Above EUR 1M Marbella is half a dozen markets, not one. What separates the Golden Mile, Sierra Blanca, Nueva Andalucia and Benahavis, and the four questions that narrow the map fastest.
Marbella has a synagogue since 1978, a Chabad house, kosher catering and a mikveh. A practical guide to minyan, kosher food, schools and which neighbourhoods work for an observant family.
Israelis lead foreign buying in Greece and are the fastest-growing non-EU group in Portugal. Spain gets less attention, and one of the two reasons for that is a tax that does not exist.
EU and EEA residents pay 19% on net rental income after deductions. Everyone else pays 24% on gross with no deductions at all. A worked example of what that difference actually costs.
Spain closed its residency-by-investment route on 3 April 2025. You can still buy freely, but purchase and residency are now two separate projects that need planning in the right order.
No. As of September 2026 it remains an unlegislated proposal that has never been voted on in Congress. Here is what was announced, why it stalled, and what genuinely did change for non-EU buyers.
Three things changed for non-EU buyers between 2023 and 2026, and only two are real. The Golden Visa closed, rental tax still splits along EU lines, and the 100% tax was never legislated.