The TS forces a bank to compensate the buyers of undelivered homes in O Porriño

Façade of the Supreme Court (File)EUROPA PRESSThe Supreme Court, in a “pioneering” ruling, determines that those affected must also receive the returns on the amount deliveredThe bank that received the money from the buyers in the company’s accounts must pay 91,637 eurosThe defendant company had to build 147 homes that were never delivered O Porriño (Pontevedra) because the company ended up dissolved. The defendant company planned to build 147 homes that should have been awarded to the buyers in 2008. Thus, the purchasers of the properties made the corresponding payments within the established time, but the homes were never delivered because the promoter declared bankruptcy in 2011. Regarding the e company, had not contracted a guarantee to protect the affected amounts, whose support is mandatory by law. Given this, the individuals filed several lawsuits against the banking entity that received the buyers’ money in the accounts (currently Unicaja Banco SA), opened in the name of the promoter. The banking entity that received the buyers’ money must pay 91,640 euros The Supreme Court determined in a ruling issued on October 18, 2021 that the bank must pay 91,637.16 euros, to which must be added the legal interest on that amount from the judicial claim and the procedural costs. This has been explained through a statement by the law firm El Defensor de Tu Vivienda, which led the defense of the plaintiffs. The Firm has stressed the importance of this ruling, which prevents “the loss of purchasing power of buyers” because those affected must also receive the returns on the amount delivered.