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Auction with no bids: award amount
When nobody bids at a Spanish court auction, the law sets what the property can be awarded for. The rules changed on 3 April 2025: choose your proceeding's regime and enter the auction value and the debt.
Award
Enter the auction value to see the amount.
How to read it
The auction value is the one set in the notice, not the market price. The debt is everything claimed from the debtor: principal, interest and costs.
The calculator applies the law only. What happens in your case is decided by the court clerk, after hearing the parties.
The full guide: what happens if an auction gets no bids. And the real cost of an auction calculator.
Frequently asked questions
- What happens if nobody bids at a Spanish court auction?
- In proceedings started from 3 April 2025, if the auction gets no bids the debtor can name someone to take the property for at least 50% of the auction value, or for what settles the debt with a 40% floor. In earlier ones, the creditor could ask for the award: for a main home, at 70%, or 60% if less was owed.
- Does it change if it is the main home?
- Since 3 April 2025, not for an auction with no bids: the threshold is the same for any property. Before, the creditor had to take a main home at 70% of the auction value, or 60% if less was owed.
Indicative information on the law, not legal or financial advice.