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When you are looking for a Spanish Property and it is a house as opposed to an apartment (Although we do have an example of a potentially illegal apartment, see number 5), there are certain things you need to bear in mind. Obviously your lawyer will look to see whether the property is illegal but you can save yourself some money by not even suggesting an obviously illegal property to your lawyer to look at.

Today marks the 56th anniversary of the huge floods that changed the face of the city of Valencia forever. I have written here before about why Valencia has the biggest garden n Europe but today i have been outdone in research and even images by this fantastic post on Caroline Angus Baker's blog about the Gran Riada of 1957. Well worth a look by anyone interested in Valencia's history.

Each to their own and every person looking to buy property in Valencia has different criteria. Nevertheless I am often asked which property I would buy and why? The answer to that question is not an easy one as each and every person is different in their requirements, likes and whims. Therefore I have put a few examples of great value properties for different types of buyers in this post with links to the properties themselves.

My head is hurting today. It has been for two days to tell the truth. It's not hurting because I have a headache it's been hurting because I have spent the last two days banging my head against a brick wall not believing how stupid the Valencian government has been. (What? I hear you ask. A government being stupid!! Never)

Today I got three phone calls dropping the price on already well priced properties in Valencia and I took pictures of an absolutely lovely well positioned place in Olocau although it was a grey day so the pictures are less bright than they normally would be. I thought it was time therefore to let you know more about these great bargains so you can see the value for money now available on some property in Valencia.

If you live in certain areas of Glasgow and are a middle aged male I would get out quickly. The latest report about life expectancy in the World shows that men in certain areas of Glasgow have a life expectancy of around 55 years old. Spain meanwhile has the highest life expectancy in Europe and even more importantly the highest healthy life expectancy. As posted in the report and quoted in the Guardian "They may be out of work and struggling with financial disaster, but the Spanish have the highest healthy life expectancy in Europe – and beat Australia, Canada, Norway and the USA as well.

March has come around with grey skies for a whole day or two, until today when the weather is stunning, and Valenia looking good in the pre Fallas festivities. So just a couple of videos and some pictures to show you today. Firstly it was raining yesterday so we managed to get close to the first Mascleta of the Fallas fiestas (A Mascleta is a pile of firecrackers and fireworks going off for around 5 minutes sounding like a war zone.   There are 17 more of them to go before the fallas fiestas end every day in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 2pm.

It is time for you to see some of the properties placed onto Valencia Property recently. However bear in mind that many properties we have on the books are not yet on the site due to time demands. So take a look at some of the latest properties on the site and if you are interested in these are would like something else just send us a mail and tell me what you are looking for.

2013 in Spanish Property was an article originally featured in the Spanish Property Magazine for iPad, get your copy at the link. I thought it was relevant for here though. Here is what you should be looking out for, what you need to be aware of and how you should be thinking if you are thinking of moving to Spain in 2013. There are opportunities everywhere but there are also traps the unwary can fall into.

It took Apple a long time to approve this time, it seems that they don't rest on the eighth day though and finally Spanish Property Magazine issue 5 was approved and is now in the app store. This is the longest issue yet with an extra special on the Spanish Road Trip following on from this month's issue.

The article below was taken from issue four of the Spanish Property magazine. It's this sort of analysis that you may be missing so if you have an iPad get over to iTunes and download the magazines. Well worth some of your time if you are interested in Spain and/or property. As I said in the last magazine, most people buy in Spain for one of two reasons: lifestyle or investment. However the investment part you need to look at carefully. Many people bought for both lifestyle and investment and most of them crashed and burnt.

I have had two really good deals passed onto me in the last couple of weeks but they are chalk and cheese as to what your money will get you. So the question is do you want a large city apartment overlooking a church or a huge country house overlooking rolling orange groves. It's a really difficult choice for most people who are not clear on their requirements but for those with a laser targetted focus there is really no choice. If you want a city pad then that is what you want and if you want lots of outside space and a pool then a city pad is not an option.

This week I let down a client due to a lack of organisation on my part. I want to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen again for anyone thinking of coming over to visit properties so I thought it would be right to explain the situation and how it arose. The client got in touch with me about two weeks ago and we discussed by email their requirements along with a couple of skype calls.

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.

The 4th Spanish Property Magazine is out now and you can get it for your iPad right now here Take a look at the cover and some of the images from the pages below. And remember you can find articles about Spanish Inheritance Tax, 10 Surprising Things About Spain, Blood in the Valencian Soil a new novel set in Valencia by Caroline Angus Baker

Well then, Apple has brought out a new iPad. It's a little smaller and a lot lighter so you can read it in bed and when you fall asleep and drop it on your nose it won't get broken. (Your nose that is, although your iPad may slide off the bed and crash in pieces on the tiled floor if you aren't careful)

I have finally been able to get a video about the hotel for sale in Mojacár at 615000 Euros reduced off the price to 380,000 Euros. Hugely impressive property with views to die for with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Take a look at the video and come and look at the property. The usual question on our great bargains, What's not to like?