THE PROPERTY
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Property paradise
Foreign buyers flock to Costa Blanca for affordable coastal homes.
SPAIN’S shining Costa Blanca is preparing for another bustling peak season, and along with it come visitors that are ready to look at some of its most beautiful properties. In recent years, the Costa Blanca has become one of Spain’s prime real estate hotspots, boasting areas that rival some of the most desirable destinations in Spain, including Madrid, Barcelona, and even the coveted Balearic Islands. Hubs like Alicante and Benidorm are now not only popular with tourists; they
are hotspots for buyers. The Costa Blanca is one of the top destinations in Spain, in terms of what buyers get for their money. For the average price of a UK home (£271,000, or around €310,000), buyers can get a much more spacious twoor three-bedroom property on the coastline overlooking the Mediterranean, often even with sea views, terraces, swimming pools and private gardens as added bonuses. In smaller, but more popular inland towns
like Torrevieja or El Campello, properties are less pricey but offer more culture, giving interested buyers a taste of the desirable Mediterranean lifestyle, right on the shoreline, without the cramped busyness of peak season. The Costa Blanca is also desirable for its myriad of cultural and musical events, with music festivals attracting tens of thousands of people annually to its sparkling shores, and fun festivals like the San Juan festivities bringing a dose of tradition and colour to its
charming streets. It’s no surprise that buyers, especially foreign buyers from the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, consistently look towards the Costa Blanca for the absolute best that Spain has to offer. With a laid-back lifestyle, a large population of expatriates, and views that cannot be beaten, the Costa Blanca has quickly become the apple of buyers’ eyes for an affordable coastal property, without the added noise.