Opening a bank account

You can transfer EUR to your lawyer to complete from any bank anywhere. The lawyers have a duty to validate source of funds to comply with international financial crime regs. Many don’t bother

It’s always advisable to have an ES IBAN account of some description (traditional or neo bank) because some merchants’ systems still haven’t caught up with EU Regs - under which payments should be accepted from any EU member state’s IBAN

Wise best & cheap way to transfer money https://wise.com/us/send-money/

With a Spanish address you can open a Euro account with cheap charges  https://n26.com/en-eu/open-bank-account-in-spain

Spanish Banks have high charges

Spanish banks do indeed have high charges, however the criteria for N26 is residence, not address. 

The first question on the application is what is Country of Residence - Input UK & you get:

"Waiting List

We’re not in your region yet, but you can sign up for our waiting list and we’ll let you know when we’re available there"

Thank you for your reply, your advice is appreciated. 

Thank you, your advice about money transfers is very helpful. 

You can pay for a property from any account but you must have a Spanish bank account to pay for the property services. So the solicitor will need a Spanish account during the purchase process.

N26 is an online European bank, 'now operating in Spain'. There are no branches; all operations and transactions are implemented from the N26 app (therefore you need a smartphone to open and use an account). A NIE is a requirement to open an account with N26 in Spain. 

https://www.movingtobarcelona.com/money-and-banking-in-spain/

I never had a problem opening one with an NIE number and address to issue card my address in Spain, but correct you cannot open one as a sole UK resident they have stopped operating in the UK.. Great service and if people can get one.  

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Hi Thank you for the info about N26 bank. I will certainly look at this option once I have an NIE number. 

I've being paying for my property services without an ES bank for 4 years. No problems, just pay online with a Wise card(BE IBAN account).