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Mar Azul, Málaga property and area FAQs
Mar Azul is an NLS property-search area in Málaga province within the Estepona municipality context. The current public NLS inventory contains 1 listing, including 1 apartment.
Place and geography
What kind of place is Mar Azul?
Estepona is a town and municipality in the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its district covers an area of 137 square kilometers in a fertile valley crossed by small streams and a mountainous areas dominated by the Sierra Bermeja, which reaches an elevation of 1,449 m at the peak of Los Reales.
What does the official settlement record show for Mar Azul?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Estepona. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Estepona, at a recorded elevation of approximately 5 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Nueva Atalaya (4,168 residents in the cited settlement record), Resinera-Voladilla (3,234 residents in the cited settlement record), Paraíso-Barronal (2,361 residents in the cited settlement record), Bel Air (2,195 residents in the cited settlement record), and Cancelada (2,023 residents in the cited settlement record). Nomenclátor entries describe settlement geography; they are not listing totals, neighbourhood boundaries or evidence of homes currently available for sale.
What additional local context is recorded for Mar Azul?
Estepona is renowned for its beaches, which stretch along some 21 km of coastline. It is a popular resort and holiday destination.
What is the recorded municipal area for Mar Azul?
The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 137.0 square kilometres for Estepona municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.
What geographic scope do the facts for Mar Azul use?
The stated official-data scope is Estepona municipality. Current NLS listings use the property-search area itself, while official market and demographic measures keep their own published geography visible.
What is the official INE code used for Mar Azul?
The official municipality context used for Mar Azul has INE code 29051. That code prevents same-name municipalities in different provinces from being combined.
How many official population nuclei are recorded for Mar Azul?
The current IGN Nomenclátor extract records 17 official population nuclei for Estepona municipality. These are settlement records, not property listings.
People and households
What is the latest official population shown for Mar Azul?
The latest imported INE population for Estepona municipality is 77,877, for period 2023.
How has the recorded population changed in Mar Azul?
Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Estepona municipality, recorded population changed by 18.3%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.
What net income per person is recorded for Mar Azul?
The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Estepona municipality is €12,741 net income per person, for period 2023.
What is the recorded average age in Mar Azul?
INE records an average age of 41.6 years for Estepona municipality, for period 2023.
What share of residents in Mar Azul is recorded as non-Spanish?
The imported INE nationality series implies a non-Spanish resident share of 27.9% for Estepona municipality, in period 2023.
Which published period has the smallest population value for Mar Azul?
Within the same displayed series for Estepona municipality, the lowest population value is 64,935 residents in 2016.
Property market evidence
What is the latest official sold-price snapshot for Mar Azul?
The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Estepona municipality records €3,437 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.
What appraised housing value is available for Mar Azul?
MITMA records an appraised housing value of €3,514 per square metre for Estepona municipality in 2026Q1. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.
What is the earliest displayed Mar Azul appraised housing value observation?
The displayed series for Estepona municipality begins at €2,364 per m² in 2023Q2. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.
What is the highest displayed appraised housing value point relevant to Mar Azul?
Within the 12 displayed observations for Estepona municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €3,514 per m² in 2026Q1.
How large is the price-informed Notariado sample for Mar Azul?
The published price measures use 2,671 price-informed sales from 3,168 total recorded transactions for Estepona municipality.
How has the registered sale-price benchmark changed around Mar Azul?
The displayed Registradores series for Málaga province changed by 10.8% year on year at its latest point. This is a province trend, not a forecast for Mar Azul.
Housing stock and registrations
How many cadastral buildings are recorded for Mar Azul?
Dirección General del Catastro records 11,794 buildings for Estepona municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.
How many dwellings are recorded for Mar Azul?
The current Catastro building extract records 52,422 dwellings for Estepona municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.
What is the average recorded build year in Mar Azul?
Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,984 for Estepona municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.
How many energy certificates are recorded for Mar Azul?
The current official administrative extract contains 14,625 energy certificates for Estepona municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.
How prominent is the Before 1950 construction band in Mar Azul?
The Before 1950 band contains 509 recorded buildings for Estepona municipality, representing 4.3% of the buildings included in the displayed age distribution.
Which building-age band is largest in Mar Azul?
The largest recorded Catastro age band is 1970–1989, with 4,209 buildings, or 35.8% of buildings that enter the displayed age distribution.
Current property inventory
How many properties are currently listed in Mar Azul on NLS?
The current eligible public inventory contains 1 listing for Mar Azul. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.
Which property types are currently available in Mar Azul?
The current public inventory is: 1 apartment. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.
What is the current asking-price range in Mar Azul?
Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €2,050,000 to €2,050,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.
Are inactive or private listings included in the current Mar Azul inventory?
No. The Mar Azul count includes only active listings that are eligible for the public NLS catalogue at the time the page is generated. Draft, withdrawn, private and feed-private records do not create a public area or property-type page.
What part of the current Mar Azul inventory is apartments?
NLS currently shows 1 eligible public apartment for Mar Azul, equal to 100.0% of the 1-listing area inventory.
How to read these answers
Current listings and asking prices can change. Institutional figures update on their own publication cycles and may use municipality, province or autonomous-community scope. Compare unlike measures only after checking their stated geography and period. This page is market context, not a valuation, forecast, legal opinion or investment recommendation.