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Contents
Second house in Catalunya
Europe selfstorage
Catalan mortgage
Estate agents
(Catalan or British)
Direct of seller
Gestor
(for administration)
Solicitors
Public notary
Taxations
Reservations
(option/ down-payment)
Various mortgages
Income statements
Insurance
Resident or not
(emigration)
Fiscal registration number
(N.I.E. of N.I.F.)
Taxation treaty
(UK - Catalunya)
Taxation 1
(for house owners)
The deal
(private or
legally binding)
Escritura
Council taxes
Gas, water and electricity
Comunidad
(house owners
association)
Furniture
(bring or buy)
Bringing a car into Catalunya
Building it yourself
Last will and testament
Taxation 2
(when selling)
Much reported nonsense!
Dochtersites:
HuisCostaBrava
CasaCatalunya (UK)
HipoteCasa (NL)
HipoteCasa (UK)
Sites:
Tossa de Mar
Villa Zuid Frankrijk
Huis te koop Tossa de Mar
Visit Blanes
When you decide to buy a house you probably need a mortgage. Elsewhere on this site you'll find further information about various mortgages and whether you should take British or Catalan financing.
If you already own a house and want to use it as collateral in order to request a loan or mortgage so you can buy something else it's best to make use of a Catalan bank, they will be more flexible when it comes to situations like that. They know the market and will assess the objects themselves.
A local branch will also know the estate agent and the salesperson, this could be to your advantage.
If you pay partly in cash, because for instance you have slightly dodgy money or because the salesperson wants to keep part of the sum out of the escritura, you need to take a few things into account. You can't leave or enter into Catalunya carrying large sums of cash.
If you arrive at the bank with a bundle of notes they will ask you for a import license or a bank statement from England. It will be registered how much cash you carry on you. It will of course be a lot easier to obtain a mortgage if can pay 50% of the purchase up front in cash.
CatalunyaCasa will enable you to look before you leap and save you from expensive mishaps!
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