Tuesday 26 January 2021

Can I arrange a Spanish Mortgage

Financing a Spanish Holiday home

 With everything that is going on at present many people are delaying the decision to buy a holiday home in Spain due to travel restrictions and financial uncertainty. Are Mortgages in Spain being offered at present.

All nationalities considered

for those who are part of the EU and not affected by Brexit and even for British clients who are there remains however a desire to buy a home abroad when COVID restrictions are lifted. Whilst it may not be possible to select a home at present it is possible to prepare for when that is possible by understanding what lending facilities are available to you and what sort of budget you may be looking at.

With many Dutch, Scandinavian, German, US and British non residents of Spain just postponing rather than cancelling a decision to buy and possibly having time on their hands Spanish Banks are still pre-approving mortgage applications ready for when the market moves.

Good time to do finance homework

Now is a good time to do your homework and appoint a reputable and regulated mortgage adviser to negotiate financing in Spain on your behalf. 

Types of property loans in Spain

Buying choices are changing away form apartments to country homes, more individual properties or the purchase of land and self build constructions. Find out what you need to know now about Mortgage in Spain options for finance and any limitations there may be.

Read the full article : - Time to arrange a Spanish Mortgage 


Monday 25 January 2021

October Spanish Mortgages bounce back a little

October new loans in Spain

 Whilst the year looks to be fairly awful due to Brexit and COVID Spanish mortgages saw some uplift on September figures.

October 2019 was a very good month due to a number of completions delayed for new regulation so whilst down on 2019 the 2020 figures are not as bad as at first glance.

Spanish Banks increase mortgage book capital

Spanish Banks are seeing net inflows to their mortgage books due to much lower redemptions than normal despite the lower annual number of completions.

Average loan sizes are higher than last year which is helping overall capital lent.

Interest rates 

Interest rates remain very low and this would appear to now be the case for the foreseeable future.

Lenders in Spain continue at present to lend although for UK non resident applicants the process has become more difficult.

Read the full article :- October 2020 house loan data in Spain