Property for sale in Río Real

28 properties for sale in Río Real · € 530,000 to € 5,100,000 · median € 5,761/m²

Río Real is the first district east of Marbella town, built around a golf course that runs from the hills down almost to the sea. The position is its whole argument: five minutes from the old quarter in one direction, a few hundred metres from the beach in the other, and a fairway in between. On a coast where golf usually means a drive inland and the beach usually means a price, this district gets both without either.

What property for sale in Río Real actually is

Apartments and villas in roughly equal measure. The apartments sit in gated schemes along the valley and above the course, most with pools, gardens and parking; the villas are on the slopes with the course in front of them. Plots are rare — the district has been built out — and townhouses are the exception rather than the rule.

The split in the numbers

Houses here run at 5,751 € per square metre across 11 comparable listings, above the Marbella average of 5,247 €. Apartments run at 4,658 € against 6,000 € — below it. The two move in opposite directions for a reason worth knowing: the villas sit on the course with the view, while a good part of the apartment stock is older, set back and inland. In this district the address tells you much less than the position inside it.

What that means for a buyer

It means the apartments here are one of the quieter opportunities in central Marbella — five minutes from the old town at a figure below the municipal average — and it means a villa here is priced like what it is, a golf-side house near the sea. Both are reasonable. What is not reasonable is comparing the district median against another district's and concluding anything from it.

Who buys in Río Real

Golfers who want to be able to walk home, and people who work or live in Marbella town and want to be near it without being in it. A smaller group buys for letting: the course carries spring and autumn, the beach carries summer, and the town carries winter — which is a longer season than most addresses on this coast can offer.

Getting around

Marbella old town is five minutes west, Puerto Banús about fifteen, Elviria ten minutes east. Málaga airport is roughly thirty-five minutes. The A-7 crosses the district between the course and the beach, which is also the thing to look at when choosing a property: whether your walk to the sand crosses it on the level or underneath it makes a daily difference.

What to check before you buy here

Four things. Where in the valley the property sits, because course frontage, a view over it and no view at all are three different prices that the adverts describe in similar words. How you reach the beach, on foot and by car. The community accounts — quota, reserve fund and the minutes of the last two general meetings. And the river, which gives the district its name: ask for the flood mapping on any property near the watercourse, in writing.

Where to go from here

Golf-side homes along the whole coast are collected under golf residences; by type we list apartments in Marbella and houses and villas. The neighbouring districts east are Los Monteros on the beach and El Rosario inland; west lies the town itself. If nothing here fits today, our property alarm mails you when it does.

What is for sale in Río Real right now

Our listings for Río Real currently hold 28 properties: 17 apartments and 11 houses. The typical home here is built over 195 m² with 2 to 6 bedrooms.

Type	For sale	Price from	Price to	Typical size
Apartment	17	€ 550,000	€ 5,100,000	156 m²
House	11	€ 530,000	€ 2,750,000	311 m²

By property type that breaks down into 9 middle floor apartments, 8 detached villas, 4 ground floor apartments, 3 penthouses, 2 semi-detached houses, 1 townhouse and 1 top floor apartment.

What property costs in Río Real

The median asking price in Río Real is € 1,445,000, the range runs from € 530,000 to € 5,100,000. Per square metre that is € 5,761 — in line with the wider Marbella area.

By budget: 6 between € 500,000 and € 750,000, 1 between € 750,000 and € 1,000,000, 14 between € 1,000,000 and € 2,000,000 and 7 over € 2,000,000.

Condition and what comes with the property

How the 28 properties in Río Real are described: 12 in excellent condition, 9 in good condition, 8 new construction and 1 recently renovated.

27 of 28 have a pool, 27 of 28 have a garden and 27 of 28 have parking. Where there is land, the median plot measures 863 m².

Pools are 18 communal and 10 private.

Gardens are 17 communal, 13 private, 10 landscaped and 3 easy maintenance.

Parking comes as 19 private, 14 underground, 11 garage, 9 more than one and 5 covered.

On security: 22 gated complex, 11 24 hour security, 10 entry phone, 8 alarm system and 5 electric blinds.

For heating and cooling: 17 air conditioning, 8 fireplace, 6 hot A/C, 6 cold A/C and 3 U/F/H bathrooms.

Kitchens are 17 fully fitted.

How the agents file them: 16 luxury, 12 golf, 10 resale, 8 investment, 6 holiday homes and 3 on the beachfront.

What the location is like in Río Real

Every listing records how it sits in its surroundings. Across the 28 properties in Río Real that reads: 25 close to golf, 23 close to the sea, 16 close to town, 15 in a gated urbanisation, 12 close to schools, 10 close to shops, 4 close to woodland and 4 beachside. The counts overlap — one property can be both close to the sea and close to golf.

Views and orientation

What you look at from Río Real: 19 garden views, 17 sea views, 11 mountain views, 11 golf views, 7 pool views, 6 panoramic views and 4 country views.

Which way they face — the figure that decides how much winter sun a terrace gets: 13 facing south, 7 facing west, 5 facing east, 4 facing south west and 3 facing south east.

Urbanisations in Río Real

Our Río Real listings sit in 1 named developments. The ones with the most on offer right now: Río Real (8).

Questions about property in Río Real