Christmas time is near and we all want to enjoy it to the full after having had to live through all the limitations we had last year because of the pandemic. One year ago, we wrote an article in this blog about how we are going to spend a different kind of Christmas. Last year, …
The Government is preparing an insurance measure to help tenants and owners in the event of non-payment of rent regarding housing intended for young people. This is about a measure that has already been approved and that will, therefore, be part of the State Housing Plan which is expected to enter into force next year. …
Our real estate market is boiling again after having gone through very complicated months due to the coronavirus crisis. The Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), recently showed the facts and figures concerning housing sales in Spain during this last month of September. This data can be regarded as a small earthquake as it is the …
The appraisal of a house must be carefully pondered in order to set a proper pricing that will enable the house to be sold in a reasonable period of time. Contrary to what is common belief, pricing the house that you wish to sell is not an easy task because if the price that is …
Casa del Reloj is located in the neighbourhood of Arganzuela. It is a cultural centre that offers exhibitions as well as cultural activities for the people of Madrid. This centre is very close to Matadero de Arganzuela, a place about which we wrote, some time ago, in our blog. It must be pointed out that, …
Between now and the end of the year, a rise of 20% in housing sales transactions and an increase of around 4% in prices are expected. There are two main headlines shown by Informe del Sector Inmobiliario which the banking entity Bankinter offered last October. According to this report, housing is still considered to be …
This year 2021, in Spain, luxury housing grows again and consolidates itself, as one of the most appealing real estate products considered by investors. Little by little, the negative effects caused by the pandemic are being overcome. In addition, our economy shows signs of recovery, a fact that can be seen in our real estate …
Young Spanish people continue to have problems to gaining access to housing, whether it is owning it or renting it. This is the conclusion that has been reached in a report shown, some weeks ago, by the real estate portal Fotocasa and called The Young and the Housing Market. This report states that 62% of …
When purchasing a house there are a number of taxes and expenses which must be added to the mortgage payment and so must be taken into account. Sometimes, when one thinks of the amount of money that must be used to purchase a house, usually only the mortgage is considered in the cost. However, apart …
Nowadays, it is simpler and faster to buy a house without compulsory heirs as it is no longer necessary to wait two years in order to make use of the property. Until this last 3rd. September, Article 28 of the Mortgage Law stated that if a house did not have any rightful heirs (that is, …
The price of housing continues to rise, as the second term of this year shows, with a year-on-year increase of 3,3%. This has meant the highest increase since 2019 (when the coronavirus had still not triggered the crisis), and what is most important: it certifies an ascending period, regarding prices, after having come to a …
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