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MORTGAGE IN SPAIN: ECONOMIC vs. REGISTRY CANCELLATION There is a difference between “economic” cancellation and “registry” cancellation of the mortgage. To obtain the cancellation of a mortgage in the Spanish Property Registry, the first and most important thing is that the guaranteed debt is paid, that is, that all the money that the bank lent at the time has been returned. Thus, the owner of the house, once he has fully paid the loan, must go to his creditor financial institution in order to be given what is called a "zero balance certificate", that is, a document in which the bank certifies that the mortgage loan in question has been fully paid. Therefore, it consents to the cancellation of the mortgage registration in the Property Registry. Once the owner has obtained this document, there are various ways to obtain the cancellation of the mortgage in the Property Registry. You may do it yourself or entrust your lawyer or realtor to do it. However, the best option is, once you have the zero balance certificate from the bank, to entrust the entire management to a Notary you trust, who will be in charge of finding a representative from the bank to sign the mortgage cancellation deed, as well as submit the self-assessment of the tax and, subsequently, present the deed to the Property Registry to obtain its registration. To cancel the mortgage notarially, it is enough for a representative of the bank (and not the owner of the property), to go to the Notary to sign the mortgage cancellation deed, where he states that the loan guaranteed by the mortgage is already paid. Subsequently, the property is registered in the Property Registry as free of encumbrances.

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