{"id":100149,"date":"2026-02-23T08:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=100149"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:39:58","slug":"buy-property-spain-without-being-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/buy-property-spain-without-being-there\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Can I buy a house in Spain without being there? Everything about power of attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\">purchase of property by foreigners<\/a> in Spain is becoming increasingly common. Although the process of buying a property in Spain while living abroad is similar to that of a resident, a very common question arises: <strong>is it mandatory to be physically present to buy a house?<\/strong> Spanish legislation allows a property purchase to be completed without attending in person, provided the appropriate legal tools are used.<br data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1190\" \/>At Fotocasa, we <strong>explain how power of attorney works to buy a house in Spain<\/strong>, what it is for, its limits, what we need to consider before granting it, and how it fits into the property purchase process.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><section class=\"mini-posts\"><div class=\"row align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-4 col-md-3 pt-2 pb-2\"><div class=\"mini-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-for-the-first-time\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gemini_Generated_Image_b9f3aqb9f3aqb9f3-2-355x230.jpg\" alt=\"Tips for buying a house in Spain for the first time\" title=\"-\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-8 col-md-9 pt-2 pb-2\"><h3 class=\"mini-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-for-the-first-time\/?lang=en\">Tips for buying a house in Spain for the first time<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1501\">Can you buy a house in Spain without being present?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1708\">Yes, <strong>we can buy a property in Spain without being physically in the country<\/strong>. To do so, it is necessary to grant a <strong>power of attorney<\/strong> that allows another person to act on our behalf during the purchase process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":100155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13895,13709,13710,13886,13534,13552,13551,13549,13550,13547],"class_list":["post-100149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-buy-property-in-spain-without-being-there","tag-compra-de-vivienda-por-extranjeros","tag-comprar-una-casa-en-espana-siendo-extranjero","tag-comprar-una-casa-en-espana-sin-venir-fisicamente","tag-comprar-vivienda-siendo-extranjero","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}