Reality vs. Registry:
The Legal Void
Regularize your property and recover the square meters —and the value— that belong to you. Discrepancies between physical reality and the Registry block mortgages and reduce the sale price.
–15% of value
Average loss in properties with uninscribed square meters
Blocked mortgage
Banks require registry coherence before granting financing
+15% faster
Regularized properties are sold sooner and at a better price
What is excess area?
It occurs when the real surface of a property —measured on the ground— is greater than that registered in the Property Registry. It is more frequent than it seems: rural plots, old farms, undeclared construction extensions or historical measurement errors.
The Registry collects what was drafted back then, not necessarily the current physical reality. Over the years, that gap becomes a legal and economic obstacle.
Key rule
A difference greater than 10% of the registered area requires a complex notarial procedure with georeferencing and notification to neighbors. Below 10%, the procedure is more agile.
Urban housing
Renovation or extension that added square meters without updating the Registry. The buyer discovers upon signing that the deed does not match reality.
Rural farm or plot
Old measurements with less precise instruments. Modern cadastral georeferencing reveals larger surfaces than those registered decades ago.
Apartment or commercial premises
Discrepancy between useful and built square meters, or between the description in the deed and the cadastre. Generates conflicts in transfers and financing.
Regularization process in 3 steps
We coordinate surveyor, notary and Registry so you do not have to manage any procedure.
Georeferenced topographic measurement
A certified surveyor surveys the farm with GPS technology and generates the GML file required by the Mortgage Law for cadastral coordination. Without this step, the Registry cannot accept the rectification.
Notarial rectification deed
El notario formaliza la nueva descripción del inmueble. Si el exceso supera el 10%, se notifica a colindantes y se abre un período de alegaciones de 20 días. Gestionamos todas las comunicaciones.
Registry and cadastral update
The Registrar registers the new description, already coordinated with the Cadastre. Your property remains with real square meters, updated value and full legal security for sale or mortgage.
Regularizing has a clear return
Example: home of 120 real m² registered as 100 m² in Registry.
Without regularization
- remove Sale price on 100 m² registered
- remove Bank does not grant mortgage or limits it
- remove Blocked operations or falls at the notary
- remove Legal uncertainty for the buyer
Estimated price
–15% over real value
With regularization
- add Price on the 120 real m² registered
- add Financing without obstacles for the buyer
- add Notary and Registry without incidents
- add Full legal and cadastral security
Estimated price
+20 m² × market price/m²
Usual doubts about excess area
Recover the square meters that belong to you
A free and non-binding consultation to analyze your registry and cadastral situation and propose the fastest path to regularization.
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