Area Guide

It is important to carefully consider what area of the Costa del Sol you wish to purchase a property in, here is a little information about the coastal and inland areas:

Coastal
Inland

Coastal Areas

Between Malaga and Gibraltar the coastline has seen frantic pace in the construction of new buildings, both commercial and residential.

Every year we seem to have a new "Golden Mile", with the appropriate prices!

Nevertheless you can still find oasises of quiet areas with a less hectic pace. Resales remain buoyant but off plan purchases in some places are selling more slowly.

It would seem that some areas lacking infrastructure are not lacking developers, leading to many buyers being left feeling that maybe they should have looked a bit more closely at the various options.

At Direct Property Sales we carefully select the properties that we sell. Only if it meets our requirements in budget, settings, and location will we add it to our portfolio.

Inland Areas

We do limit ourselves to the Costa del Sol, but as everything North of the Coast is inland our area is quite large.

We have properties from Nerja in the East to Gibraltar in the West and cover the Inland "campo" and towns such as Competa, Antequera, Alhaurin, Coín, Alera. Monda, Benhavis, Casares, etc.

Prices tend to be cheaper the further North you go but be aware of the logistics. It is no fun to go out for a litre of milk and face a two hour drive.

Most of our clients opt for property up to one hour inland, we advise 45 minutes to be sensible.

Within these limitations you will find everything from rustic fincas, new style apartments, townhouses, and even property on a golf course.
Some areas have several new golf courses being constructed which makes these properties a good purchase even if you don´t play golf because of the rental income potential.

Property prices in these locations can also increase substantially due to the fact that sports complexs, spas, hotels and restaurants always seem to follow the initial constructions, which makes the area far more attractive to future purchasers .