Subprime mortgages are declining: banks are becoming more cautious and demand from buyers with no savings is disappearing. Today, only 44% of homes are purchased through mortgages, and the average loan-to-value (LTV) ratio has fallen to levels similar to 2019. Mortgages exceeding 80% of the value of the property have reached historic lows. Rising interest […]
The Euribor has experienced an unstoppable rise since January 2022, reaching a rate of 3.647% in March 2023. This rise exceeds previous rises, which represents a burden for variable-rate mortgagors. Since its creation, the Euribor has undergone three periods of rises, the current one being the highest. It is difficult to make forecasts about the […]
Con todo lo que se está hablando sobre la nueva ley aprobada hoy, y resulta que este gobierno, pasa por alto el informe preceptivo del Consejo General del Poder Judicial, en el que se subrayan las competencias autonómicas en materia de vivienda.
Opening Fee on Mortgage Loans: Analysis of the CJEU Ruling of March 2023 The origination fee for mortgage loans has been the subject of numerous judgments handed down by the Courts of Justice in recent years. However, different interpretations gave rise to an oscillating jurisprudence, which led to several preliminary rulings being referred to the […]
A few days ago a client asked me the following question: I am going to buy a house that is 50 years old and in a regular state, with the purpose of reforming it. The value of the property on the market is lower than the cadastral reference value, for what value do I have […]
The government and the banking sector have reached an agreement on the measures to be adopted to alleviate the mortgage burden of more than one million vulnerable families or those at risk of vulnerability due to the rise in the Euribor, while preserving financial stability, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. […]
The Euribor, the indicator to which most variable mortgages in Spain are referenced, will close October with the highest monthly average since December 2008, standing at 2.626%. This increase is the tenth consecutive month and is due, among other things, to the new interest rate hikes by the European Central Bank (ECB), which took the […]
Regulatory changes to legalise and constitutionalise the municipal capital gains tax came into effect on 10 November. The rule is not retroactive, so more taxpayers than the government expects are exempt from paying the tax. Now, the Directorate General of Taxes, part of the Ministry of Finance, has clarified the circumstances in which taxpayers must […]
The “new” municipal plusvalia tax approved by Royal Decree Law could be declared unconstitutional. In fact, the Constitutional Court has admitted the appeals of the PP and Vox for considering, among other things, that the use of the decree law formula is illegal because the reasons of “extraordinary and urgent necessity” established by the Constitution […]
The new Cadastre reference value, which came into force at the beginning of the year, is the taxable base for taxes as important as the ITP, which is paid when buying a used house, or the Inheritance and Gift Tax (ISyD). It also affects Wealth Tax, Personal Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax. How does […]
