The Spanish Golden Visa is something we have worked on for years now with clients from all across the World. The good thing about the Spanish Golden Visa is that the property investment can be made over several properties.
It's time to put on the sarcasm font and start "complaining" about living in Spain. Lots of people complain about living in Spain, just look at any online forum, but let's give them a platform for their complaints here should we as only forum owners and their invented six alter egos read forums these days. So for all of you out there who over the years have complained loudly, repeatedly and in the echoey chamber that is an internet forum let's give you a voice. The 17 worst things about living in Spain:
We are well into Autumn now in Valencia with the colours of the trees turning and giving a verdant and golden backdrop both inside and outside the city and temperatures dropping to give those lovely evenings when you take a jacket out with you just in case as you sit on the outside cafes and terraces. As we mentioned in our Valencia Property market report last week, which you can read at the link, the market continues to be wild and we continue to make sales regardless of the tight supply of properties. And one of the reasons we are making those sales is just because of that tight supply. It's known as the Paradox of choice. If you don't know what it is then let me tell you a story and then apply that to the Valencia property market
Demand almost always dictates price on property of course. Owners sometimes think they dictate market values because they have painted their door a nice shade of blue but we know better. Read on!
We have now fully launched our new project Stepping Stone Rentals where we offer three month rentals for people coming into Valencia as a first step before finding their long term rental, purchase or even as a Schengen Stopover for Digital Nomads. We have written about the new company before here and will continue to mention how it's going in this blog as we move forward. We may also incorporate the rentals into the Valencia Property homepage in the near future. However there is one thing we need to satisfy the demand we are seeing and that is more properties.
The further you get away from Valencia the less likely it is that you will travel into work from your home. That's true most anywhere but traditionally it's especially true in Valencia where people preferred to be as close to their place of work as possible to avoid the need for having a car in the city. But now things are changing...
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!
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