DECLARACION RESPONSABLE – CEDULA DE HABITABILIDAD – LICENCIA DE OCUPACION 2021
NEW NORMATIVE VALENCIAN REGION – SPEED UP THE PROCESS TO SELL NEW BUILDINGS The Occupancy License (in Spanish “Licencia de Ocupación” ) – also called “Certificate of Habitation” or “Certificate of Conformity” – is an enabling title to occupy a house/apartment, and certifies that the construction has been carried out according to the applicable regulations […]
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARRIAGE IN COMMUNITY OR SEPARATION OF ASSETS IN SPAIN
It is the spouses themselves who have to opt for one of the three modalities in the matrimonial agreements. Community of assets is imposed in the event that the contracting parties have not opted for any, except in the case of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands o Catalonia, where the regime of separation of […]
EXAMPLE OF TAX IN THE PURCHASE OF A COMPANY WITH A REAL ESTATE PROPERTY
Let’s imagine a company that is constituted for the promotion and construction of a house. The house and the plot are then assets of the company. While the house is being built, someone decides to buy the house with the 100 % of the acquisition of the property shares of the company. In other words, […]
PCR WHEN ENTERING INTO SPAIN AFTER 23 NOV 2020 BY SEA OR PLANE
After November 23, 2020, all those passengers who come from a high-risk country / area in relation to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, must necessarily present, in order to enter Spain, a certificate with a NEGATIVE result of PCR (RT-PCR of COVID-19), carried out in the 72 hours prior to your trip. Travel agencies, tour operators, air […]
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMITS FOR UNITED KINGDOM CITIZENS CURRENTLY RESIDENTS IN SPAIN
On 2nd July a new law has came into force in Spain to regulate the Spanish residence status of the UK citizens, which creates a new RESIDENCE DOCUMENT to be obtained for those UK citizens to wish to continue in Spain as “Spanish-EU residents”. Taking this into account, what the law is the following one: […]
TLA LAWYERS MEMBERSHIP AT THE LAW SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Senior Lawyer, Mr. Juan Carlos Marhuenda, has Membership registered at the Communties Division of the Law Society of England and Wales, at the Property Law Section. What is the Comminities Division of the Law Society of England and Wales?. It is a section of information and promotion of relevant matters to the Law Society Members. […]
Prospects for the real estate market in Spain after the coronavirus crisis: 2020-2021
We are at a time when there is serious uncertainty in the Spanish real estate market mainly motivated by the extraordinary situation in which we find ourselves. We are not going to explain here what has happened in Spain, and in the rest of the world. The reason for this report is to analyse the […]
SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT TREATMENT AND RECOGNITION OF TRUST IN SPAIN
We can define the Trust as an agreement by virtue of which its constituent (“Settlor”) provides for on life or on decease (“mortis causa”), the creation of a separate fund (trust), for assignment to a fiduciary (trustee) to be administered in accordance with determinate instructions received in favor of a beneficiary or a group of […]
SPANISH REAL ESTATE MARKET. EXPECTATIVES FOR 2020. BUY TO RENT
In recent years we have experienced how the Spanish real estate sector has attracted the look and arrival of important foreign investment groups and funds, with the consequent reactivation of the market. In these years we have been experiencing a significant increase in the volume of sales in Spain, almost generalized. It has been accentuated […]
COSTA BLANCA 2018. RISE OF PROPERTIES TRANSACTIONS. WHAT ABOUT 2019?
Purchases of properties to foreigners increased again in 2018 with respect to the year 2017 in the whole Costa Blanca – Alicante. It has been reached the number of 23,000 sales, representing an increase of 7% compared to 2017. (source: Información – Alicante Newspaper). It seems that the adverse international context, such as the economic […]
