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 […]
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 […]
The Governing Council has approved an Andalusian Programme of Preparatory Measures for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, which includes 112 preparedness and contingency measures in order to minimise the effects and consequences of Brexit, especially in the Campo de Gibraltar. On 12 March 2019, the Governing Council agreed to formulate the aforementioned […]
Commission gives two months for foreign owners to also benefit from 60% deduction on personal income tax The European Commission announced on Thursday the opening of an infringement procedure against Spain for considering that it gives “discriminatory tax treatment” to foreigners who rent their homes. Brussels has so far sent a letter to the government […]
