One of the questions we are asked most often by people looking to buy a Valencia Property is what sort of running costs are there? Of course, many costs depend on the property and its location; is it a flat or house, big or small and which town is it in? Others depend on your usage: do the kids ever turn the lights off, does the house require a lot of heating etc? Therefore today's post won't give you the definitive answers but it should give you an idea of what it will cost to run a Valencia Property. Just one thing though, many of these costs are not yours if the property is rented out.

As a seller of property in Valencia for whatever reason you are selling, Valencia Property is the best solution you can use to sell on the international market. Established for well over 20 years, Valencia Property is best known as a buyers' agent working for international buyers from all over the World who want to buy in Valencia. As the number one result for many terms to do with property in Valencia on most search engines and the only agency to have a Podcast, a Youtube Channel, a hugely informative blog that is updated regularly (You're reading it now) as well as our homepage with our property listings we have a large throughput of clients finding us from everywhere and every direction.

In this post we are going to talk about what people ask us to do or to keep doing on our Valencia Property website and blog. The things that people always get in touch with us about and the questions people always ask that we try to satisfy. Why are we doing this? Well of course so you can tell us what you want more of from us, how we can better help you and where we can improve. Some of the things that we do are more or less unique to our agency, we genuinely believe that nobody writes descriptions like we do so consistently and in this post we are going to be showing you some of the latest examples

I thought you might like to read a wide ranging interview about the Spanish Property Market that was published yesterday in Smart Planet. The writer Jennifer Riggins is the Madrid based correspondent for the Smart Planet website and she grilled me for around an hour about the Spanish property market and the Spanish Property Magazine.

We publish a lot of properties on our website of all styles, sizes, shapes and prices. We get offered a lot more which we don't publish for a variety of reasons but mostly to do with price or location either being wrong or there not being demand for that type of property. However, we also have a lot of properties that are off market but, well, they are still on sale, sort of... a bit. This is why it is always better to message us with your requirements because you may like the properties we have on the site, after all they are the selection of the best current properties for sale, but we may also have something that suits you down to the ground but it may not be published by us and in this post we will tell you why.

I put out the Spain is Different Magazine to the list yesterday and as usual the feedback and response was excellent. Thanks for that. So here it is on the blog. Download or look at the latest Spain in Different here. And what does it have this time? The transition to democracy in Spain. How to steal a cat Do what you love and love what you do

I make no bones about it, there is life in the Spanish property market, much more life than most people suspect in fact. There is no doubt that badly priced, badly located and badly presented properties will not sell but the right property at the right price in the right place will always sell. As Meat Loaf once said "Two out of three ain't bad" either. However after a few conversations in the last few days I have to conclude that some people think that one swallow makes a summer and that an individual event predicts a trend even when the truth lies somewhere remote from the actual words spoken. Let me explain...

We have been getting so many requests for medium and long term rentals lately that we thought it was time to tell you more about the options you have to work with us at Valencia Property and even Stepping Stone Rentals when you are looking to rent in and around Valencia. Some people on social media platforms thought we didn't offer rentals, we do but not on the main site. Every day there are more enquiries for rentals both for long and medium term and we are hearing more and more stories of online scams so we thought we would be clear here about what we do for you with our rental service and other rental options.

Tip number 26 of our 100 things to think about when you are moving to Spain talks about looking to do stuff when you come to Spain rather than treating it just like God's waiting room.

We have talked before about the rental crisis in the market in Valencia and we have told you that you will have limited options on your purchase if you are clear about what you want because there will never be more than a handful of options available to you at any one time. What if we told you though that those options are reducing even further? And because of this we will now give you the most convincing case ever for using a buyer’s agent?

Living in Valencia I have never seen anyone walking about in a flamenco dress, I don't know any bullfighters, not everyone you see is a foreigner, the place doesn't close down in the winter and we don't only rely on tourists to have anything resembling an economy. Valencia is the third biggest city in Spain and it is a totally first world, modern, thriving city on the Mediterranean coast.

In the last few weeks quite a few sellers have dropped the prices of their properties because they need to sell or because they want to move onto another property themselves. You can see some of the examples below with the price drops. The question is though, do price drops on Spanish Property make a difference to the demand? The obvious answer is of course they do. In all of the cases below we have had enquiries about the properties as a result of the price drops. However, where do those enquiries come from?

Here is Spain is Different Issue 12 in which we announce our competition winners, a new competition for your photos and much more including; General Strike news Churros Shops in Disabled Parking Bays A Woman Whose Legs Are Growing Back (Apparently) 66 Days in a Luxury Hotel The Biggest Competition in Spain Education in Spain The Possible Collapse of Spanish Football The Lure of Andalucia The Comedy Circuit in Madrid