This is how the end of article 28 affects the sale of an inherited house

To sell an inherited house will no longer be a problem for non-forced heirs.

Last September, one of the most controversial articles in the sector, article 28 of the Mortgage Law, was repealed.

This established that non-direct heirs – those who were not children, parents or spouses – had to wait two years after the owner’s death to be able to sell the home.

“Las inscripciones de fincas o derechos reales adquiridos por herencia o legado, no surtirán efecto en cuanto a tercero hasta transcurridos dos años desde la fecha de la muerte del causante. Exceptúanse las inscripciones por título de herencia testada o intestada, mejora o legado a favor de herederos forzosos”.

A highly questioned item in the market, which was intended to protect other possible heirs or illegitimate children. They were given a period of two years to appear and claim their rights.

With the elimination of this article, all those homes that have been inherited after September 3 will be able to be marketed freely and at market price.

Good news for both heirs and the real estate sector:

• The new owners will be able to market the property at a fair price. Before this derrogation, owners who had a property for sale with this “burden” were forced to lower the price due to the risk assumed by the buyer.

• The real estate market will benefit from all those properties that had been paralyzed, offering a greater offer to those interested.

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