Buying new build property in Spain over the last two years has been quite the frenzy. Post-pandemic, consumers were more than willing to spend their built-up savings leading to two digit increases of property prices, particularly offplan.

The sharp rise of interest rates over the last 12 months, has prompted scores of borrowers to look into cancelling their Spanish mortgage loans.

In 2015, Spain introduced a special tax regime for wealthy EU expatriates that relocate to Spain.

My professional experience is that most foreigners are completely unaware of the legal procedure involved on gifting property in Spain. To that end, I’ve written today’s post. Gifting property arises when: Joint owners (i.e.

Attaining a Golden Visa is one of the most popular methods to acquire a visa and acquire the right to remain and live in Spain (legally).

1. Store of value. In times of political and economic instability (war, stock market crash, global pandemic, bank runs, high inflation, etc), gold and real estate are king as traditionally they act as safe havens where savers shelter their money to weather the storm. 2. Staves off inflation.

On buying property in Spain, you should be mindful the title is clean. It is fairly common the previous owner is in arrears. In Spain, debts follow the property not the debtor. Meaning, when you take over the ownership, you also take on all the existing debts from the previous owner.

Unlike a title deed, which in truth bears little to no importance, what matters in Spain is who appears as the registered owner before the land registry.

One more year, the increase of rental prices has pulverised all previous records! Rental prices have soared by two digits over the last year on average in large cities and coastal areas. This consolidates a long standing trend that goes all the way back to 2016.

The new Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) offers unique tax advantages that no other Spanish visa can match. Its main outlier - and what distinguishes from other available visas - is precisely the wide array of tax benefits it offers.