The clausula suelo is the most common claim against lenders as this clause would ensure that the interest rate you would pay would never go below a certain level which in most cases have been around the 3 – 5.5% mark. Given that interest rates since 2011 have plummeted and that the EURIBOR is actually below zero, this means that you would be paying an extremely high interest rate compared to current market rates.
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Multi-Currency Mortgages
In continuation in our series of articles,Fluent Finance Abroad offers a quick insight into another type of mortgage claim, more uncommon than the ones described in our previous series of articles about mortgage set-up expenses and the famous clausula suelo. Today we are talking about Multi-Currency Mortgages, Foreign Exchange Currency Mortgages or as they are named in Spain, hipotecas multi-divisas.
Anti-Brexit Spanish Mortgage Strategy
If you are being put off buying a Spanish property because of the drop in the value of the pound you need to read our Anti-Brexit Spanish Mortgage Strategy carefully.
You may feel that property prices in Spain will be affected by fewer British buyers coming into the market although it is important to bear in mind that there are still many nationalities eager to purchase here and in particular French, Belgians, Germans, Scandinavian, Eastern European / Russian and Middle Eastern clients. We even have buyers from Australia, New Zealand, North America / Canada & South Americas getting involved in the Spanish property market.
