{"id":99921,"date":"2025-09-03T07:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T05:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/sin-categoria\/pasos-comprar-vivienda-primera-vez\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:01:48","slug":"how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-for-the-first-time\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Tips for buying a house in Spain for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"252\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\">Buying a home<\/a> for the first time is one of those decisions that brings an equal mix of <strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"112\">excitement and nerves<\/strong>. It\u2019s not just about finding a place to live: we\u2019re talking about a <strong data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"218\">financial and personal commitment<\/strong> that will stay with us for years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"414\">That\u2019s why, before taking the leap, it\u2019s important to clearly understand the <strong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"376\">steps to buying a home for the first time<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"413\">mistakes we should avoid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"547\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">At <strong data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"431\">Fotocasa<\/strong>, we\u2019re sharing a list of practical tips covering <strong data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"546\">everything you need to consider before buying your first home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<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\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/How-much-does-it-cost-to-buy-a-house-in-Spain-355x230.png\" alt=\"How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]\" 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\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\">How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section>\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":3,"featured_media":99934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13740,13741,13552,13551,13549,13755,13550,13743,13744,13547],"class_list":["post-99921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-como-comprar-casa","tag-como-comprar-vivienda","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-for-the-first-time","tag-live-in-spain","tag-pasos-para-comprar-una-casa-a-un-particular","tag-pasos-para-comprar-una-vivienda","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99921","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}