My ex-wife and I owned a property in Spain together. We have since divorced and she left her part of the house to me in the divorce settlement in exchange for a property in the UK which I bought for her. The deeds are still in both our names and when I saw a lawyer in Spain he said that we needed to pay about 8000 euros to transfer the deeds solely into my name. This seems an awful lot of money. This figure is based on a value of 400,000 euros but I think the house is now worth a lot less. Is there any way we can avoid paying this amount?