Why it is essential to get a building survey when buying an apartment in Italy.

Stan Dickens is just back from Palermo, Sicily. This video shows a classic situation of falling masonry from a poorly maintained building facade in Palermo. The example could just as easily have been from Rome, Naples or any number of other cities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93f28N3MIFw&feature=emb_title

A lawyer explains the property buying process in Portugal

Dearbháile Banahan Senior Associate at PLMJ The process for buying properties (real estate) located in Portugal is simple and, once you have agreed the essential conditions with the seller, everything can be concluded in a short space of time. In most circumstances, you can buy a property by following these...

How are residential mortgage valuations undertaken in Spain?

By law residential mortgage valuations in Spain have to be undertaken by a valuer working for a specialist valuation company. The companies that undertake mortgage valuations in Spain are known as Sociedades de Tasación (Mortgage Valuation Companies) and the people that undertake the valuations are called Tasadores (Property Valuers). They...