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Housing Glossary

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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.

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Licences for 597 tourist flats revoked because of infringements to regulations

Licences for 597 tourist flats revoked because of infringements to regulations

16/07/2020 - 15:54

Housing. The plan to control the sector and protect the right to housing has cut the number of illegal lets from 6,000 to 300.

A total of 597 tourist lets are to lose their licences because of infringements to regulations. The shock plan to control this sector and protect the right to housing has enabled the city to cut the number of illegal tourist flats from 6,000 to 300 in four years.

Of all the apparently legal tourist flats checked by municipal inspection services, 297 have now had their licences withdrawn due to irregularities such as:

  • Use of licensee names which are different to the property owner.
  • Dividing homes into two of three flats.
  • Not possessing a certificate of habitability.

Proceedings have also been started to issue fines and revoke the licences of a further 300 flats for which licensees claimed they had habitability certificates when they applied, just before the issue of licences was suspended in 2014, but actually did not.

Balance of the shock plan: more flats for use as regular housing

The plan has enabled checks on over 20,000 adverts since 2016. Some 16,000 case files have been opened, with over 6,000 flats ordered to cease their activity and more than 8,000 fines given.

In addition, 1,982 of the flats previously offered as tourist lets have been put to use as regular housing.

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