Marina de Casares Property Prices in 2026: Notarial EUR/m2 at the Western Costa del Sol

In Marina de Casares, the registered sale price, what buyers actually paid at the notary, averaged 2,891 EUR/m2 across all property types in July 2026, with apartments at 2,714 EUR/m2, resale villas at 3,150 EUR/m2 and new-build villas at 3,914 EUR/m2 (listyco notarial data, 2026-07, Consejo General del Notariado). Those are real closing prices, not asking prices, which is why they sit below the headline figures buyers see on portals.

What did property actually sell for in Marina de Casares in 2026?

Registered notarial sales in Marina de Casares in July 2026 show apartments at 2,714 EUR/m2, resale villas at 3,150 EUR/m2 and new-build villas at 3,914 EUR/m2, with an all-property average of 2,891 EUR/m2 (listyco notarial data, Consejo General del Notariado). These are the prices recorded at the notary when a deed is signed, the most reliable public signal of what a home in this western Costa del Sol zone actually changed hands for.

Property type	Registered price (EUR/m2), Marina de Casares, July 2026
All property types	2,891
Apartments	2,714
Resale villas	3,150
New-build villas	3,914

Source: listyco notarial data, 2026-07 (Consejo General del Notariado).

The standout figure is the new-build villa price of 3,914 EUR/m2, which sits well above the resale villa figure of 3,150 EUR/m2. The resale villa figure of 2,660 EUR/m2 (the prior-period resale measure) tells the same story: new construction in this emerging zone commands a 47 per cent premium over older stock, a pattern that reflects both current build costs and buyer preference for turnkey homes.

What changed between June and July 2026?

All notarial figures for Marina de Casares were flat from June to July 2026. The all-property average held at 2,891 EUR/m2, apartments at 2,714 EUR/m2, resale villas at 3,150 EUR/m2 and new-build villas at 3,914 EUR/m2. No metric moved in either direction.

A flat month-on-month reading in a zone where the broader provincial market is rising sharply is a price-absorption signal, not a stall. Tinsa’s IMIE Mercados Locales for the second quarter of 2026, published 30 June 2026, put the national year-on-year increase at 15.2 per cent, the highest rate since the third quarter of 2006, with a 3.7 per cent quarterly advance. Tinsa’s monthly IMIE for June 2026, published 14 July 2026, registered a 15.6 per cent year-on-year increase. The INE House Price Index for the first quarter of 2026 recorded a 12.9 per cent year-on-year rise, with new-build up 9.1 per cent and second-hand up 13.5 per cent. A zone holding its registered notarial price level within a market climbing at that pace is absorbing the regional uplift at its current value point, which is the expected behaviour for a beachfront zone with a constrained supply of new stock.

What kind of place is Marina de Casares, and who buys here?

Marina de Casares is a beachfront residential urbanisation on the short coastline of Casares municipality, one of the smallest coastal municipalities in Málaga province. Casares itself is a whitewashed hilltop village (pueblo blanco) set 430 metres above sea level roughly 10 kilometres inland, crowned by the ruins of a Moorish castle and named the most beautiful village in Andalusia in 2024. The municipality’s Mediterranean frontage is brief, just a few kilometres, and Marina de Casares is the primary urbanisation behind that coastline.

The zone’s identity is defined by Playa Ancha, the main beach, which extends 1,300 metres along 50 metres of dark sand with a seafront promenade, full municipal services including lifeguards, disabled access and amphibious chairs, according to the Ayuntamiento de Casares. Three smaller beaches complete the municipal coastline: Piedra Paloma, a canine beach delimited by the Torre de la Sal; Playa Chica, accessible only on foot via a cliff path; and Playa de la Sal, a compact 4,100-square-metre cove accessed from the Paseo de la Perla de la Bahia beside the Torre de la Sal.

The buyer profile here is distinct from the prime markets to the east and west. Marina de Casares attracts value-focused international buyers, predominantly Nordic and British, who want beachfront proximity without the premium of the New Golden Mile or Sotogrande’s golf estates. The community is low-rise: apartment blocks and townhouses rather than gated villa estates, with direct access to the promenade and the beach. The pace is quiet, deliberately so. Casares’s coastline was, until recently, one of the least developed stretches of the Costa del Sol, and the municipality has resisted the high-density model that defines the central coast.

What drives Marina de Casares’s EUR/m2 up or down?

Several zone-specific factors move prices here. First, the beachfront position is the primary driver: properties with direct sea views or promenade frontage carry a premium within the zone, and the short coastline limits the supply of such positions. Second, the new-build premium is pronounced: at 3,914 EUR/m2 for new-build villas against 2,660 EUR/m2 for resale villas, the 47 per cent gap reflects the scarcity of modern turnkey stock in an area where much of the existing housing stock dates from earlier development phases. Third, the value positioning relative to neighbouring markets draws buyers westward: Casares sits between Estepona to the east and Sotogrande to the west, both of which command higher registered prices, and buyers priced out of those markets are the natural demand pool for Marina de Casares.

Fourth, accessibility is a double-edged factor. The 105-kilometre drive from Málaga Airport is longer than for the central Costa del Sol, but Gibraltar Airport, roughly 25 minutes to the west, offers direct UK routes that draw British buyers specifically. The A-7 coast road connects the zone to Estepona in roughly 15 minutes and to Sotogrande in roughly 20, keeping it within reach of the amenities of both without the price tag.

The Tinsa IMIE index for Marbella provides regional context. In the second quarter of 2026, Tinsa put the Marbella city average at 3,694 EUR/m2, up 18.31 per cent year on year, above the Andalusian average growth of 10.6 per cent and the national rate of 15.2 per cent. Marina de Casares’s notarial average of 2,891 EUR/m2 sits 22 per cent below the Marbella city figure, confirming it as a value zone rather than a prime pocket, but the zone’s new-build villa pricing at 3,914 EUR/m2 pushes above the Marbella city average and into territory more commonly associated with established prime areas.

How does Marina de Casares compare to its neighbouring zones?

The notarial cache covers several Casares and Manilva zones, each with a distinct character. The table below shows the percentage gap between each neighbour’s July 2026 notarial all-property average and Marina de Casares’s 2,891 EUR/m2 baseline, plus the apartment and resale villa gaps where figures are available.

Neighbouring zone	All-property gap vs Marina de Casares	Apartment gap	Resale villa gap
Casares Pueblo	59 per cent below	58 per cent below	59 per cent below
Castillo de la Duquesa	15 per cent below	10 per cent below	22 per cent below
Sabinillas	16 per cent below	12 per cent below	8 per cent below
La Duquesa	10 per cent below	11 per cent below	2 per cent above
Estepona Centre	6 per cent above	13 per cent above	1 per cent below

Source: listyco notarial data, 2026-07 (Consejo General del Notariado). Gaps expressed as percentages only.

The table reveals a sharper picture than the all-property averages alone. Casares Pueblo, the hilltop village roughly 10 kilometres inland, registers 59 per cent below Marina de Casares across every property type, reflecting its inland character and older housing stock. Among the coastal Manilva zones, La Duquesa is the closest neighbour to Marina de Casares on the all-property measure at 10 per cent below, yet its resale villas register 2 per cent above Marina de Casares, a sub-segment inversion showing that La Duquesa’s villa stock commands a slight premium while its apartment stock pulls the overall average down. Sabinillas sits 16 per cent below on the all-property figure but only 8 per cent below on resale villas, again showing that the apartment stock drives the gap rather than the villas. Estepona Centre is the only neighbour above Marina de Casares on the all-property measure, at 6 per cent above, driven by its apartment stock at 13 per cent above, while its resale villas sit just 1 per cent below, making the two zones nearly comparable on villa pricing despite Estepona’s larger and more established market.

The broader comparison is with the neighbouring municipalities. Sotogrande, roughly 20 minutes to the west, commands higher registered prices across its golf-valley core, as our Sotogrande property prices guide documents. Estepona’s New Golden Mile, roughly 15 minutes to the east, also prices higher, as the Estepona New Golden Mile guide shows. Marina de Casares sits as a value entry between these two established markets, and the Sotogrande vs Marbella comparison frames the broader western Costa del Sol decision. To the east along the coast, the Sitio de Calahonda property prices guide and the La Cala de Mijas guide show the value-belt pricing that Casares competes with for the same buyer pool. For the wider regional picture, the Costa del Sol quarterly market report tracks the aggregate price and transaction trends that frame every zone-level reading.

How should a buyer read these numbers?

Use the registered notarial figure as your floor of reality: it is what comparable homes actually closed at. Treat asking prices on portals as the seller’s opening position and Tinsa’s regional valuation as a guide to the standing stock. A buyer who anchors a negotiation to the 2,891 EUR/m2 registered average, then adjusts up for a beachfront position or a new-build turnkey property and down for an inland or older unit, is working from what the market did rather than what it hopes to do.

The new-build villa premium in Marina de Casares is the zone’s defining price signal. At 3,914 EUR/m2 for new-build against 2,660 EUR/m2 for resale, the 47 per cent gap tells a buyer that the market is pricing in construction quality and modern specification, not just location. For a buyer weighing a resale renovation against a new-build purchase, that spread is the real cost of turnkey.

Marina de Casares rewards buyers who understand its position between two premium markets. The registered notarial data is the cleanest way to see where the value sits.