Marbella’s first international real estate agency

• Table of contents
• The origins of Marbella’s first international real estate agency
• 1904: Real Estate runs in the family
• 1970: Arrival in Marbella, and a new beginning
• 1973–1975: Christopher Clover joins and takes the lead
• The first to set the standard
• A legacy of trust and excellence
• The only RICS-regulated agency in Marbella
• 55 years and still innovating
• So, why does being “first” matter?

To understand Panorama’s roots, we need to go back to Chicago, 1904, where a man named Burtt Byron Clover started his real estate firm, B.B. Clover & Co.

From father to son, real estate became the family’s lifeblood. By the 1950s, Burtt’s son, Bill Clover, was already a successful developer in Virginia. His work laid the foundation for what would soon become a very international story.

Panorama International Ltd., originally headquartered in Washington, D.C., opened a small but trailblazing real estate office in Marbella in 1970. Back then, Marbella was still a well-kept secret: elegant, quiet, and full of promise.

The office was set up in Edificio Capitol on Avenida Ricardo Soriano, and was the first international agency of its kind on the Costa del Sol. It was more than a move; it was a signal. Marbella was on the world map.

In 1973, a young Christopher Clover, already well-versed in international real estate, moved to Marbella to manage the office. Just two years later, in 1975, he acquired the Marbella branch from Panorama International and made it a fully independent company.

From then on, Panorama wasn’t just the first to arrive; it was here to stay.

 

"I fell in love with the people, the landscape, and the energy of Marbella.
I knew this place had something truly unique."

 

Christopher Clover
Managing Director of Panorama

Panorama wasn’t content with just being first. It also introduced practices that were revolutionary at the time:

• Hosting Marbella’s first real estate flight inspection tours
• Organizing Marbella’s first Open House long before they were common in Spain
• Collaborating with other agents in a time when competition meant closed doors

These ideas helped shape the industry, and the city, into what it is today.

Today Panorama is still family-owned and operated, with Christopher Clover at the helm, joined by his children Alex and Katinka, the fourth generation in the Clover real estate dynasty.

Together, we lead a multilingual, multicultural team of over 30 professionals based in prime offices at Puente Romano Beach Resort and opposite the Marbella Club Hotel. Together we speak 13 languages, but more importantly, we all speak Panorama: a language of integrity, transparency, and professionalism.

Panorama isn’t just trusted because of its history, it’s trusted because of its standards. It is the only agency in Marbella regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), meaning clients are guaranteed the highest level of ethics and expertise in the field.

In 2020, Panorama celebrated 50 years in Marbella, not just with words, but with action. We renovated our offices, strengthened our market research, and reinvested in the community we helped grow. Now, over half a century since our first open day, we’re still here, still leading, and still loving every minute of it.

Because being first means laying foundations, not just in buildings, but in trust. It means evolving alongside the town you helped develop. It means decades of experience, but also decades of listening, improving, and staying deeply rooted in values.

Marbella has changed. Panorama has grown. But our purpose has stayed crystal clear:
To offer our clients a level of knowledge, service, and integrity they won’t find anywhere else.

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