A recent court ruling in Spain has offered a lifeline to overseas property buyers fighting to get back “lost” deposits from the country’s banks.
As investors continue to battle to get back deposits paid on non-existent overseas homes, a Cantabrian judge has ruled that a bank (Caja Cantabria) responsible for protecting a client’s funds, failed in its duty.
I have just read an article on spanishpropertyinsight talking about how Town halls have come up a with a controversial but apparently legal way to raise money; by forcing banks to develop land acquired in debt-for-property swaps and charging them for the privilege.
I have recently been contemplating whether to post this article or not regarding repossessions. With the market being the way it is (or at least perceived) repossessions in Spain still seems to be a popular topic for those hoping to find rock bottom properties. As I have previously mentioned in previous repossession related articles, a bank repossession in Spain does not in most cases offer particularly interesting discounts/prices nor do they offer the locations that most people are searching for.
After the last article on Costa del Sol bank repossessions I received an enquiry about how bank repossessions work in Spain compared to the UK as he was having trouble with his repayments. So please find below the stages that you expect should you (god forbid) have to deal with in the case of non-payments.
As you can imagine in recent months we have been approached regarding repossessed apartments, townhouses and villas throughout the Costa del Sol. Where can they be found, whether we had any, etc…
Well I’m sure as most people must have heard by now the main economies of Europe have agreed a multi-billion euro rescue scheme.
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