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4 Tips for Buying a Home During De-escalation
How can I find the right house? Carry out an online investigation before arranging a viewing. There are many online tools available (3D plans of the houses, virtual tours, high-quality videos and photos etc.) which will allow you to avoid unnecessary visi...
Read MoreBasic steps before buying a property in Spain
Buying a property in Spain is not like buying a holiday souvenir! In fact, it should be taken with very great seriousness and you must know what to do before you even think of buying a property in Spain. Indeed, like most lawyers in Spain, I would str...
Read MoreBuying a property in Spain – vital information for your lawyer
Of course, most Spanish conveyancing lawyers do not visit the properties that their clients want to buy. That is unusual and not really considered a part of their duty. However, over the years, I have increasingly made it a habit to visit the Spanish pr...
Read MoreBuying property in Spain, checking your intended property
What can be more important than checking the Title Deed of the Spanish property you want to buy – before you even approach a lawyer to do your conveyancing for you? After all, you may find out immediately that the person you are dealing with is not ...
Read MoreBuying Spanish Property on Rustic Land
For years I have been trying to warn clients about buying Spanish property on rustic land. It is possible to do this but extreme caution needs to be exercised and you must ensure that the conveyancing is undertaken by a first class lawyer – and one pr...
Read MoreBuying Spanish property, use an English or Spanish lawyer
When you decide to buy a property abroad, many questions come to your mind. One of these, typically, is whether you should use a UK lawyer or a Spanish lawyer for the conveyancing of your intended Spanish property. Well, I would recommend that you use a S...
Read MoreCadastre and Registry: what to do if estate registers do not match
There are two real estate registers in Spain: the Cadastre, and the Land Registry. They are both meant to formally record characteristics of a property, but it is common for them not to match. Inconsistencies are usually about surface area, volume, bounda...
Read MoreCan I park in front of a ‘vado’ sign by my own house?
You’ll have seen the signs on the outside of walls – a circle with a line through it that seems to appear at every spot where you want to park. The ‘vado’ sign is usually found outside garages, entrances to driveways and other places where, if you...
Read MoreCommunity debts in Spain within Spanish apartment blocks
Because of the dreadful economic situation in Spain, some owners of apartments in Spain have realized that their fees, which they have to pay every year to the Community of Property Owners for their block, are increasing – because some apartment own...
Read MoreCoronavirus: As a buyer, can I withdraw from the sale?
Given the economic effects of COVID-19 that we have seen already, some are predicting a drop in property prices in the coming months. We will have to wait and see the long-term impact, but those already in the process of buying may be looking for answers ...
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