Never before in history have people from Alicante inherited so many properties as last year. HE increased mortality progress due to the pandemic, tax control thanks to new technologies or well a moment in the real estate market contributed to the volume of properties whose ownership changed due to the death of the previous owner Breaks the all-time record in 2022 second time in a row in the state.
According to data released this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), last year 20,576 properties That’s 129 more than in 2021, when all records in this organization’s historical lineup dating back to 2007 were surpassed. 11% increase over recorded in 2019The last year before the pandemic and the increase in deaths caused by the uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus.
In this last year, the number of household inherited, reaching 10,292with 6 percent increase in one year, according to the same sources. In other words, one out of every seven houses that changed hands in the province in the last year changed hands for this reason.
Less rustic farms
On the contrary, in 2022 there was a decrease in the formalization of legacies. rural propertiesa total of 4,347, 11.5% lessBut it is true that this decline occurred after 2000. they would have recovered more than 30% in the previous year. The enormous demand for chalets and detached houses that arose after the closure had a lot to do with this, a trend that has fostered the reorganization of heritages of considerable antiquity.
Delfín Martínez, vice dean of the Valencian Notary College Alicante, described this increase in the formalization of legacies in the province. increased mortality Although it also points to a number of causes that contribute to this phenomenon.
Notable among them is the improvement achieved. new technologies inside fraud check taxed by different administrations. Therefore, now, at the moment when a person’s death occurs, It is reported to the Cadastre from the Population Directorate.that both city halls and Generalitat have instant information.
These two administrations are obliged to collect the two taxes to be paid in such cases. On the one hand, the so-called municipal surplus value and on the other hand, inheritance tax, but in the latter case, very few pay, as the first 100,000 Euro each child inherits is exempt, an amount that is rarely exceeded.
more sales
Another factor to consider is real estate market revivalbecause with the increase in demand, Increases the chance of selling the house and liquidate assets. Therefore, there is more interest in formalizing the transfer as soon as possible or in other cases, arranging situations that come long ago, for example, to be able to sell the grandparent’s house. Also something that is starting to be noticed with curiosity relinquish one’s inheritance They’ve fallen in the past year, where they’ve been growing uninterruptedly for more than a decade, according to data available to the Notaries Union. Specifically, with data up to the third quarter, it fell from 1,540 in 2021 to 1,443.
In total, 70,916 houses changed hands in Alicante province last year. Of these, 49,858 were for sale; 10,292 inherited; 1,517 people were donated; 82 for swap and 9,167 for other reasons INE didn’t specify.