As mentioned in our January newsletter, the latest data from the Association of Spanish Land Registers shows that German property buyers were leading the way as the largest group of foreign property buyers in Spain. As mentioned in The Times, at the end of last year: “Spain’s land registry recorded that German buyers accounted for […]
For a standard non-resident profile, typical mortgage interest rates are 1.75% fixed for 25 years and Euribor + 1.5% for a variable rate mortgage. The Euribor has recently risen though remains negative at -0.285 at the time of writing. This currently results in a variable interest rate of 1.22% which would typically be revised every […]
Welcome to our monthly newsletter. It feels like every person we have spoken to in the past 2-4 weeks has mentioned how incredibly busy they are. This is across the whole property industry; lawyers, valuers, consultants etc, not just estate agents. One agent we spoke to who sells new build, off-plan properties said they had […]
In terms of the nationalities buying in Portugal, from our own statistics, the Dutch are leading the way followed by the British and then the Germans. Full details are illustrated below. We are pleased to confirm that our advisers have all the languages covered for these buyers except for Italian. We have been actively looking […]
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2022! We hope you have all had a great start to the year and are looking forward to the year ahead. We are pleased to confirm that last year was another “Best Year Yet” at the Mortgage Direct headquarters and we now have 5 mortgage advisers operating in this […]
Bridging loans serve as an alternative to a mortgage where finance is needed for a shorter term than is typical for a mortgage, when the loan is repaid by a planned future transaction (usually the sale of the asset itself or another property). We are noticing an increase in demand for this type of finance. […]
Following on from Germany, in terms of nationalities buying in Spain, comes the United Kingdom and then France. We are pleased to confirm we now have a qualified French mortgage adviser on the team. Vera Simao will introduce herself in the next What are our advisers saying? bulletin. We had been actively looking for the […]
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2022 with news about the Mortgage market in Spain! We hope you have all had a great start to the year and are looking forward to the year ahead. We are pleased to confirm that last year was another “Best Year Yet” at the Mortgage Direct headquarters. Our enquiries […]
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A SPV is a legal entity – usually a Spanish limited company – that is set up for a specific business purpose in order to maximise tax efficiency. SPVs can be used for property purchase in Spain and can either cease to trade post-purchase or can be used for subsequent rental of the purchased property.