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Latest news on the real estate sector in l'Eixample, Barcelona
Does VAT apply to renting a home?
If you have a flat for rent or you’re thinking about renting it out, you’ve probably asked yourself this: does renting a home include VAT? The short answer is: it depends. And this is where the confusion usually starts. At Solfinc, as specialists in rental management...
Can I install a security camera in my community?
Installing a security camera in a homeowners’ community may seem like a simple solution to improve building surveillance, but it’s not always as easy as putting it up and starting to record. You need to consider neighbors’ privacy, data-protection rules, the...
How to find the perfect tenant?
Finding the perfect tenant is essential to ensure success when renting out a property. A good tenant not only ensures rent is paid on time, but also helps maintain the property properly. This article offers a practical guide with the steps and strategies needed to...
What does tourist room rental involve?
Tourist room rental is a topic that raises many questions, especially in cities like Barcelona, where tourist accommodation regulations are quite strict. More and more owners wonder whether they can rent out a room in their home to tourists, how this model works, and...
Income 2021: Do I have to declare the income of the communities of owners?
One of our main tasks as Collegiate Property Administrators is to ensure compliance with the tax obligations of the communities of owners and report on the procedures and deadlines to comply with them. For this reason and before the end of the 2020 income campaign in...
Errors when changing from seasonal homes to flats for tourist use: fraud of the law
In the year of the pandemic, many owners decided to withdraw their homes from the vacation market to use them for long-term rental. In fact, the latest data from the INE show a decrease of 27,000 flats for tourist use in Spain only between August 2020 and last...
New reference value of the Land Registry for when buying a home
Congress has given the green light to a bill that will completely change the way in which the Capital Transfer Tax (ITP) is calculated, the tax paid by those taxpayers who buy a used home. And it is that the buyer will not pay taxes for what the house has cost, but...
New light bill: Can my neighbors complain if I turn on the washing machine at night? Can they fine me?
Putting the washing machine at night has become an alternative for many consumers following the entry into force of the new electricity bill, which distinguishes three time slots depending on their cost, being from 00.00 to 08.00 hours on cheaper. However, the noise...
How to recover the VAT of the rent?
Do you have a rented space and the tenant has stopped paying you several monthly installments? Next we will explain how to recover the VAT of the rent, passed on and not collected, with less costs and less paperwork ... Repeat VAT until eviction Enter the VAT. If you...
Invisible rentals
Invisible rentals, a phenomenon that is appearing on the rental market. According to property portals, rental offering has increased dramatically. With the arrival of the *covid, the stock of floors in rent (offer) increased by 78%. In Barcelona, the offer has been...
Vote of absent owners on the Community Board
Owner communities hold meetings to adopt those agreements necessary for the maintenance, repair, and operation of common items and services, and also to deal with those matters proposed by the neighbors linked to their property rights in the private elements or which...
Do you have to declare the amounts improperly received by SEPE in the income statement?
The large amount of ERTE that the SEPE has processed has caused many errors to have occurred, either due to not having received any benefit, receiving it late or having overcharged. Will these amounts granted by the SEPE be declared in the income statement?...
Commitment to CE Europe, more than a collaboration
Last Wednesday we renewed our collaboration with C.E. Europe for two years, which fights hard every day in every game. The union between Europe and the Solfinc Group will continue their common path for two more years thanks to the trust and values that unite them....
Decree Law 1/2021 on the protection of consumers and users against situations of social and economic vulnerability
The Royal Decree Law 1/2021 has been published , to protect consumers and users from situations of social and economic vulnerability. The first final provision of Decree Law 1/2021 modifies article 1bis) of Royal Decree Law 11/2020 (article that is introduced from RDL...
OWNERS’ MEETINGS BY SHIFT
Can owners meetings be held in shifts, at different times or days? The extraordinary situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has made us change and adapt to a time that we had never passed. Given the limitations of meetings and attendance, the owners consider...















