Posts written by Graham Hunt

At Valencia Property we appreciate all areas of our city. We have written before about the different districts in Valencia so you get an idea about what is available in each location (See the four guides to Valencia here) and we point out advantages and disadvantages of each area. One thing we notice though is that lots of people insist "It has to be Ruzafa for me".

Sometimes a property just doesn't sell quickly for whatever reason. At times we expect something to move quickly and it doesn't and then we get that question that everyone asks about every property which makes no sense but it still gets asked: "How long has that property been on the market?" It's a strange question because if you like the property and are potentially thinking of buying it then it doesn't matter (Except for if you think this will make a difference to the offer you can make and get away with). Today therefore on the blog we thought it time to look at some properties that have been for sale for a time but for whatever reason haven't yet sold but are great opportunities for whatever reason.

In general, people in Spain don't tend to present a property for sale. if you do then you already have an advantage as the initial impression is "cool" rather than "omfg". As agents, we go round to take a look at a property, give suggestions for easy changes to make, value the property and start marketing it once everything is agreed. Once we get the first visits we go back and generally find out that nothing has changed

There are a lot of things that happen in the background when you are buying a Valencia Property. Your agent, lawyer, mortgage company and bank are all doing things to make your purchase as smooth as possible and many of those things you may know about but never see. However, in this post we are looking at the little things you will need to do that may come as a surprise at each stage of the process of purchase

The last two weeks in Valencia have had people complaining about the heat but funnily enough it is not actually as hot as normal according to the numbers, just around 32 degrees every day. However we are getting a really humid period at the moment and you walk around dripping. This is not the case in all parts of Spain, Madrid is a lot hotter but dry, Seville just gets seriously hot, North West Spain copies the UK weather patterns, rain, sunny spells and if it isn't raining it has just rained or it's about to rain.

Before we start let's get this clear. The reason we are encouraging people to buy property to rent out is to bring more rental properties onto the market and help to sort out the rental crisis in Valencia. This has been put into sharp focus in the last week with the news that the number of properties available to rent has gone down by over 40% this year alone and this is after falls in the last two years meaning that in some areas there are now up to 80% fewer available properties to rent than a few years ago pre-pandemic. The knock-on effects of this are manifold but suffice to say price rises due to lack of supply, difficulties in finding suitable and affordable accommodation for locals, students and incomers and pressures on current tenants coming up to the end of their contracts are among them.

We always bang on about how great Valencia is to live, we know we do. We do it because it is. We say Valencia has a great mix of everything you want in a place to live and it's true. You don't have to believe us of course. But if you aren't going to believe us who should you believe? How about the people who live and work here?

OK I know it is slightly early but I wanted to get this out today for a friend of mine on Twitter who needs a few podcasts for his car this week as he is travelling around.

For those of you who listen to our podcast you got a preview of this post last week where we talked about what has been happening here in the last year and the perspectives for 2023. Give it a listen if you haven't, you might like it (And remember to subscribe to get future episodes) For those who prefer reading it's time to give a full review of the Valencia Property Market in 2022 and what it may look like next year. Within this post we will also be giving another shout out for our end of year competition, looking at some of the current properties for sale and asking if we go too far at times with our descriptions.

The new Valencia Property site is now up and running and ready for you to choose a property or properties to look at when you come over. The reaction to the new site has been excellent, thank you for all the nice comments and suggestions. Some of them will be deployed in the next few weeks and months and others unfortunately wouldn't be too easy to do.

If you have been in touch with us before you will know that we always ask for one thing above all others, if you haven't then below is what you need to do. Whether we start our contacts with an email, a Whatsapp message, a video call or even an old fashioned phone call we always ask clients "Tell us your wish list". A wish list is simple and it's comprised of just three questions. However, these questions do require more than just a one word answer. You will need to think a bit.

Two and a half years ago we wrote the most useful post ever on the blog (From our point of view definitely and from what our clients say quite often from theirs). It was a post about letting us know exactly what you are looking for when you are moving to Valencia, the first step to buying property in Valencia. It was the most useful because it got clients thinking about exactly what they wanted on buying here and it allowed us to have an excellent communication tool for our team actually written down. The majority of our sales come through this channel as the first point of communication with the second being the individual property enquiries from the main Valencia Property site and the third being the Valencia Property Podcast (more on that later)