Marco Elsinger
Co-Founder & Property Advisor · OceanHome, Torrevieja
Co-Founder and Property Advisor at OceanHome. Raised in Spain with German roots, Marco knows Costa Blanca property law inside out and handles viewings and negotiations personally for buyers from across Europe.
Areas of expertise
Guides & articles by Marco
Costa Blanca Weather by Month: Temperatures and Rain
Temperatures, rainfall, sunshine hours, and sea temps for every month of the year in detail.
10 min read
Costa Blanca vs Costa del Sol: An Honest Comparison
An honest comparison of weather, prices, beaches, and lifestyle to help you decide which coast suits you.
9 min read
Buying Property in Spain as a Foreigner: 2026 Guide
Everything you need to know about the Spanish property purchase process, from NIE to notary, with real cost breakdowns and listing examples.
12 min read
Best Areas to Buy Property on the Costa Blanca
Area-by-area comparison of the Costa Blanca’s best property markets: prices, lifestyle, and who each area suits best.
11 min read
Getting a Mortgage in Spain as a Foreign Buyer
LTV limits, interest rates, required documents and a real worked example for non-resident mortgage buyers in Spain.
9 min read
Buying Property in Torrevieja: The 2026 Guide
Torrevieja is one of the most affordable and international places to buy on the Costa Blanca. Here is everything you need: prices, the best neighbourhoods, who buys here and why, and how the purchase works.
11 min read
Buying Property in Orihuela Costa: The 2026 Guide
Orihuela Costa packs the Costa Blanca’s best beaches, golf and shopping into one of Spain’s most international stretches of coast. Here is where to buy, what it costs, and why.
10 min read
Buying Property in Jávea (Xàbia): The 2026 Guide
Jávea is the upmarket, green and beautiful side of the Costa Blanca: a villa market with a famously healthy microclimate. Here is what to know before you buy.
10 min read
Buying Property in Calpe (Calp): The 2026 Guide
Calpe pairs a dramatic landmark rock with two of the Costa Blanca’s best beaches and a real working town. Here is what it costs to buy and where to look.
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Orihuela Costa Property Guide: Golf and Beaches
Area-by-area breakdown of Orihuela Costa: urbanisations, golf courses, beaches and what different budgets buy.
12 min read
Ciudad Quesada: Villas, Golf and Community Living
Detached villas with private pools, championship golf and a tight-knit international community: what Ciudad Quesada offers property buyers.
10 min read
Vega Baja Property Guide: Affordable Inland Towns
Affordable villas and townhouses in Spain’s Vega Baja region, 10–15 minutes from the coast at 30–40% less than beachfront prices.
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Moving to Spain from the UK: Post-Brexit Guide
Everything British expats need to know about moving to Spain post-Brexit: visas, healthcare, pensions and property.
13 min read
Renting vs Buying Property in Spain: The Numbers
Rent or buy? A practical financial comparison for anyone considering property in Spain, with real cost breakdowns.
10 min read
Golf Properties on the Costa Blanca: Top Courses
Live on the fairway: golf courses, green fees, nearby properties and the golf lifestyle on the Costa Blanca.
11 min read
Spanish Property Scams: How to Protect Yourself
The most common property scams in Spain and exactly how to protect yourself, from illegal builds to fake agents.
10 min read
How to Get an NIE Number in Spain: 2026 Step-by-Step
The NIE is your essential first step for buying property, opening a bank account or working in Spain. Here is exactly how to get one in 2026.
9 min read
Torrevieja vs Orihuela Costa: Where Should You Buy?
Two of the most popular property destinations on the southern Costa Blanca, compared head to head on price, lifestyle, infrastructure and investment potential.
11 min read
Buying Off-Plan Property in Spain: Risks and Rewards
Everything you need to know before putting a deposit on an off-plan property in Spain, from bank guarantees to completion timelines.
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What €200,000 Buys on the Costa Blanca in 2026
At €200k the doors open: penthouses, detached villas inland, and the pick of the resort bungalows. Here is the real spread across 98 live listings.
8 min read
Beachfront Apartments Costa Blanca: Price Guide
Only 11 of the 212 sea-view listings on our book sit below 250,000 euros. Here is what the view really costs, and the three pockets where it is still affordable.
9 min read
Bargain Properties in Spain: How to Find Them
A bargain is rarely a cheap property. It is a correctly priced one you reach first. Here is how listings actually reach the market and how to be the buyer who gets the call.
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Villas with a Private Pool in Spain: Cost vs Value
Only about one in seven of our listings has a private pool, and the median price tells you far more about the houses than about the water.
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Costa Blanca Property Types Explained
Bungalow, quad and duplex do not mean in Spain what British and Nordic buyers assume, and the difference is a shared wall and a monthly bill.
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Where to Buy on the Costa Blanca: Town by Town
Eight Costa Blanca towns, their real medians, and the kind of life each one is actually set up for.
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Costa Blanca for Families: Space and Schools
Family buying is a square-metres problem, and the answer is almost always ten minutes inland.
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Cabo Roig Guide: Marina, the Strip and Prices
The Cabo Roig tag itself is almost empty and wildly split on price. The buying actually happens in the two pockets behind the cliff.
8 min read
Dehesa de Campoamor Guide: Pine Woods, Marina, Prices
Campoamor is the top of the Orihuela Costa by a wide margin: our cheapest listing there is €995,000, and that number deserves an explanation.
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Los Balcones and Los Altos: Torrevieja Property Guide
The hillside above the pink lagoon, where Torrevieja stops being flat, and where our median runs €70,000 above the town as a whole.
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Guardamar del Segura and El Raso: Property Guide 2026
Dune beaches, a pine forest planted to hold them back, and a property market that is almost entirely new build: only two of our 44 listings are resales.
9 min read
Pilar de la Horadada Property Guide: 103 Homes
The last town in Alicante province before Murcia, and the one place where you can price the beach premium inside a single municipality.
11 min read
Benitachell and Cumbre del Sol: Villa Buyer Guide
Benitachell is a villa market with a seven-figure median, and three apartments that quietly undercut it by two million.
9 min read
Polop and the Benidorm Hinterland: Buyer Guide
Twenty minutes inland from Benidorm the landscape changes completely, and in Polop, every single property we hold is a villa.
9 min read
Key-Ready vs Off-Plan in Spain: Which Should You Buy?
The honest trade-off between buying a finished new build and buying one that does not exist yet, and how to tell which suits you.
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New-Build Payment Schedules in Spain
Reservation, stage payments, the bank guarantee that protects them, and what the tax actually adds on a Valencia-region new build.
10 min read
12 Pitfalls of Buying Property in Spain
Almost every expensive mistake in a Spanish purchase is one of twelve, and eleven of them are caught by paperwork you can ask for on day one.
13 min read
Squatters (Okupas) in Spain: Real Risk or Panic?
The okupa story is neither fiction nor the thing the headlines describe. Here is the legal distinction that decides everything, and what actually reduces your exposure.
11 min read
The Arras Contract in Spain: Read Before You Sign
One clause decides if your deposit is a priced right to walk away or a commitment a court can enforce. Most buyers never look for it.
10 min read
Marbella Golden Mile Property: a Reality Check
The Golden Mile is the most searched address in Marbella and one of the hardest to actually buy on. Here is what our book holds instead, and what it costs.
8 min read
Renting Before Buying in Spain: a Three-Month Test
The cost of a wrong purchase is not the price difference. It is the transaction tax, twice. Three months of rent is the cheapest due diligence available.
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Holiday-Let Licences in the Valencia Region
Two permissions gate a legal holiday let in the Valencia region, and the one owners forget is their own neighbours.
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Costa Blanca Apartments: a Swedish Buyer's Guide
What changes when a Swede buys in Spain: no bidding war, no cooling-off period, and a currency question most buyers only think about too late.
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Buying on the Costa Blanca: a Dutch Buyer's Guide
The four assumptions Dutch buyers bring from home that do not hold in Spain, and what our current book says about where the value is.
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Buying on the Costa Blanca: a German Buyer's Guide
Written by a German-rooted adviser who works here: the four legal differences that matter, and an honest look at what the Costa Blanca North has left.
10 min read
Golf on the Costa Blanca: Courses and Property
What a golf address costs on our book, what the "golf property" label actually means, and the trade-offs nobody mentions on a viewing.
8 min read
Plusvalía and Capital Gains for Non-Resident Sellers
The 3% the buyer keeps, the 19% you actually owe, and the town-hall tax that becomes the buyer’s legal problem when you are non-resident.
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Sea-View Property in Spain: What It Really Costs
German buyers search hardest for "am Meer" and "gunstig" together. Here is the arithmetic of how rarely those two words meet.
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