{"id":99976,"date":"2026-02-10T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/sin-categoria\/que-documentos-pedir-para-comprar-una-casa-desde-el-extranjero\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:26:46","slug":"documents-buy-house-spain-from-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/documents-buy-house-spain-from-abroad\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"What documents to request when buying a house in Spain from abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Spain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\">buying a house<\/a> from abroad is a <strong>fully legal and common transaction<\/strong>, both for foreign nationals and for Spanish citizens living outside the country. There are <strong>no restrictions based on nationality<\/strong>, but it is essential to comply with a series of <strong>administrative and legal requirements<\/strong>, especially regarding the <strong>buyer\u2019s identification<\/strong> and the <strong>proof of origin of funds<\/strong>, before formalising the property purchase.<\/p>\n<p>At Fotocasa, we explain all the <strong>documents you need to request<\/strong> when buying a house in Spain from abroad.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1205\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1205\"><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-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/How-to-buy-a-house-in-Spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner-355x230.png\" alt=\"How to buy a house in Spain as a non-resident foreigner\" 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-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\">How to buy a house in Spain as a non-resident foreigner<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/span><\/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":99987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13472],"tags":[13692,13548,13774,13709,13742,13775,13781,13552,13551,13549,13550,13547],"class_list":["post-99976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buyers","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-compra-de-vivienda-en-espana-por-extranjero","tag-compra-de-vivienda-por-extranjeros","tag-comprar-casa","tag-comprar-casa-desde-el-extrajero","tag-documents-needed-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-from-abroad","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\/99976","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=99976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}