan to live in Spain permanently. Not only is the number of transactions increasing, but also their value. In the case of flats, it fluctuates between EUR 400,000 and EUR 1.5 million, and luxury villas reach a price range of EUR 2 to 6 million, although there is also no shortage of much higher offers.
Despite its many advantages, such as more than 300 days of sunshine a year, a developed infrastructure and a high level of services, Marbella, with average property prices of €5,000/m2, is still competitive with Warsaw or Sopot. The rich offer also includes more affordable properties, with prices starting from €350,000.
According to Eurostat, property prices in Spain in Q1 2025 increased by 12.3% compared to the same period a year earlier. Prices of holiday homes on the coast recorded a similar level (+12.1%), with the Malaga area seeing an increase of 14.3%, according to the Housing on the Coast 2025 report.
The latest figures from the Consejo General del Notariado show a 6.7% increase in house prices in Spain and a decrease in house sales (between April and May 2025) across the country of 2% and in Andalusia of 6.5%. As Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa points out, the next quarters will make it possible to assess whether this is a temporary change or the beginning of a slight slowdown in the ever-growing property market on the Iberian Peninsula.
