Selling an Inherited House in Catalonia
Before you can sell an inherited house you must accept the inheritance, pay inheritance tax and the plusvalia municipal (municipal capital gains tax), and register the property in the heirs’ names at the land registry. Only then can it be sold. We coordinate the whole circuit — paperwork, agreement between heirs and the sale itself — and, if liquidity is urgent, we activate our investor network.
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What we resolve in an inheritance sale
Paperwork before the sale
Acceptance of the inheritance before a notary, payment of inheritance tax and the municipal capital gains tax, and registration at the land registry. Without the registered adjudication, the property cannot be sold.
Several heirs, one property
Selling a jointly inherited property requires the unanimous agreement of all the heirs. We act as a single point of contact and coordinate price, terms and signing with everyone.
Inheritance tax in Catalonia
Spouses and descendants benefit from significant allowances in Catalonia, but the tax must be paid within 6 months of the death (extendable). We guide you and refer you to specialists if the case requires it.
Costs that keep running until the sale
IBI (annual property tax), community fees, utilities and insurance keep accruing for the heirs. The sooner the sale is organised, the less cost accumulates for everyone.
Heirs living outside Catalonia
We coordinate signatures through powers of attorney and manage viewings and paperwork without you having to travel.
Urgent need for liquidity
If the heirs’ priority is to close as soon as possible, we present the property to our network of active investors and buyers and show you the comparison with an open-market sale.
Open market or investors: you decide
camiacasa does not buy inherited properties: we present both routes to you with data. An open-market sale usually achieves a better price; presenting the property to investors in our network shortens the timescale when the priority is to distribute the proceeds and close. In both cases, a single point of contact coordinates all the heirs through to completion.
Active investors and buyers
Comparable offers: you decide
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How we work
- 1Review of the inheritance: the will, the heirs and the status of the paperwork
- 2Coordination of the estate settlement: notary, inheritance tax, municipal capital gains tax and land registry registration
- 3Valuation with market data and a strategy agreed between all the heirs
- 4Sale with full marketing or presentation to investors, through to completion and distribution of the proceeds
Frequently asked questions
No. Before selling, you must accept the inheritance, have the property adjudicated before a notary, pay inheritance tax and the plusvalia municipal (municipal capital gains tax), and register the adjudication at the land registry. You can, however, prepare the sale in parallel (valuation, paperwork, marketing) so you can sign as soon as the registration is complete.
Selling the whole property requires unanimity. Without agreement, any co-heir can sell their undivided share (difficult in practice) or apply to court for a forced division, which usually ends in an auction with a worse outcome for everyone. Mediation and a concrete offer on the table unblock most cases.
Six months from the death, with the option of requesting a further six-month extension within the first five months. In Catalonia, spouses and descendants benefit from allowances that substantially reduce the bill in most cases.
On the sale, the plusvalia municipal (municipal capital gains tax) is due for the period since the inheritance, and income tax is due on the gain between the value declared in the inheritance and the sale price. That is why the value declared when inheriting matters so much: it determines the tax bill on the later sale.
It depends on whether there is a will, the number of heirs and the workload of the notaries and registries. With the paperwork in order and agreement between the heirs, the preliminary steps are usually resolved within a few months; disagreements are what really drag out the process. Preparing the sale in parallel avoids losing that time.
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