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Hello Philippop,

The fact that the bank is claiming an amount of money doesn´t mean the property has actually been repossessed and auctioned; you should find out what has happened with it....

Hello Jason,

Yes, you can arrange a dissolution of the joint property ownership and pay the lowest tax - please note this tax has been recently increased; in Andalucia is now set at 1.5 %....

Hello Emily,

The British and the Spanish system are different in that regard. In fact, in Spain we do not do leasehold transactions, there is no such concept; all purchases are freehold.

When a...

Hello Michelle,

Yes, you can force a sale at the Courts to dissolve the joint ownership. However, the court sale must cover your half´s debt, otherwise you will have got rid of the house but...

Hello Sinead,

The transaction you are suggesting would not be considered a dissolution of the joint ownership, as this takes place when two or more co-owners dissolve the ownership to...

Hello Nancy,

The best way to find out if your mother is still a registered title ownership holder, will be to make a Land Registry search that will indicate if there is any property in your...

Hi, My Dad passed away in Spain in 2008. My dad & step mum had an apartment in joint names at the time of his death. We have never seen a copy of his will!
My stepmother passed away recently, today...

Hello Aks,

I recommend you to seek legal assistance and get to an amicable divorce settlement with your husband, that will indicate how to settle the jointly owned properties and your child'...

Hello Mr. Mooore,

Your wife certainly has a right to request that you do not enter the house after selling it or unless she is there, as she is a property owner as yet. The usual procedure in...

Hello Ian,

You can offer to sell you share to someone else, though we understand it is not easy, as not many people is interested in buying a share of a property without knowing the rest of the...

Hello Jodie,


The amount your ex-husband is claiming to transfer ownership of the house, seems to be the 3% CGT retention that needs to be paid at the tax office. You must pay this amount...

Hello Jo,

The property ownership can only be dissolved through a sale of percentages, as dissolution only takes place when there are two owners and one wants to step out. Partial dissolutions do...

Dear Mr. Moore,

It is certainly true that you wife can file for divorce without your agreement.

If you are married according to the British system, where the estates are separate, and the house...

Hello Enid,

You will have to check the property deeds and find out who is the registered owner of the property. If you are both owners, the sale will have to be agreed by you both. If one of you...

Hello Clari,

If your son also appears in the house deeds, and is therefore an owner, he will certainly have rights over the property. You mention that he is on the mortgage deeds, though do not...

I am separating from my wife and the house is in her name only as she is a citizen of spain, I am a resident.
Do I have claim to half the house, this was bought with joint funds whilst married. ...

My partner has hired a solicitor to claim back my 50% share of our property because she claims I have paid noting towards it.

Her solicitor claims he can claim back my half of the property....

e my parents brought a property in spain and put myself sister and brother on the deeds so we were lead to believe this was in 2002 I have asked for a copy of the deeds and have been told that we are...

My partner claims I have paid noting towards our property and is seeing a solicitor to have my name removed from the deeds.

Can she do this? Also can she through the courts reduce my share by...

Hi, I am co-owner of an apartment in Spain with my ex-partner. My ex-partner has changed the locks so I cannot gain access at all. Can he do this? We are not resident in spain. We are not...

Hello Raymond,

I understand that you wish to dissolve the jointly owned property and that your ex-partner is not collaborating, so unfortunately your only option is to initiate a court action to...

Dear Harry,


Your wife should be paying her half of the expenses of the house, regardless of her residence status in Spain, as she a co-owner; mainly if you are both married according to the...