Property management
Holiday rental management in Fuengirola
Owners: a large British and Scandinavian community
Fuengirola has one of the province's most established British and Scandinavian communities and rental demand almost year-round. It's a market of owners who live abroad and need someone they trust on the ground.
Holiday letting in Fuengirola, in numbers
- 2,903
- Actively listed
- 6,341
- Hold a licence
- 3,438
- Not being used
on Airbnb, Booking or Vrbo
Junta de Andalucía VUT register
licensed but unlisted
Active supply has fallen 9.8% in a year.
The gap is an upper estimate: it also contains homes let through other channels, stale register entries and seasonal de-listings. Source: Observatorio de Vivienda Turística (INE · RTA Junta de Andalucía), May 2026.
What owners in Fuengirola need to know
Fuengirola was one of the first towns to put the brakes on. In August 2024 the town hall announced that applications filed since 22 February 2024 for flats without their own entrance are not processed as holiday lets, under article 7.1.6 of its planning rules, and asked the Junta to cancel around 600 registrations.
The same announcement changed the tax side: holiday lets pay the waste-collection rate reserved for hotels and hostels, calculated by floor area, and owners registered as residents lost their 30% IBI (council tax) discount.
The council's own study put residential tourist pressure at 9%, double Málaga city's, with Torreblanca-Carvajal at 13.9%. If your flat has no separate entrance, protect the registration you already hold: under this rule a new application would not be processed.
Demand is among the steadiest on the coast: in regulated tourist apartments, occupancy per unit stayed above 78.6% from April to October 2025 and reached 91.3% in August (INE).
Sources: Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola, 13 ago 2024 · INE · Ocupación en apartamentos turísticos por puntos turísticos. Checked on 1 October 2026.
- We send you photos after every stay. You always know how your property is doing.
- We work in Spanish and English, so there is always someone who answers in your language.
- We handle the Spanish bureaucracy: licences, taxes, utilities and community meetings.
- We screen every guest personally. It's your home, and we treat it that way.
Frequently asked questions
Do you manage properties in Fuengirola?
Yes. We manage holiday and mid-term rentals in Fuengirola and across the Costa del Sol, with a named contact for every owner.
I live abroad — how do I know what's happening with my property?
We send photos after every stay and monthly owner updates by WhatsApp or email. We work in Spanish and English, so there is always someone who answers in your language.
What do you charge?
A single 25% commission on booking revenue, with cleaning and laundry between stays already included. Repairs are billed separately at cost, always with your approval first. No monthly fee and no lock-in.
Is it still worth renting out in Fuengirola?
Fuengirola has 6,341 homes holding a tourist licence and only 2,903 listed on Airbnb, Booking or Vrbo. If you hold a licence and are not using it, that is a stalled asset — and since 2026 a new one is much harder to get.