Long Term Rentals in Marbella and the Costa del Sol

Long term rentals in Marbella and the Costa del Sol

Long term here means a home, not a holiday: contracts of twelve months and upwards, furnished or unfurnished, priced per month. The stock runs from apartments in Nueva Andalucía and the golf valley, where most of the year-round supply sits, to family villas in Nagüeles, Sierra Blanca and the Estepona hills. It moves quickly. Well priced homes on the Golden Mile and around the international schools are usually let within the first fortnight, so tell us what you need before it appears and we will call you first.

Everything on this page is stock we or our partner agencies hold. If you are buying rather than renting, the resale catalogue and the new developments page cover the coast in the same way.

Long term or holiday: the rules that matter

Long term tenancies in Spain sit under the LAU, the national tenancy law. The tenant may stay for five years (seven if the landlord is a company) whatever the contract says, the deposit is one month by law, and since the 2023 Housing Law the agency fee is paid by the landlord, not the tenant. Andalucía has declared no “tensioned” areas, so there is no rent cap in Marbella; annual updates follow the national reference index published by INE.

Holiday lets need the Andalucía tourist licence (the VFT registration) and, since 1 July 2025, the national short term rental registration number shown in every advert. Communities of owners can restrict holiday letting in their statutes, so on any apartment we check the community rules before we list it. Our note on the short term rental rules sets out the detail.

Where to rent on the Costa del Sol

The same geography that decides sale prices decides rents. Walking distance to the beach, the schools and the town carries a premium; the golf valley and the hills give more house for the money and quieter nights. Our area pages describe each community for buyers, and everything in them applies to tenants: the Golden Mile, Nueva Andalucía, Puente Romano, Sierra Blanca, Nagüeles, Cascada de Camoján, Los Monteros, La Quinta and La Zagaleta. For the towns, start with the guides to Marbella, Estepona and Benahavís.

How we work with tenants and landlords

For tenants we do the searching, including homes that never reach the portals, check that the property is licensed and the landlord is who they say they are, and negotiate the contract. For landlords we value the property against what has actually been let rather than what is being asked, market it, vet the tenant properly, draft the contract to the LAU and lodge the deposit with the Junta as the law requires. The market data library holds the quarterly reports behind our advice.

Questions tenants and landlords ask us