The High Court has established a new doctrine, which states that consumers have the right to the restitution of all expenses paid for property registration, management and appraisal, as well as to half of the notarial expenses, in a ruling reported by Europe Press.
As such, with this ruling, all of the consequences of the nullity of the clauses that oblige consumers to pay for mortgage formalisation expenses have been resolved by the Civil Chamber. Only the Tax on Documented Legal Acts (IAJD) will now have to be borne by the buyer.
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