Work to transform Passatge de Sigüenza and create protected housing in Horta-Guinardó

Housing Glossary

You will find information here on all topics relating to housing in Barcelona

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Accrued interest

The interest applied as a penalisation when the debtor does not comply with repayment obligations. The amount must be established in the contract.

Active supermortgage

This allows the client to choose their loan's benchmark index (MIBOR at three months, six months or a year) so that payment can benefit from lower interest rates sooner.

Adaptable instalment

Characteristic of UCI superloans that allow the borrower to not pay one instalment a year for the first three years if there are problems due to holidays, extraordinary expenses, etc.

Advanced cancellation fee

A commission arising from the financial risk involved in the advanced cancellation of an operation. The applied commission compensates the financial institution for its financial losses.

AEDE

Direct state aid for paying the deposit on a property.

Affordable housing

Group of social housing or dwellings from social renovation projects that are sold or rented at below-market prices.

Affordable rent

The cost of renting these dwellings is below market prices after being included in operations concerning the rented flat pool, social renovation or social housing promotions.

Amortisation

Payment made to repay a loan.

Amortisation period

The duration of the loan. The contract establishes the date of the first and last payments. The longer the period, the lower the payments are, but the higher the interest. You therefore pay more in the end. The monthly instalment should not exceed 35% of your net income.

API

Estate agent. A qualified professional who acts as an intermediary between the two interested parties to facilitate the signing of a real estate contract, which can be a rental agreement, a sales agreement or another similar contract. They usually charge a percentage of the sales price as compensation or commission.

Applicant

A citizen who makes a registration application to the Barcelona Social Housing Applicants Registry, and who represents the other members of the dwelling unit included in the application.

APR

Annual Equivalent Rate. Effective annual cost of the mortgage in terms of interest, commissions and the repayment period. To compare loans, it is not enough to just look at the lowest APR, you also have to compare the conditions, the repayment period and the distribution of instalment payments.

Arbitri municipal de plusvàlua

Former denomination of the capital gains tax on landed property.

Assessment

The value of a dwelling certified by a specialised assessment company, in accordance with the mortgage market law. This certificate not only indicates the real value of the property, it also serves as a reference for obtaining the necessary financing.

Authorisation

Document in which the owner authorises the tenant to carry out building work in the dwelling's interior.

Urban planning. The execution of the urban plan for the Carmel neighbourhood moves forward with the demolition of three properties in poor condition and the expropriation of a further eight.

Work is under way in Passatge de Sigüenza, in the district of Horta-Guinardó, to guarantee the safety of a street with very run-down buildings and create protected housing. The execution of the urban plan for the Carmel neighbourhood moves forward with the demolition of the three properties in worst condition and the expropriation of a further eight.

The buildings to be demolished are at numbers 93, 95 and 97-99, which have been unoccupied since 2020. The risk of these buildings collapsing led to three more buildings being evacuated this summer, at numbers 91 and 101 in the Pg. Sigüenza and number 91 in C/ Sigüenza.

Personalised support has been provided to provide housing solutions for each family, with various alternatives offered after studying each of their cases.

The process will now start to expropriate numbers 89, 91, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109 and 111-113. Once this process concludes, work will be under way in half the affected buildings in the area.

The new urban plan for El Carmel and the surrounding area includes the transformation of Passatge de Sigüenza for the construction of protected housing.