Bringing joint property ownership to an end and declaring joint ownership This may sound confusing but if you are a joint owner with your spouse, civil partner or with a friend it is important to consider the obligations and tax … Continued
A number of British and other foreign residents have returned to their home countries to find work or for health or social reasons. Many want to keep their Spanish property rather than selling in a buyer´s market. Although the price … Continued
GOLDEN VISA Si comprar una vivienda en España ya tenia un sin fin de alicientes, a ellos se ha unido la posibilidad de obtener una visado de estancia, o en su caso, de residencia para inversores extranjeros en bienes inmuebles … Continued
A large number of properties in Spain are jointly owned by spouses, partners or sometimes by brothers and sisters who have inherited property from their parents. It is not always possible for all the joint owners to travel when it … Continued
De Cotta Law would like to congratulate local firm Survery Spain on it's 10th Anniversary. Independent law firm, De Cotta Law, works with Survery Spain on behalf of clients primarily for market valuations and building surveys of Spanish properties. Survey … Continued
As a law firm serving the international community in Spain, we are often approached by ‘heir-hunters’ or companies who specialise in tracing lost relatives. Over the last 30 or more years of immigration, residence and property purchase by British nationals … Continued
We’re just back from Brussels, where we attended the ‘Second Home International Expo’ with one of our real estate partners, SLG Property. From left to right: Ron de Vries (SLG Property); Gisele van Meer (De Cotta Law); Willem Bruins (SLG … Continued
With Spain’s desire to improve its public accounts deficit, the tax collecting infrastructure has been significantly improved, enabling the tax office to recoup back taxes faster and more efficiently than ever before. This now commonly includes automatic debiting of owed … Continued
The property market in Spain is slowly recovering and although in some areas the prices are still depressed we are likely to see an increase in non Europeans purchasing property with the new Visa legislation expected to come in very … Continued
The economic crisis has hit Spain particularly hard and the subsequent high unemployment and economic hardship in this country has led to record levels of mortgage arrears and evictions. The recent Law 1/2013 of May 14, for mortgage holders, is … Continued
Despite tourism being one of the few sectors in the Spanish economy to show growth, the Spanish government have accepted lobbying from the hotel industry that believes that private home owners that rent out their properties to tourists are damaging … Continued
The Coin Town Hall has initiated a plan that if approved would regularize up to 90% of properties on non-urban land.
