Two Marbella estates listed within a thousand euros of each other, a Tuscan villa that just got cheaper, and two very different takes on an Algarve pool — this week's five span three countries and stay just under the €2 million mark.
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A Marbella Estate Just Under the Line
€1,999,000 — El Rosario-Ricmar, Marbella, Spain. Just shy of the €2 million ceiling, this four-bedroom, three-bath home spans 269 square meters on Marbella's western side — the pool above is the reason it made the cut this week.
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Nueva Andalucía's Answer, Almost to the Euro
€1,998,000 — Nueva Andalucía, Marbella, Spain. A few streets over from Home 1 and within a thousand euros on price, this one edges ahead on space: four bedrooms, four baths, and 291 square meters, with the pool doing a lot of the talking.
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A Tuscan Villa, Freshly Discounted
€1,800,000 — Montenero, Livorno, Italy. Reduced from €1,950,000, this eight-room, six-bath villa sits on its own hectare of parkland above the Tuscan coast, with a designer pool and sea views that had nothing to do with the price cut.
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The Algarve's Lagoon-Pool Bargain
€1,590,000 — Santa Luzia, São Clemente, Loulé, Portugal. The lowest price of the five, and arguably the best pool: a lagoon-style infinity pool anchors this three-bedroom (T3), two-bath home on a 4,920-square-meter plot in the Algarve.
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Five Bedrooms and a Serious Price Cut in the Algarve
€1,850,000 — Alfeição, São Sebastião, Loulé, Portugal. Cut by €300,000 from its original €2,150,000 asking price, this five-bedroom (T5), five-bath estate spreads across a 9,202-square-meter plot with countryside and sea views from the pool deck.
Five houses, five pools, none of them cheap — but all of them under the line. Hit reply and tell us which one you'd actually buy.