A long term rental in Nueva Andalucía is a contract of twelve months or more, it needs no tourist licence, and in 2026 it earns roughly €1,100 a month for a one bedroom apartment, around €2,200 for a well presented two bedroom of about 100m², and anywhere from €2,000 to over €10,000 a month for a villa. Those are the live asking figures on Idealista for the barrio, and they are the numbers most owners should start from before deciding whether to rent long term or nightly.

Nueva Andalucía is unusual among Costa del Sol areas because it has genuine year round demand. The Golf Valley behind Puerto Banús, with Las Brisas, Los Naranjos Golf and Aloha, draws residents who stay for seasons rather than weekends. Centro Plaza and the Saturday market at the bullring keep the area alive in January, which is more than can be said for a lot of the coast.

What does a long term rental in Nueva Andalucía actually earn?

Three price bands cover most of the housing stock:

  • One bedroom apartments: from about €1,100 a month, with the cheapest stock in the barrio starting nearer €950.
  • Two and three bedroom apartments: €1,800 to €2,600, with a good 100m² two bedroom in a gated community around €2,200.
  • Villas: €2,000 at the modest end, €10,000 and upwards for the frontline golf houses.

One number matters more than owners expect. Furnished properties command a premium of roughly 15% to 25% over comparable unfurnished ones on the Costa del Sol, because most incoming tenants are foreign and arrive with two suitcases, not a lorry. If your Nueva Andalucía apartment is already dressed for holiday lets, you are sitting on that premium without spending a euro. Stripping it out to chase a classic unfurnished tenancy is usually the wrong move.

The furniture you bought for short term guests is not a sunk cost when you switch to long term. It is the single easiest 20% on your monthly rent.

Do you need a tourist licence for a long term let?

No. A long term contract does not require a Junta de Andalucía tourist licence, because you are not offering tourist accommodation. This is the reason a growing number of Nueva Andalucía owners have moved across. Communities in the Golf Valley have been tightening their rules on holiday lets, and a long term tenancy sidesteps the licence question, the community vote and the guest complaint entirely.

It also removes the registration and reporting burden that comes with nightly bookings. One contract, one tenant, one deposit held by you, and no changeover to organise every Saturday.

Long term or holiday letting: which suits a Nueva Andalucía property?

The distinction is simple. Long term means a residential contract of 12 months or more, with no tourist licence. Holiday letting means nightly stays under a tourist licence. Premavista manages both.

Nueva Andalucía has strong demand on both sides. Families relocating for the international schools and professionals settling on the coast want furnished homes on annual contracts, while the Golf Valley fills with golfers in spring and autumn and with holiday guests all summer. If you use the property yourself in July and August, holiday letting around your own weeks is usually the better answer, because a twelve month contract cannot be paused for your summer.

Long term wins when you never use the property and you want the calendar off your mind completely. It is the quieter, lower yield, lower effort option, and for plenty of owners that trade is exactly right. We cover the same choice for the wider municipality in our Marbella rental management service, and the pattern holds across San Pedro de Alcántara too.

How long are you locked in with a long term tenant?

Longer than most first time landlords expect, and this is the single biggest practical difference between the two contracts. Under the Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos, a long term tenancy on a main home runs for a minimum of five years when the landlord is a private individual, or seven years when the owner is a company. The tenant may leave earlier; you may not ask them to. Once that term ends, the contract then rolls on in annual tacit renewals for up to three further years unless one side gives notice, so a twelve month contract can realistically become eight years of occupancy. We walk through the exits, the notice periods and the deposit rules in detail in our guide to renting your property long term in Spain.

That lock in is the price of the tenant's security, and it is why long term only suits owners who are sure they will not need the property back for several years. If you are not sure, keep it on short term holiday letting, where your own calendar stays in your hands.

The legal deposit on a long term let is one month's rent on a main home, but since 24 January 2026 it no longer goes to the Junta de Andalucía. Under Law 5/2025 on housing in Andalusia, the landlord holds it and returns it at the end of the tenancy, as we explain in our guide to long term rental taxes and contracts. A fianza lodged under an older contract stays with AVRA until that tenancy ends. The contract is drafted for the term you actually want. Getting that wrong at signature is expensive to undo. We apply the same logic in Benahavís and Estepona, where community rules on holiday lets have pushed owners the same way.

How does tenant vetting actually work?

Vetting is where a long term let is won or lost, because a bad tenant in Spain is slow and expensive to remove. Our process runs in four steps:

  • Marketing: the property goes on Idealista and the leading portals with proper photography, not phone snaps.
  • Screening: payslips, proof of income, previous landlord references and identity checks on every applicant.
  • Contract: drafted to fit the term, with the deposit taken and documented as Spanish law requires.
  • Move in: inventory documented in writing and photographs, keys handed over in person.

The owner has the final say on every tenant. Rent is then paid by the tenant straight into the owner's account, never through us.

What does Premavista charge to rent it out?

Placement costs one month's rent plus IVA. The owner pays that fee, as Spanish law now requires. If you would rather never hear from the tenant again, optional full management is 10% of the monthly rent plus IVA, paid by the owner, and it covers every repair, complaint and renewal. There are no setup fees.

Premavista manages fifteen properties across Marbella, Benahavís and Estepona, three of which are let on long term contracts rather than nightly, and our team speaks English, Dutch, Spanish and Russian, which matters when your tenant is a Dutch family and your plumber is not. Full details of both models sit on our long term rental management page, and you can read more about the barrio itself in our Nueva Andalucía guide.

One team for both routes

Because we run short term and long term under one roof, we can tell you honestly which suits your property, rather than selling you the only service we offer. Nueva Andalucía suits both better than most areas, because the golf season keeps holiday demand alive well beyond summer and the schools keep annual tenants coming.

If you own in Nueva Andalucía and want honest numbers for both models before you commit, we will visit the property and give you the figures with no obligation. Message us at premavista.com/contact.html or WhatsApp +34 600 543 173.