Property in Spain
Real estate Spanish-English glossary
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Spanish-English dictionary: Real Estate


This Spanish-English glossary is our attempt to make buying or selling property in Spain a little bit easier. We think we have included all the most important Spanish terms related to house-buying and their English equivalent. Click on the word to get a much fuller description of each term on a seperate page. If you want to suggest a term we may have left out of this Spanish-English real estate dictionary, send us an email.

Abogado

Lawyer/solicitor (see also Solicitor fees in Spain)
Administrador de fincasSpanish licensed property administrator
Agente de la PropiedadProperty Agent
AmortizaciónRepayment of loan/mortgage, depreciation
ArbitrajeArbitration
ArrasDown Payment, deposit
ArrendadorLandlord
ArrendatarioTenant
Aval Loan guarantee
AvalistaGuarantor (of a loan)
Bungalow 2 or 3 storey terraced house
Caja de ahorrosSpanish savings bank
Cargas Charges, burden, arrears
CatastroSpanish Land Register
CláusulaClause in a contract
Cláusula abusivaUnfair clause in a contract usually to the detriment of the consumer
Cédula de habitabilidadCertificate of occupancy
Certificado registralCertificate informing about debts of a specific property
ChaletVilla
Compra sobre planoOff-plan property purchase
Comunidad de propietariosAssociation of property owners
Contrato de arrendamientoLetting/renting contract
Contrato de compraventa de vivienda Private property sales contract
Cooperativa de viviendasHousing co-operative
Cuenta de ahorro viviendaHousing savings account with special tax benefits
Derecho de tanteoRight of first refusal
Derecho de retractoRight of repurchase
DesahucioEviction
División horizontal Official document to describe division pf property between different owners
Documento privadoPrivate document
Documento públicoPublic document

Escritura

Deeds
Escritura pública de compraventaTitle deeds
Euribor OfficialEuro Interbank offered interest rate
Fianza

Deposit

FincaEstate
Folleto informativoInformation leaflet/brochure
GestoríaFirm specialised in obtaining official authorisations, permits, licences etc
Gestoras de cooperativesFirm specialised in obtaining official paperwork in relation to housing co-operatives

Hipoteca

Mortgage in Spain
Hipotecarto mortgage
Hipoteca de inversiónEndowment mortgage
HipotecableMortgageable
IBI Impuesto sobre Bienes InmueblesSpanish yearly property tax
Impuesto sobre actos jurídicos documentadosLegal documentation tax
Impuesto sobre el Incremento del Valor de Terrenos Tax on the increase of land value
Impuesto sobre el patrimonioCapital gains tax Spain
InmobiliairaEstate agent
IVA ViviendaProperty VAT
Libre de cargasFree of debts
Libro del edificioDocuments handed over by the promoter when a building is finished
Licencia de obraBuilding permission
N.I.E.NIE
NotarioNotary
Nota simple registralCertificate from a property register
NovaciónRenegotiation of mortgage terms
Obra NuevaDocument certifying a brand new building
Oferta vinculanteBank document certifying the exact mortgage conditions
Pago en efectivoCash payment
ParcelaPlot of land
PisoFlat
PoderPower of attorney
Préstamo con techoLoan with variable interest rates with a fixed minimum and maximum
Préstamo cualificado VPOSpecial loan given only for the purchase of low-cost housing
Préstamo hipotecarioMortgage loan
Plusvalía Municipal Capital gains tax on the sale of property
ProindivisoCo-ownership, when a property has more that one owner
PromotorProperty developer
Registro de la propiedadProperty ownership register
Representante fiscalOfficial tax representative
Residencia (permiso)Residency permit
ResidenteResident
Segunda viviendaSecond home
Seguro multirreisgo hogarHouse insurance
Se alquilaFor rent
Se vende For sale
Seguro de amortización de préstamosLoan repayment insurance
SeñalDeposit, down payment
SubvenciónSubsidy
Superficie útil Useable square metres in a property
TasaciónIndependent valuation of property
TerrenoPlot of land
Tipo de interésInterest rate
Tipo sustitutivo de referenciaSubstitution of the official interest rate - for example the euribor
Titulo de propiedadDeeds stating the ownership of property, date of sale etc...
Valor catastral Registered value of land
VerificaciónVerification
Vivienda de Protección Oficial (VPO)Low-cost housing subsidised by the state

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Spanish-English glossary: Real Estate, property.
 
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