We hope that you have all had a great festive period and are looking forward to having a fantastic start to the new decade as much as we are at Fluent Finance Abroad. As we begin a new decade, we also see the beginning of a new era within Spanish mortgage lending, and while we all welcome changes which are better in the long term, it does inevitably come at the price of a period of pain whilst the changes are interpreted and adopted by the banks.
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New Spanish mortgage law or Mortgage Credit Directive
There has been a lot of talk regarding the new Spanish mortgage laws that came into force on the 16th June 2019 so we thought it was about time we addressed some of the major changes that potential or existing borrowers should be aware of…
Clausula Suelo – Interest rate floor clause
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.
