Torre de Mar, Málaga property and area FAQs

Vélez-Málaga , locally known as Vélez, is a municipality, the capital (and the most important city) of the Axarquía comarca in the province of Málaga, in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. Vélez-Málaga is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Costa del Sol-Axarquía. The municipality forms part of the Costa del Sol region.

For Vélez-Málaga, the IGN Nomenclátor currently lists 22 official population nuclei. The imported source records are dated through 2025-10-20. The entry explicitly marked as the municipal capital is Vélez-Málaga, at a recorded elevation of approximately 45 metres. Other population-bearing nuclei in the extract include Torre del Mar (21,921 residents in the cited settlement record), Caleta de Vélez (4,245 residents in the cited settlement record), Chilches (4,053 residents in the cited settlement record), Benajarafe (3,032 residents in the cited settlement record), and Almayate Bajo (2,113 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.

Vélez-Málaga itself is a market city and "bustling market town and supply centre for the region's farmers", 4 km inland from Torre del Mar but unlike the coastal resort not dominated by the tourist industry.

The linked structured municipality record gives an area of 158.0 square kilometres for Vélez-Málaga municipality. This is municipal geography, not a property-search radius.

NLS resolves the municipality context through INE code 29094 and keeps the province label Málaga. Name-only fuzzy matching is not used to assign official market values.

The sourced municipality record gives a reference elevation of approximately 60 metres. Elevation can vary within the municipality and is not a property-specific measurement.

The latest imported INE population for Vélez-Málaga municipality is 86,346, for period 2023.

Across the first and latest points in the displayed INE series for Vélez-Málaga municipality, recorded population changed by 9.9%. This describes the published series, not a forecast.

The latest imported INE household-income atlas value for Vélez-Málaga municipality is €12,154 net income per person, for period 2023.

INE records an average age of 42.3 years for Vélez-Málaga municipality, for period 2023.

Within the 9 displayed observations for Vélez-Málaga municipality, the highest population value is 86,346 residents in 2023.

INE records 18.1% of residents aged 65 or over for Vélez-Málaga municipality, in period 2023.

The current Consejo General del Notariado snapshot for Vélez-Málaga municipality records €2,175 per square metre. It is completed-sale evidence, not an asking-price figure.

MITMA records an appraised housing value of €2,788 per square metre for Vélez-Málaga municipality in 2026Q2. Appraised value is a different basis from both asking and completed-sale price.

The displayed series for Vélez-Málaga municipality begins at €2,423 per m² in 2025Q4. This is the earliest point in the current imported series, not an estimate for an earlier period.

Within the 2 displayed observations for Vélez-Málaga municipality, the highest appraised housing value value is €2,788 per m² in 2026Q2.

Across the latest four displayed MITMA quarters, resale housing represents 86.8% of transactions for Vélez-Málaga municipality.

At the latest displayed point, the INE house-price index for Andalucía changed by 11.9% year on year. The value describes the region, not an individual municipality or property.

Dirección General del Catastro records 18,304 buildings for Vélez-Málaga municipality in the current imported extract. This is physical stock, not homes for sale.

The current Catastro building extract records 49,193 dwellings for Vélez-Málaga municipality. It should not be read as current sale inventory.

Across buildings with a recorded construction year, the Catastro extract gives an average year of 1,980 for Vélez-Málaga municipality. Missing construction years are not imputed.

The current official administrative extract contains 11,833 energy certificates for Vélez-Málaga municipality. Certificate count is registered coverage, not the total number of homes.

The official administrative extract contains 2,404 active tourism-register entries for Vélez-Málaga municipality, with source update 2026-10-29. It is not an occupancy measure.

The active entries in the imported official register represent 12,988 registered places for Vélez-Málaga municipality. Registered capacity does not measure actual occupancy.

The current eligible public inventory contains 9 listings for Torre de Mar. The count excludes sold, withdrawn, expired, rejected, draft, private, off-market and feed-private records.

The current public inventory is: 3 apartments; 3 villas; 1 penthouse; 1 town house. Only types with at least one eligible live listing receive an indexable area/type page.

Published asking prices in the current NLS inventory run from €260,000 to €1,348,000. These are live asking prices, not completed-sale values.

The difference between the current published minimum of €260,000 and maximum of €1,348,000 is €1,088,000. This describes the live mix of listings and is not a market-value estimate.

NLS currently shows 3 eligible public villas for Torre de Mar, equal to 33.3% of the 9-listing area inventory.

NLS currently shows 1 eligible public town house for Torre de Mar, equal to 11.1% of the 9-listing area inventory.