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Spanish Energy Performance Certificate

I have a property in Spain that I'm hoping to sell. I have been told that because I didn't live in it for more than four months a year I don't have to have an EPC. Is that true? Dominic

The power of attorney makes it easier to buy Spanish property

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Once you have found the property you’d like to buy in Spain, you want it to proceed as quickly as possible. The buying process requires a number of signatures and appearances at the Spanish notary....

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Professional advice when purchasing property in Spain

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Everyone wants to keep their costs down when buying property in Spain. It’s understandable that prospective Spanish property owners want to ensure that the buying process takes as little from their...

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Counting the cost of buying in Spain

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Sometimes reading the press you get the impression that everyone has stopped buying houses in Spain. It’s not true. Foreign buyers have actually increased in relation to the number of Spanish buyers...

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Some positive property news in Spain

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

In the current environment it is pleasing to see some rather more positive statistics emerging for Spanish property owners. The current sales figures for Spanish property reported in The Land...

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Do you own your own business and want to buy property in Spain?

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Owning your own company or business is what many people aspire to. The additional responsibilities and bureaucratic requirements are balanced by the freedom and self-governance that being your own...

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The energy performance certificate (EPC) in Spain

Thursday, May 23, 2013

The new law has now been approved. From June 1 2013 property owners have to provide buyers or tenants with an energy performance certificate (EPC) in Spain. The EPC must include objective information...

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The difference between urban and rustic land

Thursday, April 25, 2013

1. Suelo Urbano (Urban Land = Residential) This land can be legally built on. Development is permitted and the legal infrastructure for all necessary and basic services, including drainage, roads,...

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Spanish habitation certificate

Friday, March 11, 2016

Resale property in Spain, second occupancy or ‘used’. Whatever, you want to call it, buying an existing, older property has overtaken off-plan and new build purchase in popularity. There are...

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The padron and Spanish residency certificates

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Which comes first the Spanish padrón or the residency certificate in Spain? For those who don’t know, the padrón is the town hall’s register of those living in the area and is used to keep a head...

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There are no longer seven, now there are eleven reasons why a donation is really interesting in the Valencian Community (And another advantage in ISD for inheritances).

As you might already know from our previous publications, we can finally speak of a major modification to the inheritance and gift tax which implies an unquestionable improvement for the taxpayers of this tax and which undoubtedly favours and...
Spanish Inheritance Law: integral support in the process

As you know, Ábaco offers an inheritance service to complete the necessary formalities when someone dies and has property in Spain. Here, the transfer of ownership is not automatic in the same way that it is in other countries. We understand that...
The Energy Performance Certificate in Spain

We all know how important it is for our own pockets and the environment, to be energy savvy. The energy performance certificate in Spain is one way in which you can check that a property you are buying, or selling, is energy efficient. In this...
The Spanish Land Registry

Property in Spain should be registered on the Land Registry or ‘Registro de la Propiedad’. This is an official record of who the owners are and contains other important pieces of information. But what is the purpose of this register and how...
The Spanish Notary: What it is, role and fees

Not all countries have a notary to verify documents as they do in Spain. Here the Spanish notary is a very much respected individual whose office carries a clearly recognised ‘Notary’ sign and who trains for several additional years to qualify...
Estate agent regulations: What are they?

¿There are any estate agent regulations? Until recently, there was no official regulation required for estate agents in Spain. Now this is changing in some regions. In this article we explain what the new expectations will be, how your local agent...

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