Buying here: the back story
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The back story
Buying in Barcelona: the back story
The Quadrat d’Or’s Modernista flats, Sarrià’s villas and Poblenou’s lofts: where people buy, and the official rules.
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Barcelona Property: Our Market Guide
Buying in Barcelona: the prime neighbourhoods, the agents and developers, the new developments and how a purchase works, from our Barcelona guide and official sources. No prices, no rankings.
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Prime neighbourhoods
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Where people live
The Quadrat d’Or, Dreta de l’Eixample
Modernista apartment buildings around Passeig de Gràcia.
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Estate agents and brokers
Official bodies and registers
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Generalitat de Catalunya
Agents: check the register
Estate agents in Catalonia must be on the Generalitat’s register.
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Check the title
Land Registry (Registradores de España)
Spain’s Land Registry, where you check who owns a property and what charges it carries.
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Where sales are signed
Notaries: Col·legi de Notaris de Catalunya
Property sales in Spain are signed before a notary.
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