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I have just given up €5000 more or less. How? Well I advised someone not only against buying a property I have on my books but against moving to this area to live. Can I look myself in the eye in the mirror tomorrow and possibly more importantly can I look at my bank account tomorrow without blanching?

Currently bank lending is difficult. This was driven home to me this week on taking some Spanish clients to see a house in Cheste, you can see the house at the link video included. They love it. There are many reasons. It is cheap, it is well positioned, it has everything they want yet isn't too big, and it is within their price range… in theory. However bank lending may preclude them from being able to buy it currently.

This is a Guest Blog from Kate Turner. Kate is based in Madrid and started up the Facebook group ‘You know you’ve lived in Spain when...’ The group now has 73,000 members and is still growing. After reading this go there and have a look at what people really think about living in Spain.

I made a post recently about the excellent book Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools by Victoria Twead. Victoria has a newsletter to keep you up to date with the goings on in their lives and also those of the chickens (and feral cats etc...).

There was a caller on Radio Five Live today talking about the mess that is Spain. The complaint, as it was a removals company, was that they were losing money because people aren't coming to Spain at the moment. The litany of complaints about Spain suggested one simple thing to me, go back to the UK and start moaning there like everybody else.

As a follow up to my story on here a few days ago about why I sometimes despair of sellers of Spanish property I thought today it was time to tell the story of the Spanish banks too.. Now Spanish banks had a very easy time in the decade leading up to the property crash and because of this they maybe got a bit too confident in their own power.

We have a great property on the Valencia Property site which is getting lots of attention and has a list of potential buyers coming over to see it. However now they probably will not be able to go and see it because of the avarice of the owners. Have a look at the video below to see it.

I found myself down by the beach in Valencia at 8am on Saturday morning, no don't ask why. Anyway, as it was an absolutely beautiful day and the beach looked like something close to perfection not to mention empty, I thought I would make a video as an introduction to the Cabañal an beach area so you can see what your lifestyle in Spain would be like if you were to choose to buy a property in Valencia near the beach.

Firstly there are worse places to be stranded than Spain and more particularly Valencia when an Icelandic Volcano blows its top, although the weather has been a bit shocking for those who are enjoying (sic) an extended stay. Let's look on the bright side first, some people were able to go to the Valencia match on Thursday, the hotels have space as people cannot get here, there is a big wine festival on in the riverbed and the sun has come out this afternoon.

A couple of days ago you might have seen the video posted in this post. I thought I would take a moment to explain why I love living where I do, the house not the area, that is for another post. The type of house is important though

I was asked a litany of questions by a client yesterday evening and I am very happy to answer them all but one was particularly surprising, and I quote; "Can you fly us out there to look at the properties?"

I will explain more in my next post but currently enjoy the video which is a bit self explanatory. Living in a property in Spain with shared facilities.

This book was so good I really regret the month I spent not being able to read it from when my copy arrived. See my video post about it below but really just go to the Amazon link and buy it. The highlights for me are the anecdotes about the jellyfish sting, the snake and the whole saga of the chickens. This is one of the few books I have read recently that has actually made me chuckle out loud and the recipe interludes are inspired.

Having got back from the UK yesterday night I hit the ground running today. Extremely busy day trying to catch up and then taking a client out to see the pictured house. Priced to sell at 199000 Euros we hope that a deal can be done when the husband brings the wife at the weekend.