Resources for house hunters
Other people's tools we find useful for choosing a town and a home. None of them pays to be here.
If you're thinking of bidding at auction
Before you bid, compare the town with the others: price, rent, IBI and minutes to the centre are on every Verithic town page.
A free search engine for home auctions from the BOE and Spain's Social Security, filtered by province and town. It has Barcelona and Madrid pages.
Independent project. Link checked on 26 October 2026.
- Portal de Subastas del BOEOfficial
The official portal where court and government auctions take place (Law 19/2015).
Spain's official gazette (BOE). Link checked on 26 October 2026.
Before you sign
What to check about a specific home, at the official source.
- Sede Electrónica del CatastroOfficial
Look up a cadastral reference: floor area, use and year built.
Spain's Land Registry Office (Catastro). Link checked on 26 October 2026.
Who owns the home and whether it carries charges such as a mortgage or an attachment. Requested online.
Spain's Property Registrars. Link checked on 26 October 2026.
Whether the agency you're dealing with is registered, as Catalan law requires.
Catalan Housing Agency. Link checked on 26 October 2026.
The reference rent by town and by census section, worked out from rents declared to the tax office.
Spain's Ministry of Housing. Link checked on 26 October 2026.
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