{"id":32705,"date":"2025-06-07T01:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/?p=32705"},"modified":"2025-06-15T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T10:10:45","slug":"confianz-after-hours-how-to-start-buying-an-existing-property-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/confianz-after-hours-hoe-begin-je-aan-de-aankoop-van-een-bestaande-woning-in-spanje\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast - How to get started buying an existing property in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 1 Buying a property in Spain. How do you get started buying an existing property in Spain?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3Eephscaoo7igSt7A2oCIw?si=5ZlEhm8cT7-siwlbxxnb6g&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this first episode of&nbsp;<em>Confianz: After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;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>, '<em>What is the point of a reservation contract?'<\/em>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<strong>reservation contract<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>purchase contract\/compromise<\/strong>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<strong>Duration of the process?<\/strong>&nbsp;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>\ud83c\udfa7&nbsp;<strong>Key insights from this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bid is&nbsp;<strong>null<\/strong>&nbsp;and may even via WhatsApp or e-mail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>reservation contract<\/strong>&nbsp;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>\ud83d\udccc <a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/buying-a-property-in-spain\/\"><strong>Also check out our blog with legal information and tips.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listen on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6yGC9R5t9Zur1Dl2wHthSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/confianz-after-hours-vastgoed-in-spanje\/id1819117882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@confianzbenelux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In deze eerste aflevering van&nbsp;Confianz: After Hours&nbsp;duiken Glenn en An-Sofie in de allereerste stappen van de Spaanse vastgoedreis. Wat moet je weten v\u00f3\u00f3r je een bod uitbrengt op een woning in Spanje? En hoe zorg je ervoor dat je juridische risico\u2019s vermijdt? An-Sofie deelt haar ervaring als eerste aanspreekpunt voor kandidaat-kopers en bespreekt veelgestelde vragen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[922],"tags":[923,924],"class_list":["post-32705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-confianz-after-hours-podcast","tag-confianz-after-hours","tag-juridische-podcast-voor-vastgoed-in-spanje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32705"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32750,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32705\/revisions\/32750"}],"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=32705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}