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For people coming into Spain from Northern Europe, the Gulf States and the USA buying a property in Valencia is a great way to find a good place to live at a decent price and still be able to afford a lifestyle when you get here. What you pay for the house though is not your only cost. You also have taxes, costs, commissions and legal fees. We have written before about how it actually works out cheaper to buy a property in Valencia long term despite the upfront costs because the ongoing costs are low

The concept of co-housing or communal living seems to be growing in popularity in Spain but it is a relatively new concept. As we mentioned in our article about "The Community" people in Spain have been living cheek by jowl and cooperating within their buildings for many years but the co-housing movement now takes the traditional community model and extends the concept somewhat. Now though co-housing and communal living is becoming more and more popular in Spain due to various factors. However what we are beginning to see now are projects that are being developed specifically for communal living. Today we are going to look at what these concepts are and what they tend to offer.

I recently wrote an article about the Paradox of Choice, you can see it at the link. In it we talked about there being less choice in the market but that is not necessarily a bad thing. We talked about positive constraints and knowing what you want when you are buying property or, to put it bluntly, anything really. When you are sure about what your requirements are then it is a lot easier to find what you are looking for. However, this is a follow up, this is a warning and it's important when looking for property or anything, sometimes perfect is your enemy because perfect doesn't exist, sometimes good enough is great!

One of the most common questions we get from our potential American clients is whether they should be worried about Spanish taxes as they are so high. It's stated as a fact but misses half the story even if it were true. What is true is that Spanish taxes are more progressive as you get higher. The most pressing question is how much they will have to pay in wealth tax? And the answer is usually, "you won't have to pay anything". This is because despite the fact that most Americans may consider themselves temporarily financially embarrassed millionaires, or even inconvenienced billionaires with cashflow issues, the truth is that the levels at which wealth tax gets levied are quite high for most people, not all though.

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

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.

Sometimes when you are looking for a property to buy in Valencia or elsewhere there are certain things you need to know. If you make a mistake it can end up costing you big time in terms of wasted money, wasted time and huge frustration. So today I thought it time to let you know about the biggest mistakes you can make when searching for Valencia Property and what those mistakes can mean for you.

In our last post we told you about all of the things that drive us to distraction working in Valencia Property circles. Today it's time to tell you about the things we adore, love and generally get a warm feeling inside from while doing the same work. I said about the last post when commenting about it on social media "Avoid these and we will get along just fine", this time it's more along the lines of "this is how we want you to make us feel after we have worked or while we are working with you".

Now firstly, before reading this, don't get me wrong. We love what we do at Valencia Property. There is nothing more satisfying than finding the right property for our clients at a great price and helping them to complete and settle into Valencia. However, there are little things that frustrate us, maybe even irritate us and sometimes, yes... there are things that absolutely drive us up the wall. Today, we thought we would have a rant... just so you can have a laugh at our pain, our misfortune, our suffering. And yes, we know we are fortunate to be able to do what we do in such a beautiful place as Valencia and we are not really complaining... Well, maybe just a bit!

Today we are going to talk about what has been happening, what has changed and the surprises that have happened in the first half of 2021 in Valencia Property. Evidently there have been more sales in the first half of the year than there were last year, after all we spent three months of the first half of 2020 in lockdown. Before you read on though just one question to think about, what are you expecting me to say? People have preconceptions about the property markets they are interested in and sometimes those impressions are totally wrong (Sometimes they are spot on). What do you think is happening on the ground in Valencia

Valencia Property will be closed for the whole of August this year. 1st August -31st August 2021 Now, before you go away, this is not exactly true. If you are already booked in and we have confirmed your dates then we will be taking you out as we have said. If not then we just have no more availability for more clients in August. We are full. Fully booked. Stacked to the rafters. And we have to take some holidays. Even if they might be staycations. And we will still be working, read on.

I was asked this question by a future client (We hope) over on Twitter. They wanted to know more about the current market conditions in Valencia after I said that supply was tight, really tight. The questions why, and who is selling came to mind so I thought it was time to have a little answer of those questions for everyone and also look behind the answers at the market and reasons why. As I said supply is tight but it's still possible to find people selling property although summer tightens supply considerably. Meanwhile we will also feature a few of our latest listings and our latest Golden Visa property of the week.

People looking to buy Valencia Property have a few choices, buy land and build, buy something that needs some work or buy the perfect package that is ready to move in. Projects range from a new kitchen and bathroom up to a total rehabilitation, there's also plenty of scope for things that are a sort of halfway house between those two extremes. We have looked into the buyers of Valencia Property over the last few years and can now reveal what people like you are buying and doing.

No, this is not a blog about Bezos, Musk and Branson and their rather pathetic attempts to go into sub-orbit and call it space travel when their money could do so much more good by solving world hunger or trying to avoid climate change, this is about the flight towards more space in properties in Valencia which reflects the news coming out of other countries. For those with the luxury of doing so, the pandemic has made us all think about the way we live. Less travel, zero commuting, larger spaces, an office room, fast internet, zoom calls, teleworking and a host of other previously marginal ideas have become mainstream. Of course this has been reflected in the property market in Valencia and Spain as a whole.

Here at Valencia Property we often get thanked for making our descriptions of houses entertaining. whether that be funny, interesting or just plain weird. We are also asked often why we do this. The simple answer to that is to stand out a bit from the normal "Here is a two bedroomed, one bathroom apartment on the third floor" vanilla boredom. When you write a lot of descriptions this can quickly become extremely boring.

We have added a new section to the Valencia Property homepage, featured properties. This was a request of many people as we often get asked what are your favourite properties on the site. As the website is now even more of a comprehensive tour through what is available in Valencia Property and what you need to know we thought that today we would take you on a step by step tour of what you can find on the Valencia Property website. This is applicable to the homepage on a PC or Mac but is also true on the mobile and tablet versions of the site.

Last year I did this post about Autumn in the Valencia Property market in 2020. It was really well received and the video was well watched too. This year I'm not sure about putting the time into making a video in the same way but I may do in a few days, what does need repeating is the news about the Valencia Property market in Autumn/Fall 2021 and comparing the situation with last year. Things have changed and things have stayed the same. Read on for more information.

We are not quite there yet but next week is looking amazingly busy so it's unlikely we will have time to put together this post then. Between sales, holidays, visits and more September and October have flown by and it's time to look at what is happening in the Valencia Property market to keep you up to date. Plenty of news in this edition of the blog including some very good news for sellers, (and potentially for buyers too), what is moving on the market, what agents on the ground are saying and some great Valencia Property deals.