What the register actually says about a property, and what it means for a buyer.
23 September 20262 min read
A report is a snapshot. After it, subscribers get a fresh PREPIS on a cadence: every two weeks for three months with the report, or every week at €5 per property. The email says what changed — or that nothing did.
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Agents say the documents are clean. The register answers field by field. Here is what to check on a PREPIS before kapara — and again on the day you sign.
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The register tells you the object is on a legalization path — not what you will pay. The 2025 Legalization Act splits the bill into urban sanitation (per m² net, set by your municipality), surveys, optional coastal and annual-use charges, and a very different regime for large hotels.
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An agent can offer you a house with an unlawful-construction note. Closing does not clear that note. Legalization can be refused. Before any deposit, treat financing, insurance, resale and removal risk as part of the price — not as a favour the seller will “sort next month”.
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A certified property sheet is not the same as a screen in the public portal. Since July 2026 owners can pull one online with NSeID — most foreign buyers cannot, and need another path before any deposit.
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The register will not say “legalized” in one green stamp. It shows unlawful-construction notes, pending building inscriptions, and footprints without a List V object. Those three signals are what a buyer can verify before paying a deposit.
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A mortgage filed last month and registered next month outranks a purchase completed today. The section that tells you so is the one buyers skip.
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Both are valid public documents, and only one of them has to show you the encumbrances. The difference is a single word in the header, and it decides how much of the register you are looking at.
Read guide9 September 20263 min read
The property sheet has five sections, and two of them decide whether a purchase is safe. Here is what each one answers, in the order a buyer should read them.
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