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Table of Contents See more by this author E-mail a Friend About This Item Recommendations If you already own this, rate it and improve your recommendations , Not Rated Find a huge selection of books at 30% off Become an Associate Join our Associates Programme and make money from your website! Buying a Property in Spain: An Insider Guide to Finding a Home in the Sun Harry King Search inside this book List Price: £10.99 Our Price: £7.69 & eligible for Free UK delivery on orders over £15 with Super Saver Delivery. See details & conditions . You Save: £3.30 (30%) Availability: usually dispatched within 24 hours. 41 Used & New from £2.95 See larger photo Edition: Paperback More Product Details ~ See Table of Contents Perfect Partner Buy Buying a Property in Spain: An Insider Guide to Finding a... with The Best Places to Buy a Home in Spain today! Total List Price: £22.94 Buy Together Today: £16.05 Customers who bought this item also bought: Buying a Home in Spain 2005 ;Paperback~David Hampshire Going to Live in Spain: A Practical Guide to Enjoying a New Lifestyle in the Sun ;Paperback~Harry King Buying a House in Spain: Where and How to Do It (Buying a House S.) ;Paperback~Dan Boothby Gone to Spain: You Too Can Realise Your Dream of a Better Lifestyle ;Paperback~Tom Provan Living and Working in Spain: How to Prepare for a Successful Visit, Be It Short, Long-term or Forever (Living & Working Abroad) ;Paperback~Robert A.C. Richards Explore similar items ... Product Details: Paperback 256 pages(May 1, 2002) Publisher: How To Books Language: English ISBN: 185703791X Category(ies): Home & Garden , Travel & Holiday Average Customer Review: | Write a review Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 96,288 (Publishers and authors: improve your sales ) sign in to turn on 1-Click™ ordering. 31 New from 2.95 10 used from 3.50 Have one to sell? (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish List . Reviews Synopsis This guide to buying a property in Spain offers first-hand advice on where to stay, dealing with estate agents and builders and the types of properties available. It covers building your own home, renovating a ruin, and renting a cosy cottage. From the Author 'After 38 years of corporate life, work was giving little satisfaction. A change was necessary. I wanted to stop work but knew I couldn't simply retire and live happily in the UK. I still needed a challenge. Finally I decided to move to Spain. Why? Because Spain is relatively close to home, it has an excellent climate and the cost of living is lower than in Northern Europe. During my life I've made some good and bad decisions - but coming to Spain was one of the best I've made. I now live in a town house, on the edge of a Spanish village. The back door opens onto a path leading to the mountains. The front bedroom window overlooks the Med only a few kilometres away. The neighbours are all Spanish. It doesn't get much better than that.' See all reviews... New! Search Inside! ( Learn More ) Search inside this book: You can view sample pages from this book. Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other shoppers! Don't waste your time or money , October 6, 2005 Reviewer: feeMag from Dublin, Ireland I can see how this guy managed to buy a house in Spain. He wrote a book that is padded to the hilt with useless information fo fund it. If you want to know what the weather or the people in Spain are like then you can read about it in this book. The amount of helpful information about buying property in Spain can be found in about 2 pages, information that you would probably find online. Seriously don't waste your money by buying this book, save it for your house in Spain. Was this review helpful to you? 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful: A really practical guide to buying a house in Spain , June 30, 2003 Reviewer: Richard Parker from Bradford, England I found this book very helpful, especially the explanations of all the different legal documents. None of the other books I considered explain the legal documents involved in buying a Spanish property quite as clearly. The sample documents helped me to understand what was asked of me. As somebody who has never dealt with Spanish solicitors and agents before, I was glad to get a low-down on what they do and what to look out for from this book. A really useful book; well done, Harry King! Was this review helpful to you? 18 of 23 people found the following review helpful: Look elsewhere!! , June 4, 2003 Reviewer: Mr N Batcheler from London United Kingdom If you've never been to Spain before, know absolutely nothing about the country, and don't perhaps possess at least a minimal ammount of common sense then you might, just might, find something in this book of some use. Otherwise I would urge you not to waste your time or money by buying this book - I made the mistake so you don't have to! The style of writing is amateurish to say the least, the layout has obviously been designed by someone that's just bought some new software and wants to use all it's features at once, the content is shallow and next to useless as a guide to buying property. All in all I am amazed that this book ever made it into print, it really shouldn't have. I've only given it one star as it's not possible to give none! Was this review helpful to you? 54 of 58 people found the following review helpful: Buying a property in spain , November 9, 2002 Reviewer: mozz43 from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom If you,like me are considering buying a property in spain,either for permenant living (as i am)or soley for holidays and rental purposes buy and read this book before you do anything else. The book deals with all aspects of buying and all the legal side of a purchase in spain, and all the strange spainsh laws that us English do not understand,such as checking that the property has no debts attatched to it or if you buy and it has YOU are responsable for them. This book is well written,and in most part (not the law side)very easy to understand ,and has informed me of a lot of things i did not know which is very valuable when you are spending a lot of your hard earned cash on a purchase in a different contry with such uncommon laws,i would highly recommend this book if you are considering a place in the sun. Was this review helpful to you? Customers who bought books by Harry King also bought books by these authors: David Hampshire Joanna Styles Guy Hobbs Charles Davey Dan Boothby Look for similar books by subject: Browse for Books in: Subjects > Travel & Holiday > General Subjects > Travel & Holiday > Speciality Travel > Living & Working Abroad Subjects > Home & Garden > Buying & Developing Property > Property Guides Search for books by subject: Economics Housing & property for the individual Legal Reference / Law Profession Living & working abroad Portugal Property Spain i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ... 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Neighbors Buying Property To Prevent The Establishment Of A Group Home The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Issue: Housing About News In court Take action Publications More resources Topics : Information sheets Advocacy resources on fair housing Jump to an issue: Advance Psych. Directives Children Civil Rights and the ADA Criminalization Education Elders with Mental Illnesses Housing Insurance Involuntary Commitment Managed Care Medicaid Medicare Rx Drug Benefit Mental Healthcare Privacy Restraint and Seclusion Supports in the Community - SSI - Temp. Assist. for Families Voting Fair Housing Information Sheet # 3 Neighbors Buying Property To Prevent The Establishment Of A Group Home Imagine the following scenario: A house in a residential neighborhood is for sale. A provider of residential services to persons with mental retardation believes that the house would be a great location for a group home for three women and submits a bid to purchase the house. Neighbors of the seller learn of the provider's interest in the home and meet to develop strategies for preventing the women from moving into the neighborhood. Eventually, the neighbors conclude that the only way to prevent the provider from purchasing the home is to submit a higher bid. The neighbors realize that none of them can afford to buy the home alone, so they pool their resources, give the money collected to one of the neighbors, and that person offers the seller $5,000 more for the home than does the provider. The seller sells the home to the neighbor acting on behalf of the group. Do the actions of the seller or of the neighbors who purchased the home violate the Fair Housing Act? The FHA makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicapof (A) that buyer or renter; (B) a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented, or made available; or (C) any person associated with that buyer or renter. 42 U.S.C. 3604(f)(1). The FHA contains an exemption for single-family houses sold or rented by an owner, provided that the owner does not use the services of a real estate agent or broker, own more than three such single-family houses, and, if the owner is not a resident, has not completed more than one sale within a 24-month period. 42 U.S.C. 3603(b). Thus, assuming the listed conditions are met, it is likely that the owner cannot be found liable under the 3604(f)(1) of the FHA. But what of the neighbors, who banded together to buy the home in order to prevent persons with disabilities from living there? Courts that have faced this and similar scenarios have answered the question in different ways. In Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. v. Babin , 18 F.3d 337, 344 (6 th Cir. 1994), the Sixth Circuit called action similar to that described above as "normal economic competition." The Babin court analyzed the liability of the neighbors who contributed extra funds to make the purchase possible under 3604(f)(1), specifically the "otherwise make unavailable" provision. The court explained that, in normal economic competition, every purchase of a unique commodity affects availability to others. Thus, the court concluded, finding the neighbors liable would cause the statute's reach to be overbroad, and it affirmed the summary judgment entered by the court below. A claim also was asserted against the seller and the neighbors pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 3617, which makes illegal interfering with the exercise and enjoyment of the right to fair housing. The Sixth Circuit also rejected this argument, finding that the seller was motivated purely by economic considerations and that, while the purchase of the house disrupted the provider's negotiations, it did not prevent the provider from making an even higher bid on the property. Babin, then, stands for the proposition that actions related to the purchase of property — even when taken for the sole reason of preventing the use of that property by persons protected under the FHA — is "normal economic competition" and therefore is not a violation of the FHA. Not every court that has considered the issue since the Babin decision has agreed with that proposition, however. In United States v. Hughes , 849 F. Supp. 685 (D. Neb. 1994), the court denied a motion to dismiss and found the Babin decision "plainly wrong" in suggesting that there is an economic competition exception to the FHA. In Hughes , the court determined that a lender, who agreed to finance the purchase of property knowing that the intention of the buyer was to prevent the establishment of a group home, could be liable under 42 U.S.C. 3617. The court held that a bank violates the FHA by intentionally aiding buyers in keeping a home from other purchasers because those other purchasers are or are associated with persons with mental illness: [T]rue ' economic competition' does not exist when the purpose of the competition is to deny a protected person access to housing, as opposed to securing housing for oneself or for investment purposes. In fact, it is irrational to spend money for the purpose of prohibiting someone else from living next to you, if the reason you do not wish to live next to that person is because he or she has a handicap protected by the Act.-- Hughes at 686 (emphasis in original). A third opinion on this issue adopts the Hughes analysis. In Step-by-Step v. Lazarus , No. CV-97-1006 (M.D. Pa. Oct. 17, 1997), the court, in denying a motion to dismiss, held that the FHA "does apply to a buyer who purchases a property with the intention of preventing the purchase by an entity planning to use the property as a Group Home for members protected by the Act." Id. , slip op. at 1. In reaching this conclusion, the court agreed with the Hughes reasoning and stated that normal economic considerations do not exist where the underlying intent of the purchaser is to discriminate. The court found support for this proposition in 24 C.F.R. 103.20(a), which allows the filing of a complaint against "any person" engaged in a discriminatory housing practice, and in 24 C.F.R. 100.50(b)(3), which makes it unlawful to engage in "any conduct" that denies or makes housing unavailable to persons with disabilities. As these cases demonstrate, determining the motives of a buyer, seller, or neighbors and whether such motives are legally relevant is a complex issue. On the one hand, Congress has clearly mandated an end to discrimination in housing, and a narrow interpretation of the FHA, such as in Babin , allows persons with discriminatory intent to prevent individuals with disabilities from moving into a community. On the other hand, examining the private motives to all the various parties to a real estate transaction may be both unwieldy and burdensome. Clearly, it is helpful to fair housing advocates that the reasoning in Babin — even though articulated by an appellate court — was not convincing to the next two courts to consider very similar situations. While it remains too soon to make any definitive pronouncements on the merits of the issues, it is apparent, given the holdings in Hughes and Step-by-Step , that the actions of neighbors who buy property to prevent the establishment of group homes remain subject to viable challenge under the FHA. This information sheet was produced under a contract with the Advocacy Training/Technical Assistance Center of the National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems For more information, contact Michael Allen, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 1101 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1212 Washington, D.C. 20005-5002. Phone: 202/467-5730 ext. 117. E-mail: Michaela@bazelon.org . Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-467-5730 Fax: 202-223-0409 Email: webmaster@bazelon.org Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-467-5730 Fax: 202-223-0409 Email: webmaster@bazelon.org

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