Category Archives: Lawyer services

This week saw data coming out of Spain for both property sales for October and the house price index for November 2013. What is happening to property prices in Spain In November the annual decrease of house prices slowed in terms of the same month in the previous year. In general across all areas house […]

Divorce in Spain Divorces,and separations within a family unit, besides being a legal process, can have an emotional, personal and psychological impact on all parties involved. It is difficult enough to cope with the traumas that a break up brings if you are going through the process in the Country of your birth and in […]

Spanish law in relation to inheritance and the Spanish taxation system for IHT differs considerably to the UK and other countries. What are the key differences By far the two main key differences between say, Spanish law on inheritance and UK law, is that first of all there is no Spousal exemption on death taxes and […]

Over the last few weeks there has been much reporting on the situation of abusive clauses written in Spanish mortgage deeds. What is deemed a an abusive clause By far the most prolific of these clauses is the incorporation of minimum floor rates which is where the interest rate a client is charged cannot fall […]

The monthly report issued by the INE in Spain on transfer of property rights was released today. What does the August report include The report includes transfer of all Spanish properties registered within the month of August. As pointed out in previous articles this does not necessarily relate to Spanish properties bought within the month […]