Publications - Real Estate
Buying properties in Spain (I): first steps and important considerations for foreign investors before the purchase
When it comes to purchasing a property in Spain, there are several factors to consider before, during, and after the acquisition process. In a three-part series of articles, we will delve into the steps to follow in each case, beginning with this…
Tourist Real Estate: greater stringency
Tourism is, without a shadow of the doubt, one of the activities with the greatest export potential for the Portuguese economy. Recent years have confirmed the resilience of the tourism sector and its importance in helping to overcome the difficult…
FOREIGN INVESTMENT: a turning point... in two gears
Foreign investment is an essential factor for the development of the real estate market of any country. Portugal is no exception. The time we’re going through now is a turning point (in the positive sense), albeit with a market reacting in two gears…
Real Estate Updates 2-2013
LAW 14/2013 OF SEPTEMBER 27, ON SUPPORT TO ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR INTERNATIONALIZATION: MEASURES AIMED AT FACILITATING THE ENTRY AND STAY IN SPAIN OF NON-EU FOREIGN INVESTORS WHO WISH TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE (GOLDEN VISA)
SOCIMI: A true Spanish REIT!
Spain launched a very particular type of REIT in 2009, the SOCIMI (“Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversión en el Mercado Inmobiliario” or “Listed Corporations for Investment in the Real Estate Market”), with a tax regime that was very different from any…
Tax measures to boost the spanish real estate market (I)
It is not all bad news in the area of real estate taxation in Spain. It is true that the Spanish Government has been forced, by pressure from Brussels, to raise the VAT rate on residential property from the current 4% to 10% starting next year. It…