Spain's most expensive house revealed

According to a study by a leading property agency, the second-most expensive house in Spain is just up the road and also in the province of Málaga: a 12-bedroom, 7,000-square-metre villa with its own pool and tennis court and a private beach in the town of Mijas, which is on sale for a cool €35m.

The third- and fourth-most expensive homes in Spain are in Mallorca – in Alcúdia, at €30m, and in Puigpunyent in an 820,000-square-metre (203-acre) plot for €26.5m.

In the Greater Madrid region town of Boadilla del Monte – one of the wealthiest in Spain – the sum of €24m will net you a 4,500-square-metre villa on a 10-acre plot, the fifth-most pricey residential property in the country.

The region is also home to number eight in the top 10 most costly homes – a villa in La Moraleja for €18.75m.

All others in the top 10 are in Marbella once again, with numbers six and seven costing €23.3m and €23m respectively, and nine and 10 coming in at €18m and €17.5m.

For those whose budget does not stretch to any of these, habitable residential homes in Spain in inland areas can start from as little as €15,000 and in coastal towns, from around €23,000.

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