Rental management in Málaga.

Glaser offers several management packages for Málaga properties, each pairs a commitment length with a different balance of flexibility. Málaga owners typically pick by sub-market: existing-VUT centro-historico owners want one structure, Pedregalejo and Limonar long-stay-leaning owners often pick another. We walk you through the options at the discovery call.

Yes, owner-use blocks are standard. Málaga owners are the most diverse on the Costa del Sol, city-resident owners might block weekends, Northern European semi-residents take long stays in winter or summer. Tell us your dates and we block the calendar before the listing goes live. Reasonable owner usage is built into every Glaser management agreement; your property stays yours.

You don't until we've worked together. What we promise up front: a senior team member as your direct contact, a Málaga monthly statement that ties out, and an honest no when we're not the right manager for your block. Málaga's VUT moratorium changes the landscape, for new properties without an existing licence, we'll often steer owners toward adjacent municipalities like Torremolinos or Rincón de la Victoria where the operational model is viable.

We manage in Málaga, primarily for properties with existing VUT licences (the moratorium blocks new licences). We also manage in Benalmádena (our home city), Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Torremolinos and Benahavís. If your property is in any of those seven, or inland in Coín, Alhaurín el Grande or Alhaurín de la Torre, we'll route you to the right Glaser Group team.

We share comparable figures from neighbouring municipalities at the discovery call, adjusted for Málaga-specific sub-market characteristics. Málaga centro-historico, Pedregalejo, El Palo, Limonar and El Perchel each behave differently. We're explicit about which figures come from operational data and which are directional from the broader market. Real numbers, real dates.

Off-plan in Málaga municipality is a separate question from operating short-term rental, the city-wide moratorium on new VUT licences means newly-completed properties cannot be granted a VUT regardless of community-vote status. We'd typically counsel new buyers to look at Torremolinos or Rincón de la Victoria for short-let yield and Málaga for long-stay or capital-growth purchases. Formal management starts when the keys are in your hand.

Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more. Málaga's centro-historico audience overlaps with city-tourism rather than beach short-let; we lean into the channels that match, including Tripadvisor and several niche city-stay platforms. Direct bookings come through this site and the Costa del Sol umbrella.

Málaga is the most year-round of the Costa del Sol cities thanks to its city-economy mix, museums, the cultural scene, business travel, the cruise port. Centro-historico apartments perform consistently across all four seasons. Pedregalejo and El Palo coastal beat to a more seasonal rhythm. We pick the operational mix per property; there isn't one Málaga low-season strategy.

Málaga is currently operating a 3-year city-wide moratorium on new VUT licences, the Junta de Andalucía's standard 1-5 working-day declaración responsable process does not apply to new applications in Málaga municipality during the moratorium. Existing VUT licences granted before the moratorium are grandfathered and continue to operate normally. For new owners targeting short-let yield, adjacent municipalities like Torremolinos or Rincón de la Victoria operate under the standard regime.

Yes, the 3/5 community-of-owners rule applies in Málaga, as it does across Andalucía under the April 2025 amendment to the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal. However, in Málaga municipality the question is largely academic for new applications: the city-wide VUT moratorium blocks new licences regardless of community-vote position. For existing-VUT properties (granted before the moratorium and grandfathered) the community-vote rule may matter at change-of-ownership; we read each comunidad's meeting minutes for every property we consider managing.

No longer. The NRUA (Número de Registro Único de Alquiler) was the national rental register created by Royal Decree 1312/2024 and required from July 2025, but the Supreme Court annulled it in May 2026, holding that the State lacked the competence to create it. Booking platforms must still verify a valid registration number, and in Andalucía that number is your VUT. We handle the VUT registration at onboarding, it's part of the management package, not charged separately.

Owner statements are issued in the first week of each month for the previous month's reservations. Each statement breaks out platform commission, cleaning, maintenance, and our management fee separately so you can see exactly where the gross income goes. Bank transfers go out the same day the statement is issued. Year-end summaries are prepared every January for the Spanish tax year and sent to your gestor or accountant on request.

Yes, every guest stay in a VUT property must be registered with the Guardia Civil under the SES.HOSPEDAJES system within 24 hours of arrival. We handle this for every Glaser-managed property; it's not work the owner needs to do. Failure to register guests is one of the most common causes of municipal fines for owners self-managing in Málaga. The system requires guest passport details and stay dates; everything is logged and we keep records for the legal retention period.

Glaser's Málaga management package is end-to-end, operational services that Spanish municipal law and platform algorithms both require, all included in one fee. Specifically: VUT licensing through the Junta de Andalucía · multi-portal listing on Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO and more · dynamic pricing calibrated on Málaga comparables · guest enquiries and 24-hour multilingual support · in-person check-in (we don't use lockboxes) · welcome basket · SES.HOSPEDAJES traveller registration · cleaning · linen · maintenance coordination · monthly owner statements with platform fees broken out · and annual N2 filing each February. Photography, professional towel and linen sets, and the N2 filing itself are quoted separately at onboarding.

Yes, every VUT property is required to file the Modelo N2 declaration with the Junta de Andalucía each February for the previous year. We prepare the filing alongside your monthly statements through the year, so the data is ready when February comes. The N2 filing is a separately-quoted service rather than included in the standard management fee. For non-Spanish-resident owners, we also flag the Modelo 210 annual non-resident income tax requirement and route you to a Spanish gestor if you don't already have one.