Property Check · Marbella & Costa del Sol
Check Any Costa del Sol Property — Before You Buy
Start with a free property check. Find cadastral details, then order a Nota Simple, market report or property valuation if you need a deeper review.
Spanish Land Registry, Cadastre and official market data — collected, checked and explained clearly in English, Russian or Spanish.
No payment · No account · Start with cadastral data
Check the property before you commit
Official Spanish sources — Land Registry, Cadastre, notarial sale prices, tourism registry — read for you and explained in English, Russian or Spanish. One-time payment per report, delivered to your email.
Property card
What the Spanish Cadastre knows about the building: floor areas, plot size, year built, type, and what is on the plot.
Instant, sent to your email.
Nota Simple with plain-language summary
The official Land Registry extract for the property, plus our summary of what it actually says: who owns it, any mortgages, charges or restrictions, and whether the registered size matches the Cadastre.
What's included
- Original Nota Simple PDF issued by the Registro de la Propiedad
- Owner(s) and shares, mortgages and amounts, embargoes, usufructs, easements
- Cross-check of registered areas against the Cadastre, discrepancies flagged
- Verdict: clean / worth discussing / risk found
Usually within a few hours in working time; up to 2 working days.
Area market report
What homes really sold for in a postcode or urbanisation over the last 12 months — notarial closing prices, not asking prices — with the neighbouring areas for comparison.
What's included
- Closed sales: number, average price, €/m² and size — apartments and houses, new-build and resale
- Comparison with 3–4 neighbouring areas
- Who lives there: share of foreign residents, main nationalities, income level, population growth
- Official long-term rental trend and number of registered tourist rentals in the area
- 4–6 page PDF, every figure sourced
Within a few hours in working time.
Property valuation
One specific property against its market: what the Cadastre says it is, what comparable homes in its zone have closed at, and where a fair price sits — with arguments you can use when negotiating.
What's included
- Property card from the Cadastre
- Asking price versus notarial closing prices for the same type of property in the same zone
- Fair-price range, adjusted for urbanisation, condition and views
- Negotiation points and what to check at the viewing
- Tourist-rental registration check for this property
- 3–4 page PDF
Within a few hours in working time.
Property Check — full report
Everything above in one document: the legal position, the building, the area and the price — plus what the purchase will actually cost you in taxes and fees.
What's included
- Nota Simple with plain-language summary
- Property card from the Cadastre
- Area market report
- Property valuation and negotiation points
- Purchase cost breakdown for this price: transfer tax or VAT and stamp duty, notary, registry, legal fees
- Closing page: what we would look at next if this were our purchase
- 12–15 page PDF in your language
Within 2 working days (the Land Registry sets the pace).
Consultation with Anna Ljubimova
The full report on your property, then an hour on Google Meet with Anna — founder of SOBE Invest, twelve years on this coast — to go through it, followed by a written plan built around what you want the property to do for you.
What's included
- Property Check full report, delivered before the call
- 60-minute video consultation: the property, the area, the price, the legal position, your questions
- After the call: a written plan for your goal — living, long-term letting, tourist letting or resale — with purchase costs, running costs taxes, expected income and the risks we see
- Follow-up questions by email for 7 days
- If you later buy through SOBE Invest, the consultation fee is deducted from our commission
Call slot within 3 working days of booking.
The Nota Simple is issued by the Spanish Land Registry (Registro de la Propiedad); SOBE Invest obtains it on your behalf and explains it. It is an informative extract — for a legally binding statement, a certificación registral is required. Market figures are cited from the Consejo General del Notariado's statistical portal and other named official sources. Prices include Spanish VAT.
Start with the free property card
Find the building on the map and tap it — or paste a Google Maps link or cadastral reference below. First you see what the Spanish Cadastre holds on that property; then, if you want it, we email you the card as a PDF. No payment, no account.
Several units share this building. Which one is yours?
Cadastral reference:
Source: Sede Electrónica del Catastro. Areas are cadastral and may differ from the Land Registry; the paid reports cross-check them. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors; imagery © Esri; parcels © Dirección General del Catastro.
How it works
Every report follows the same path. What changes is how deep we go.
You tell us which property
Address, cadastral reference, or a link to the listing. Choose the report you need and pay by card — Apple Pay and Google Pay work too.
We pull the official records
Cadastre, Land Registry, notarial sale statistics, the Andalusian tourism registry. Nothing is taken from listings or estimates.
You get a report you can read
A PDF in English, with every figure sourced — and a person to ask if something in it needs explaining.
Where the data comes from
Only official Spanish sources. Each figure in a report names the one it came from.
- Registro de la Propiedad
- The Land Registry: ownership, mortgages, charges and restrictions. Source of the Nota Simple.
- Sede Electrónica del Catastro
- The Cadastre: what the building physically is — areas, plot, year, composition.
- Consejo General del Notariado
- Real closing prices from notarised sales, by postcode and municipality, updated monthly.
- Registro de Turismo de Andalucía
- Which homes hold a tourist-rental registration, and how many exist in an area.
- INE & SERPAVI
- Who lives in the municipality, how it is growing, and the official long-term rental trend.
- SOBE Invest
- Twelve years on this coast: the adjustments for urbanisation, condition and views that no database holds.
Which report do you need?
Every report is built from the same official records. The table shows what each one contains, how long it takes and what it costs.
Swipe sideways to see all six reports.
| Property cardFree | Nota Simple19,90 € | Area report24,90 € | Valuation49,00 € | Most completeFull report79,00 € | Consultation249,00 € | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadastral property card — areas, plot, year built, composition | — | — | ||||
| Nota Simple from the Land Registry with plain-language summary | — | — | — | |||
| Owners, mortgages, embargoes and charges; registered area cross-checked against the Cadastre | — | — | — | |||
| Real notarial closing prices in the area, last 12 months, with 3–4 neighbouring areas | — | — | zone only | |||
| Who lives there, rental trend and number of registered tourist rentals | — | — | — | |||
| Fair-price range for this property and negotiation points | — | — | — | |||
| Tourist-rental registration check for this property | — | — | — | |||
| Purchase cost breakdown — transfer tax or VAT, notary, registry, legal fees | — | — | — | — | ||
| 60-minute video call with Anna Ljubimova and a written plan for your goal | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Format | 1-page PDF | Registry PDF + summary | 4–6 pages | 3–4 pages | 12–15 pages | Report + call + plan |
| Delivery | Instant | Hours, up to 2 working days | Within hours | Within hours | Within 2 working days | Call within 3 working days |
| Get it free | Order | Order | Order | Order | Book |
Prices include Spanish VAT. If you later buy through SOBE Invest, the consultation fee is deducted from our commission, and clients buying with us receive the full report on any shortlisted property at no charge.
Questions people ask before ordering
What is a Nota Simple, and why do I need one?
It is the official extract from the Spanish Land Registry for one property. It shows who legally owns it and whether there are mortgages, embargoes or other charges attached — the things a listing never mentions. In Spain, charges follow the property, not the seller, so this is the first document any buyer should read.
How quickly will I receive the report?
Property cards and valuations go out within a few hours in working time. The Nota Simple depends on the Land Registry: usually a few hours, at most two working days. The full Property Check is sent as one document once the Nota Simple arrives.
Can you check a property that is not listed with SOBE?
Yes — any property on the Costa del Sol, from any agency or portal, or a private sale. Most of our reports are for homes we have nothing to do with.
In which languages are the reports written?
English, Russian or Spanish — choose at checkout. The Nota Simple itself is always issued in Spanish by the Registry; our summary is in your language.
Is the valuation an official appraisal?
No. A bank appraisal (tasación) is a regulated document from a certified valuer, usually required for a mortgage. Our valuation is a market analysis: what comparable properties have actually closed at and where the asking price sits against them. It is designed to inform your decision and your negotiation, not to satisfy a bank.
What if the property cannot be found?
If the Land Registry cannot locate the property from the details provided, we come back to you for more information before anything is ordered. If it still cannot be found, we refund the Nota Simple in full.
I am buying through SOBE — do I pay for this?
No. Clients buying with SOBE Invest receive the full Property Check on any shortlisted property as part of our service. If you book a consultation and later buy through us, its cost is deducted from our commission.
SOBE Invest is a commercial brand of Sobe Collection S.L. (CIF B75911685). The Nota Simple is issued by the Registro de la Propiedad; SOBE Invest obtains it on your behalf and provides an explanatory summary. It is informative in nature: a certificación registral is the legally binding document. Reports are not financial advice and contain no forecasts of income or return. Prices include Spanish VAT.