Occupation of a dwelling that is neither consented to nor tolerated is not a title to possession of a dwelling, nor does it find any protection in the constitutional right to enjoy decent housing. In other words, occupation occurs when some people illegally enter a home, premises and property, without any contract or title. The […]
Another very interesting ruling is given by the European High Court on 16 July 2020. In the judgment with joined cases C-224/19, C-259/19, it rules on the payment of mortgage costs (derived from the formalization of mortgage loans, such as notary, registration, agency, appraisal and taxes) arising from the declaration as abusive of a clause […]
The government has decided to extend the package of social measures it has already decreed in the midst of the coronavirus scare. These include extending the deadlines for applying for a moratorium on the payment of mortgages and rent to large landowners until the end of September. In addition, rental contracts that have expired during […]
Two university students from Malaga patent a screen for the hotel industry to gain capacity without neglecting the protection against the Covid-19 Alberto Domingo (19 years old) is studying second year of Industrial Engineering at Tecnun, School of Engineering of the University of Navarra based in San Sebastian and his brother Emilio (23 years old) […]
The deconfinement measures announced by the Government envisage the staged re-activation of economic and business activity in several phases. But how will we apply them in the real estate sector? Phase 0: customer service by appointment The pre-deconfinement stage, baptized as phase 0, will begin on May 4 and foresees the opening of commercial premises […]
Spain is divided into 17 regions that, in their own way, encapsulate the rich diversity of the nation and its people. If the focus were to be on one region that brought all that diversity together in a universal microcosm of Spain, it would be Andalusia. Stretching from the modern Mediterranean coast to the rustic […]
The European Court of Justice has ruled that IRPH index for mortgages may be abusive. The European Court of Justice (TEU) ruled today, Tuesday 3 March 2020, that the clause in a mortgage loan contract concluded between a consumer and a professional, with the controversial mortgage index (IRPH), “falls within the scope of the Unfair […]
The National Federation of Real Estate Agencies (FAI) warns about cyber-scams in the real estate sector due to the weakness of the housing rental market, as some real estate agents who have been victims of these scams have denounced and brought to the attention of the federation. The most recent case, about which the group […]
And no, it does not affect the duration of contracts or the limitation of guarantees It has only annulled, on the grounds of its unconstitutional nature, an additional provision of the Royal Decree Law, which regulated housing rental contracts. A ruling partially upholds the appeal lodged by the Partido Popular, which questioned the “extraordinary and […]
According to data from the Ministry of Development, the housing stock in Spain is estimated at almost 26 million homes at the end of 2018; on the other hand, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) indicates that the number of homes to be rented is 17% of the total, with 76% owned and the rest […]
