What happens if I buy a Spanish property with no reference value?
Avoid having to pay interest and penalties on your purchase of a property in Spain by following these recommendations. Reference value. Dirección General…
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A question of passports: How can a discrepancy of passport numbers could affect the sale of your Spanish property?
Interesting as it looks, in Spain, passport numbers do not change with each passport renewal. The passport holder keeps the passport number for…
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Who pays the estate agent´s fees in a property transaction?
There is no better source for the creation of an article than life per se, or at least, a lawyer´s daily practice. This…
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Lawyers acting for their friends (and the blurred lines in between)
This Friday, while being at the birthday party of one of my best friends in Barcelona, I had the opportunity to put closure…
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Ahi te dejo Madrid
So it says Shakira´s famous song. There I leave you Madrid . However, in my case, it was not due to a bad…
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Paying the purchase of a Spanish property in stages: a story about family, trust and taxes
I just came back from a property completion in Fuengirola that has proved anything buy easy. While sipping an extremely hot americano in…
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Under-declaration of the sale price of a Spanish property
Believe it or not, I still come across property transactions where one of the parties, usually the seller, asks for part of the…
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SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE OR NOT SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE : THAT IS THE QUESTION
I have to confess—sometimes estate agents drive me crazy, especially here in my hometown of Barcelona. Don’t get me wrong; there are plenty…
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Varying a Spanish Will Using an English Deed of Variation
Most people familiar with the administration of an English estate know that a Deed of Variation can be used in England (and Wales)…
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Returning the keys to the bank after the death of a relative
One of the first phrases that I learnt when I moved to the UK to work as a Spanish lawyer was “catch 22”.…
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