The company was founded in September 2008, the same week that the world economy collapsed. It was a tough few years, but we persevered and expanded our database of properties and continued to make contacts and publish articles on the site, as if nothing had happened. As a reward, among other things, in autumn 2009, we were nominated by SIME to be one of Sweden's "100 most promising companies". However, the customers were basically absent until 2012, when things turned around. We learned a lot from starting from scratch when the conditions were the least favorable. We have been through several financial crises, and a pandemic, as well as seen other brokers, banks and construction companies come and go.
Crises can be an opportunity if done right
We have experience in brokering properties through several crises, including the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 pandemic, and the subsequent inflationary crisis. This has taught us that:
- The prices, both for smaller apartments and larger houses and plots for new construction, can fluctuate greatly depending on the world situation. This cycle, of oscillating between hope and despair in the market, has become increasingly shorter since 2008. This has opened up greater opportunities for the player who can act quickly.
- The best purchases are made "underhand", i.e. not public. It is therefore important that you actively contact brokers and not just search on portals etc. The homes that are out for advertising are often the most difficult to sell. The absolute best purchases never even get published on websites/portals.
- It is important to have a good understanding of how the market will look in the near term (don't stare blindly at how it looks "here and now") in order to make good deals.
- How to help our customers make informed decisions by providing them with advice and support that includes more variables than the most obvious, such as price per square meter or paperwork associated with a purchase. For example: what is planned for the local area in the coming years? New projects underway that may increase/decrease the value of the properties in its vicinity? Infrastructure, etc? Does the building standard meet the requirements of future buyers? Most younger buyers have a lower tolerance for "defects". How do all these variables affect future value?
We have also built several own projects in Spain. This has given us a unique insight into how the market works. We know when it is time to buy land and when it is time to sell. We can also advise our clients on how to negotiate with banks, land owners and home owners.
We help our customers negotiate the price of a property by:
- Give them an objective assessment of the market value from several points of view.
- Help them understand the other party's position.
- Negotiate on their behalf.
We have gone from brokering smaller properties to expanding into the market for luxury objects, and in recent years we have built several projects with properties under our own auspices. Everything from smaller apartments to detached luxury villas. Over the years, we have built up experience and an exceptionally strong network of contacts. We are now an international company with employees and customers who speak several languages.
Our focus is to invest in homes that are good investments, that have a documented history of letting. We can offer a complete concept with everything from lawyers and cleaning companies to booking companies that manage rentals, as well as interior designers, etc. In addition, as I said, we collaborate with one of Spain's largest banks, which has bank managers who are fluent in several different languages.
Last year we started a collaboration with a highly interesting actor in Nerja who will specialize in more exclusive homes in the most sought-after areas of Nerja. This actor sits on several plots of land that other building developers (including us) have been looking for for several decades. Their intention from the beginning was to build a hotel, but have now changed their strategy. The first project with them sold out quickly and now we sell central and beach-close, detached villas with sea views, roof terraces and private pools.
Now, as previously mentioned, we have piloted several projects through sudden and arbitrary changes in the law, a pandemic and inflation. Banks, builders and insurance companies etc. are impressed by our way of handling these crisis situations and we will in the future be able to more easily continue to build attractive projects, small and medium-sized on plots we judge to be extra lucrative to invest in. Follow our newsletter for projects in Nerja /Marbella area to get advance information about upcoming projects.
We will also launch the upcoming projects internationally, but as always we will give our followers of the newsletters (in these, of course, we also regularly publish information about the housing market and about newly arrived used homes) advance information about each upcoming project. Sign up for the Nerja (as well as Torrox and Costa Tropical area) newsletter here , and for the west side (including Malaga) here. Please note that the newsletters are in Swedish, so you need to use a translation service if you come from another country.
We work with several industry-leading actors whose focus is to find the right plots in attractive locations with an equally attractive price picture and then, via a proven working model, push construction prices without compromising on either quality or environmental considerations .
Thanks to a Spanish working model, builders' association, which is also becoming increasingly popular in other countries, which goes around the traditional promoter model, we can build significantly cheaper. Read more about housing cooperative and builders' associations in this article .
One of our own building community projects that is under construction (construction start was Q1 2022) is Colina Alta in Nerja.
More important collaborations:
We have worked hard to build trust for almost 20 years. From time to time we are rewarded with being among the first to launch attractive projects, such as this unique project of apartments on one of Spain's last real beach plots.
In autumn 2021, we received a nice price from Spain's fastest growing construction company AEADAS. The prize was awarded to us for "best efficiency". That is, we consistently follow our philosophy of matching the right item to the right customer. There is no need to go around and show everything. The customer's individual criteria must always be at the center, not the commission. Quality over quantity. Below is a short video interview with our main broker Anders Larsson in connection with the award ceremony:
The entire spectrum of opportunities for those who want to invest in Spain
Through exclusive partnerships with the majority of well-established building developers and close cooperation with the majority of builders on the Costa del Sol, as well as banks and landowners and specialists in renovation projects, we offer the entire spectrum of opportunities for those who want to invest in homes on the Spanish housing market. After the Corona crisis and the inflation crisis, the pressure, and the opportunities, will be significantly greater than they were even in 2010 and beyond. Our job will be to navigate our clients through the possibilities, to avoid the pitfalls and invest in the right object in the right area from the very beginning. This is our second crisis, and the upswing will be the second boom we are going through. The first crisis that started in 2008 was very instructive, and we now know what to bet on and what not to bet on. Learning from history is at least as important as absorbing the new. Certain segments, certain areas, may always be cheaper in a crisis, but they also do not increase during an upswing.
- Do you want to buy one or a couple of homes for rent? It is our specialty to find exactly these objects and also offer a complete solution for renting (including marketing, help with licenses, janitorial, cleaning and administrative, etc.) through partners, as well as help you get a loan in a Spanish bank, if it needs.
- For those looking for something for a maximum of around €100,0000. Just before the pandemic, we started a new investment in renovation objects as many requested it. We help with the renovation process, root deductions, etc. Read more about houses in need of renovation in a popular village just outside Malaga. It is close to the airport and the sea. Good prices. Houses that have licenses in order etc.
- Do you want to buy up land and build a project with 1-50 homes (including construction of individual luxury villas)? Our partners who specialize in this type of project (including in the public sector) and experienced lawyers will help you find land and negotiate a good price. In collaboration with our architects, we then help you create designs and ensure that the project achieves all the requirements to obtain licenses etc. We also put you in touch with banks for financing and insurance companies for guarantees.
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More about spanskafastigheter.se
It is no coincidence that Spanish Real Estate has chosen the Costa del Sol (Nerja, Malaga and Marbella) in particular, as our main bases for brokering properties in Spain. This is where most investors go because prices fell significantly during the crisis years, while they are now increasing relatively slowly, and tourism is breaking records every season. Nowhere else in Spain is the rental of private residences as lucrative.
We help with everything in the process, both before and after purchase:
This means, among other things, help with:
- find a safe investment with actual figures as a basis
- legal help from a local lawyer who knows the market and ensures that all papers and licenses are in order (also applies to getting a building license through for larger construction projects)
- to be guided step by step through the entire purchase process to the signing of the deed
- as well as help with what needs to be done in connection with and after moving in (water, electricity, etc.)
- in addition, we have been collaborating for a long time with Swedish-speaking bank managers at major Spanish banks (this also applies at the manager level for larger projects, including bank guarantees).
- we also collaborate at the highest management level regarding larger bank properties (everything from smaller apartments to resorts, and larger plots of land for development)
We have been collaborating with an international rental company for a few years now, which means that we can help rent out your property. This company has several offices, cleaning companies (to lower prices for our clients) and other infrastructure required in this context. We also have unique statistics (we also had our own rental for several years) that go back to the pre-crisis years, which we use as a basis when we look for the best investment properties for our clients.
We collaborate, in addition to the actors mentioned above, with an increasing number of developers who give us exclusive sales rights of new development , while we continuously scan for attractive and affordable land that we can build on ourselves (with a local bank providing financing and bank guarantee).
Since 2016, we have also been involved in several cases from wheat to wheat in terms of new development . Through our wide Spanish network of contacts, we search for price-wise and geographically attractive plots and negotiate a favorable price for them. We are then active in the design/design of the homes and finally its marketing/sales and rental after completion. We also have a team of experienced lawyers and legal professionals who take care of everything around; from all the legal aspects surrounding the purchase of land, to ongoing contact with authorities for issuing licenses. We have a few banks that we have collaborated with for several years and negotiate directly at management level (loans to buyers, as well as bank guarantees) regarding the larger projects.
It all started when our company lawyer, who worked as a developer for many years before the crisis, started this sought-after project in Nerja and we sold it in record time. Since then, we have also sold phase 2 (a total of 48 apartments) and found ourselves in a unique situation on the market as several landowners and builders want us to realize their projects that have been dormant. We publish ongoing information about upcoming projects in our newsletters before we post ads etc. on the website or Facebook, etc.
We are NOT a franchise company. This means, among other things, that we work long-term and do not change markets and direction depending on how the winds change. In addition, we have core staff and local partners (including bank directors) with whom we have worked for over 10 years. We strongly believe in long-term thinking, transparency and continuity.
Quotes from clients (from our Facebook page):
"Everything good to say about Anders and Spanska Fastigheter. Received invaluable help both before and after the purchase. Definitely recommended!” Peter H.
“Very helpful. Serious" Maria O.
"Fantastic good service even for me as a buyer. Anders is hugely committed and helps with EVERYTHING both before and after the deal is done. My warmest recommendations for Spanish properties!” Joakim J.
Read everything you need to know about investing in Spain.
CONTACT: info@spanskafastigheter.se
On 16/12 2017, we were included in SVD's appendix "Your residence abroad". Link to the article mentioned in SVD.
We are currently headquartered in Nerja on the Costa del Sol.
Our specialty is finding homes that are a good investment , that increase in value in the long term and that directly provide a return through rental.
We were also the first to be licensed by the nationwide Caixa bank to sell their properties on the Costa del Sol, among others, and thus became their so-called International Brokers. On the Costa del Sol, however, there are few bank properties left and on the Costa Blanca the best buy is new development . However, there are occasional good buys to be had in bank withdrawals in different parts of Spain. In 2018 and beyond, things will happen again in the market for bank objects. Sign up for one of our newsletters here . We will continuously publish different types of projects that come to market. Right now these luxury villas in a sought-after plot at Capistrano Village are being sold by spanskafastigheter.se:
More Press
In May 2014, Dagens Industri used us as a reference (however, they did not get it completely as it is not true that prices in Gran Canaria have fallen by 75 percent. It is individual bank objects that have fallen by so much, not the market as a whole. Overall, the prices of The Canary Islands and Mallorca decreased less than on the mainland.)
About spanskafastigheter.se
The company was founded in 2008 by Anders Larsson and Jan Nilsson.
Nerja for over a decade, and has a Spanish wife and children and lives with them right by the beach. He has worked as a broker for several years and has exclusive agreements with the majority of large developers and banks in the area. The advantage of this is that he can negotiate prices directly with the property owners, and can assist with more and faster information for you as our customer. He can also help with loans, up to 90 percent of the sum.
- E-mail: spanienkontoret@spanskafastigheter.se
- Telephone number for Anders in Spain : 0034 669 738 682.
- Skype : spanskafastigheter.se
- Address head office, Nerja : Calle pintada N 9, 29780 Nerja, Malaga. The office is located near the Balcon de Europa. (note, call in advance and make an appointment. Anders and our other employees are mostly out showing or taking in new properties).
Anders can also give advice and tips about Nerja and the Solkusten in general. For example, which areas and schools are most suitable for young children. In addition, he has several contacts in the banking world and can offer advice with financing, etc. He is an invaluable asset for you both during and after the home purchase. Anders also sits on the board of För Velez-Malaga, the Swedish-owned club that aims to move up in the Spanish league system and which recently played a training match against Hammarby.
Our marketing manager Jan Nilsson worked on a daily basis as a secondary school teacher in Data, English and Tourism, but also for young people with special needs at the special school - a job he enjoyed very much! For over 15 years, however, he has been working full-time as a co-owner of spanskafastigheter.se. He grew up a stone's throw from Anders in Arvika, and still lives in the city (but will buy an apartment in scenic Nerja, no matter what). Jan also consults, within digital strategy, for the long-standing Klässbols Linneväveri, the royal court supplier, which, among other things, supplies tablecloths and napkins for the Nobel dinner. Would you like to contact Jan? Send e-mail to: info@spanskafastigheter.se
Jealina Wendel is mainly in charge of the Marbella area. The office is located in Nueva Andalucia. Jealina has broad experience of working on the western Costa del Sol, and not least then with luxury properties. She is based in her office in Nueva Andalucia. You can reach her at marbella@spanskafastigheter.se
Emil Hallikainen is the company's expert on tax regulations and letting. He has also read up on how it works with root deductions etc. for Swedes who invest in Spain. Emil also has the best knowledge of the housing market around central Malaga in general. Emil has a genuine interest in international tax rules and company structures and has worked with real estate since an early age. Emil moved to Spain already as a child at the age of 6 and had the opportunity to go to school and learn the Spanish culture as part of his upbringing. He studied for a few years in a Swedish high school in Sweden, majoring in economics/brokerage, but moved back to Spain at the age of 18 and has since lived his entire adult life in Andalusia. Interior design and design is another interest that Emil is passionate about, which he finds very useful in the Spanish property industry. Do you want to contact Emil? His E-mail is emil@spanskafastigheter.se Telephone: 0034 633 335 423.
Our inner circle of brokers who work with us (mostly local Spanish, as well as British, but also French, German and Dutch brokers) consists of around 15. In total, we work with approximately 50 different brokerage firms, individual players and developers. In addition, through partners etc. we have access to databases with thousands of objects throughout Spain. However, the majority of these are not good investments, which should be emphasized. We sift through the range and present them in our newsletters and on the website.
Links to our newsletters
- Newsletter Nerja
- Newsletter Marbella and the rest of the western Costa del Sol (Mijas, Fuengirola, Estepona etc)
A few more pages of particular interest:
- Sell your property in Nerja via us.
- Rent a holiday home in Nerja.
- About applying for a loan promise in a Spanish bank.
- Cheap flights to Spain
- Our main lawyer, Francisco López page on Yelp.
- Read more about what we offer in this article about housing in Spain
- Read a bit about our selection of houses and apartments for rent
- For those who are thinking of buying hotels or other commercial properties in Spain
- Learn more about what you should consider when buying a house in Spain
- About buying an apartment in Spain as an investment
- Overview new development Solkusten.
Organization number main activity:
SL ESB-93502193
(note, several individual companies and other forms of company are connected to spanskafastigheter.se. The Spanish office and our subsidiaries are Spanish-registered companies).
Our profile on Google Maps Nerja:
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