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Here you may find usefull advice, hints, tips and lots of info. regarding wills
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 08:29 PM.
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Foreign property owners often do not realize that they haven´t got all the right documents for their property until they come to sell ... so why wait until the last minute to check through your papers.
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10 simple steps to avoid legal problems in Spain.
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 03:20 PM.
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Since the publication of Law 7/1995 of 6th April, this matter has aroused a great deal of controversy among apartment owners in tourist areas throughout the Canary Isles.
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Questions and answers for the most common queries.
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 10:49 PM.
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New Law 14/2007 - 27th December - From 1st January 2008 parents may gift any property in the Canary Islands to their children and benefit from a 99,9% tax exemption. The said exemption is applicable to all donations (gifts) of real estate property situated in Canary Islands.
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 10:28 PM.
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New legislation has been passed in the Canary Isles (Decree 13/2006 dated 8th February - B.O.C. 43, 2.3.2006) regarding living wills (testamento vital).
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 03:16 PM.
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Essential advice on buying property in Spain. The article that you cannot miss.
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 03:35 PM.
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A NEW LAW has been enacted in November 2006 - Law 36/2006 dated 29th November. From 1st December no property purchase can be registered in the land Registry office without the NIE of all the parties concerned in a property transaction.
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 08:07 PM.
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Some of the situations described below may seem pretty obvious for you but you would be surprised of how many foreign investors fall into these common pitfalls
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 03:29 PM.
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The Spanish cadastre is an administrative register with a fiscal origin, created as a data bank to be accessed both by Public Administrations (national, regional, local) and citizens. As an inventory of real estate, it contains physical information (surfaces, location, use, shape, boundaries, cartographic representation, crops and forest use, type and quality of constructions, etc.), legal information (identification of holders or owners: name, national identification number, address, etc.) and economic information (cadastral values of land and buildings, valuation criteria). This cadastral bank includes detailed information of more than 32 million urban properties, more than 40 million rural properties and more than 27 million cadastral owners. https://ovc.catastro.meh.es/CYCBienInmueble/OVCConsultaBI.htm
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Posted by Jose Escobedo at 09:58 PM.
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