Due to the importance of the changes enacted last June on taking out a mortgage in Spain, we will briefly collate in bullet points all that’s new. The majority of these changes are pro-consumer, greatly benefitting borrowers in Spain. All changes effective as of Monday 17th June 2019. 1.

While most people may think this is rather straightforward, the fact is that if you do it wrong, you may find your tenant deposit not returned by your landlord; or even worse, an unwanted extension to your lease agreement!

For many this topic may seem rather pointless or futile; but the fact of the matter is that if you fail to cancel a lease agreement properly in Spain, it may have serious legal (and financial) repercussions for the tenant. In Spain, long-term contracts for rental properties which act as the pe

A question we frequently get asked is if you can buy and sell property in Spain in a currency other than euros. The short answer is yes, and in fact it is done fairly frequently.

As you are probably aware by now, one of the best, if not the best, businesses in Spain as of late is to rent out property, specifically as a holiday home (short-term).

In point five of our previous blog post (Renting in Spain? Five clauses you should be mindful of), we discussed how some devious landlords in Spain, after a lease is over, like to pocket a tenant’s one-month deposit and do not hand it back, giving all sorts of lame excuses.

Spain is such a great place to live and work in. You are young, carefree, and have yielded to the temptation to move to this beautiful country for a while to test the waters.

On selling property in Spain, you are liable for two taxes: plusvalía and capital gains tax (CGT). In this short article on Spanish tax, we will focus on four strategies to mitigate a seller’s exposure to CGT, which range from completely negating it to reducing it significantly. The following

Spain has recently amended its rental laws in March 2019, in most cases to the detriment of landlords, creating serious legal obligations that landlords should be acutely aware of.

These changes affect long-term rentals mostly. If the landlord is a natural person: 5 years mandatory renewal period on long-term rentals (plus 3 years silent renewal).