Are you renting out an URBAN Andalusian property to tourists? Are you planning to do so in the future? Or are you an intermediate who rents out holiday homes in the name of the property owner? Then please read this article to the end, as new regulations for holiday homes recently have been put in […] The post NEW REGULATIONS FOR HOLIDAY HOMES IN ANDALUSIA IN 2024 first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

Do you own an expensive property in Andalusia and want to know if you need to pay Wealth Tax? Malaga is leading in Spain in the number of purchase of luxury properties and Marbella is the municipality with the largest number of transactions. Over the last two years, there has been a greater number of […] The post PURCHASE OF LUXURY PROPERTIES AND WEALTH TAX IN ANDALUSIA first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

Over the last few months, we’ve come across more than one inheritance process at our law firm, for foreigners (from the EU and elsewhere) who owned assets in Spain at the time of their death. These are generally non-resident foreigners who owned a property as a second home. But some of them were also resident […] The post THE KEYS TO THE INHERITANCE PROCESS FOR FOREIGNERS IN SPAIN 2023 first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

Due to our daily professional experience as specialized property lawyers, we can´t emphasize enough the importance of proper legal advice during the buying process in the form of due diligence (legal investigation). After all, your foreign purchase requires a substantial financial investment, regardless of whether you are an individual, a company, whether the property will […] The post DUE DILIGENCE (LEGAL INVESTIGATION) OF THE LAWYER IN PROPERTY CONVEYANCING IN SPAIN first appeared on C&D Solic

The remarkable rise of property transactions in Spain by US and Canadian citizens was driven partly by the options to reside in Spain, with a favourable tax status for buyers. The real estate market in some areas as the Costa del Sol (Andalusia) has grown strongly in recent years. Residence permits, such as the Golden […] The post KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: BUYING PROPERTY IN SPAIN AS AN AMERICAN OR CANADIAN CITIZEN first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

Given the boom in holiday lets in many cities over the last few years, and always taking into account the delicate balance between holidaymakers and resident owners, owners’ associations have been taking measures in this regard for many years, with the aim of limiting and, in most cases, prohibiting holiday lets in their buildings. Based on […] The post HOLIDAY LETS IN ANDALUSIA 2023, PART II: LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS FROM OWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

The Regional Government of Andalusia has announced a new decree to regulate holiday lets, which it hopes to approve before the summer. This decree would enable local councils to limit, through the General Urban Development Plan (PGOU), the establishment of new holiday homes. Over the last few years, the increase in the supply of properties […] The post HOLIDAY LETS IN ANDALUSIA 2023, PART I: LIMITATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION first appeared on C&D Solicitors.

We have clients who purchased a property in Malaga last year through our law firm. They were in disagreement about the reference value (valor de referencia catastral or new minimal tax value) of the Spanish Cadastre for their urban property. Therefore they decided to challenge this value for their tax application and their arguments were […] The post THE REFERENCE VALUE WHEN BUYING OR SELLING A SPANISH PROPERTY first appeared on C&D Solicitors.