{"id":32697,"date":"2025-06-07T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=32697"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:24:18","slug":"1-confianz-after-hours-buying-a-property-in-spain-how-to-start-buying-an-existing-property-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/podcast\/1-confianz-after-hours-een-woning-in-spanje-kopen-hoe-begin-je-aan-de-aankoop-van-een-bestaande-woning-in-spanje\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a property in Spain. How do you get started buying an existing property in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this first episode of <em>Confianz: After Hours<\/em> Glenn and An-Sofie dive into the very first steps of the Spanish property journey. What do you need to know before making an offer on a property in Spain? And how do you make sure you avoid legal risks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An-Sofie shares her experience as the first point of contact for prospective buyers and discusses frequently asked questions such as: '<em>How do you bid correctly?<\/em>, \u2018<em>What is the point of a reservation contract?'<\/em> and '<em>How is it different from a compromise or contract of sale?'<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, Glenn and An-Sofie highlight essential elements such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How (and whether) a bid is binding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role and content of the <strong>reservation contract<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>purchase contract\/compromise<\/strong> and corresponding down payment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal checks: property rights, debts, licences and urbanisations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An overview of the full <strong>buying process<\/strong>, from reservation to deed and utilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd53 <strong>Duration of the process?<\/strong> In theory, everything can be complete in one week, but in practice, the situation of the seller, the property and the buyer plays a big role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7 <strong>Key insights from this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bid is <strong>null<\/strong> and may even via WhatsApp or e-mail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>reservation contract<\/strong> is the first binding step<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid payment on a private seller's account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have essential conditions included in the reservation contract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never initiate a binding purchase without legal review<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udccc<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/buying-a-property-in-spain\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/aankoop-van-een-woning-in-spanje\/\"> Also check out our blog with legal information and tips.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6yGC9R5t9Zur1Dl2wHthSI\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6yGC9R5t9Zur1Dl2wHthSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/confianz-after-hours-vastgoed-in-spanje\/id1819117882\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/confianz-after-hours-vastgoed-in-spanje\/id1819117882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@confianzbenelux\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@confianzbenelux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32698,"template":"","podcast-onderwerp":[940],"class_list":["post-32697","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","podcast-onderwerp-vastgoed-kopen-in-spanje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/32697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"podcast-onderwerp","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast-onderwerp?post=32697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}