The legal side of buying a home: contracts, deposits, the deed, notary day, and the checks that protect you before you sign anything.
Almost every guide telling you to hire a lawyer in Spain was written by a lawyer. Here's what the notary and the land registry already check for you by law, which risks genuinely fall outside that, and why paying 1% of the purchase price is the wrong way to buy the answer.
July 27, 2026 · 9 min
Two people, one mortgage, one deed — and six countries' worth of rules about what happens if life doesn't go the way you planned. Here's how joint ownership actually works, and the one habit that protects both of you from day one.
May 11, 2026 · 10 min
The notary appointment is the moment ownership legally transfers — 60 to 120 minutes of reading, verifying, paying and signing. Here's what gets read, what gets paid, and the seven things buyers wish they'd checked before they signed.
May 4, 2026 · 11 min
The EPC used to be a piece of paper nobody read. Now your lender prices it, the law is putting deadlines on it, and your future buyer will use it to discount the offer. Here's what changed.
May 4, 2026 · 10 min