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Housing Glossary

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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.

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Residents move into the cooperative building La Xarxaire!

Residents move into the cooperative building La Xarxaire!

03/03/2023 - 16:01

Housing. The model fosters anti-speculative housing with a social function.

Built on a symbolic site in the local struggle for the right to housing in Barceloneta, the flats adopt an anti-speculative model with a social function. The land will always by publicly owned and has been leased to the cooperative for a period of 75 years.

The eight flats match the needs of the families in La Xarxaire and the block offers communal spaces on the ground floor and the rooftop. The ground-floor premises will have a display space open to the local neighbourhood for the promotion of artistic and cultural initiatives.

La Xarxaire is the sixth cohousing project on leased municipal land. The city now has 125 cooperative flats in all, with another 11 projects planned, adding a further 290 homes.

How does cohousing work?

Municipally owned land is leased to a cooperative, in this case La Xarxaire, for a period of 75 years. The land remains publicly owned and the housing built on the site is classified as protected housing.

These buildings usually have communal spaces and services to suit the particularities of their residents.

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