New Developments
in Benahavís
69 live new-build schemes across 12 Benahavís sub-areas. From €395k entry to €20M top end. Independent broker, pre-construction allocation access.
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Benahavís fragments by sub-area: Golden Mile trophy, Nueva Andalucía golf depth, San Pedro walkable town, Sierra Blanca trophy hillside, eastern beach value. Tap a card to jump to its live inventory.
All 69 Benahavís developments
La Quinta
Monte Mayor
Benahavís
La Reserva de Alcuzcuz
El Madroñal
El Paraíso
El Herrojo
Los Flamingos
Los Jaralillos
Marbella Club Golf Resort
Real de La Quinta
Other
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Trained on all 69 live Benahavís developments, 12 sub-areas, current market data, and Spanish purchase law.
What you are actually looking at
What you are actually looking at
Benahavís sits on 69 tracked new developments at the time of writing, 19 in pre-construction or off-plan stages, 27 actively under construction, and 23 completed and ready to occupy. That range of build status matters more than most buyers expect, because it determines whether you are negotiating for an apartment that exists and can be walked through today or committing capital to a unit whose delivery depends on a build programme that runs 18 to 36 months from reservation. Both positions have merit, but the analysis behind each decision is entirely different, and conflating them is one of the more expensive mistakes buyers make in this municipality. Entry prices begin at €395k within the Benahavís village zone itself and reach €20.0M at the upper end of La Reserva de Alcuzcuz and El Herrojo, which means the market here is not a single market at all but a collection of sub-markets that happen to share a municipal boundary. Branded-residence projects, those carrying fashion or hospitality names and marketing those associations as part of the product, are concentrated in Benahavís and function on a timeline that diverges sharply from conventional new-build.
Branded residences sit on a different clock
The practical difference is allocation. When a project of this type opens a broker launch or pre-release window, the units available at indicative launch pricing are finite, and they are distributed through agents with formal allocation agreements before anything reaches the open market. Roccabox holds those agreements on active projects in the municipality. The relevance to a buyer is not the brand itself but the access structure: buyers who engage early receive pricing that reflects the developer's pre-construction cost model rather than the adjusted pricing that enters the market once construction is visible and perceived risk has dropped. Whether that spread represents value depends on individual holding period, equity position, and appetite for construction-phase uncertainty, none of which are uniform across buyers.
How they differ in practice
The sub-area spread deserves close attention. La Quinta carries the highest development count at 21 projects starting from €899k, and it offers the broadest range of product types, villa plots, apartment complexes, and townhouse clusters, with golf and sea views depending on elevation. Monte Mayor holds 14 developments from €2.5M and is architecturally quieter, with larger plots, greater privacy, and a landscape that appeals to buyers for whom proximity to Marbella's commercial strip is a secondary concern. The Benahavís village zone itself, 10 developments from €395k, is the most accessible entry point and attracts buyers who want a freehold purchase inside the municipality without committing to the higher capital required in the gated or golf-adjacent zones. La Reserva de Alcuzcuz, El Herrojo, Los Flamingos, and Real de La Quinta occupy the upper bracket, ranging from €6.3M upward, with lower development density and product that skews toward large detached villas on generous plots.
What we actually do for buyers
El Paraíso at four developments from €1.5M and El Madroñal at five from €5.0M sit between those poles and tend to attract buyers upgrading within the Costa del Sol rather than arriving for the first time. Roccabox has been active on the Costa del Sol for nine years and tracks these 69 developments across all build stages in real time. The practical role the agency fills is matching buyers to the specific stage of development that suits their financial timeline, arranging access to projects before they reach general release where that access exists, and managing the process from first viewing through to key handover, including coordination with independent lawyers, currency specialists, and snagging inspectors. The agency does not charge buyers a fee at any point in that process. Remuneration comes from developers at completion, which is the standard structure across new-build sales in Spain and is worth understanding clearly before a buyer engages anyone in this market.
How the 69 schemes break down
Off-plan locks today's price with bank-guaranteed deposits. Ready-to-move trades certainty for less entry headroom.
69 developments · 12 sub-areas · verified 25 July 2026
Where Benahavís sits
Benahavís climate, in numbers
How buying a new-build in Spain actually works
Three-stage payment structure
Reservation deposit €5k–€20k holds the unit 15–30 days. Private contract (contrato de compraventa) signed within that window with 10% deposit transferred. On off-plan, deposits sit under mandatory bank guarantee. Completion 60+ days later, remainder paid at notary, title registered at Registro de la Propiedad.
Around 12–13% on top of price
10% IVA on the purchase price, 1.2% AJD stamp duty, ~1% legal fees plus IVA, notary and registry on a sliding scale, minimal Plusvalía at first sale. A €750k apartment lands around €90–97k in taxes and fees. Annual IBI thereafter is typically 0.4–1.1% of cadastral value.
Engage your own lawyer
Never the developer's lawyer. Your counsel reviews the private contract, verifies building licences, confirms bank guarantees for off-plan deposits, and rejects unfavourable completion clauses. Roccabox introduces vetted Spanish property lawyers at no fee.
60–70% LTV is the norm
Spanish banks lend up to 60–70% of the bank's valuation (not purchase price) to non-residents. Rates currently 3.5–5.5%. Need NIE, tax returns, bank statements. 4–8 weeks application to approval. Roccabox introduces non-resident mortgage brokers.
10-year structural guarantee
Snagging inspection one to three weeks pre-completion. Documented report binds the developer to remediation. Roccabox attends every snagging with our clients and photographs defects. Spanish law mandates a 10-year structural warranty and one year on finishes.
Guidance only. Obtain independent regulated counsel for your circumstances. Roccabox introduces vetted Spanish lawyers, mortgage brokers, and immigration counsel.
buyer questions – Benahavís
Can buying property in Benahavís lead to Spanish residency for non-EU nationals?
What are the practical differences between buying off-plan and buying a completed unit in Benahavís?
What deposit and payment schedule should I expect for a new-build purchase?
How should I decide between La Quinta, Monte Mayor, El Madroñal, and the other sub-areas?
What taxes and total acquisition costs should I budget for in Andalusia?
Can non-resident buyers obtain a mortgage in Spain for a Benahavís new-build?
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