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By ML Director of Alanda Properties Andalusia approved a new law in October ’21 which has made the transitory tax breaks on buying property permanent. This means Andalusia has now become the region of Spain with the lowest taxes (along with liberal Madrid). The point being is that if you are thinking of buying a […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties As we have been pointing out over the last year, a series of factors have built up to create excellent buying opportunities. Real estate experts share a general consensus that now is the right time to buy property, specifically in Andalusia. Ultra-low taxation. As we’ve covered in previous articles […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties As Spain’s leading property portal IDEALISTA reports in its article of August 2021, property sales over the last six months are at levels unseen since 2008. Spain’s National Bureau of Statistics (INE) reports 267,700 properties sold during the first 6 months of this year. We need to look back […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties I often get comments that buyers cannot possibly afford a villa in Marbella because they are all in excess of 1mn euros. This is of course untrue. Marbella is surrounded by all sorts of gated developments (urbanizaciones, in Spanish). Granted, some of them are on prime location and will […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties 3rd of August 2021 With the first six months of 2021 coming to a close, we can now look back and do a balance of what it’s been like, and what a ride it’s been! As we had been repeatedly pointing out, the drastic tax cut in property taxes […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties 3rd of July 2021 Last month we published an article featuring Marbella’s high-end market is booming! The sale trend still continues strong, and if anything, it’s picking up traction as word-of-mouth spreads out over the net. The sale season is nothing short of spectacular, with busy notaries all over […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties 3rd of June 2021 The new tax changes that were put in motion by Andalucia’s regional government since 2019 on inheritance tax have fostered foreign investments. Particularly the new tax changes we reported back in April 2021, that lowered both Property Transfer Tax (resales) and Stamp Duty (off-plan property), […]

By ML Director of Alanda Properties 3rd of May 2021 On Monday 26th of April, Andalusia’s coalition government agreed to lower taxes in the region of Andalusia. Concretely the following six taxes will be significantly reduced: IRPF (personal income tax) IHT (inheritance tax) Patrimonio (wealth tax) ITP (property transfer tax) AJD (stamp duty) Taxes on […]