All the latest news from Valencia Property

This is the first chapter of the Estate Agency Confessions, part of the fantastic Audiobooks that I produced a few months back. It misses the introduction but it tells you how the situation arrived that 1 in 400 people in Madrid was an Estate Agent in 2006,

If you are looking for a bargain Spanish property and you make a visit should you ever believe the agent when he or she tells you to put a deposit down quickly because it might not be available tomorrow morning? If you believe all the negative hype about Spain and Spanish property at the moment of course you would be stupid to reserve a property that you are not 100% sure about. However, what about 90% sure?

The final podcast for the year is now ready to listen to. You can listen to it here. There are other ways to listen to it of course. The easiest way is to subscribe to the Podcast series in iTunes. If you have iTunes on your computer, and most people do these days, then go to the Podcasts section in the iTunes store and search for VPAudio. You can press the subscribe button, it is free of course, and get this episode and all previous episodes too.

The Spanish property market is starting to recover well after the last two years of constant falling prices and lack of bank lending. Now the banks are loosening up lending for those who have some money to put down as a deposit and on their own repossessed stock they are looking to finance at 100% where possible.

Here is part of the interview I have recorded with David Leigh. David is a successful internet marketer based in Barcelona who is living the "4 Hour Workweek" or rather he could be living it if he didn't choose to work on other projects

That there is a little pop up that appears if this is your first visit to the site, or every couple of days if you are one of the many regular readers. Well I have changed the offer for those who sign up to the newsletter.

I have put together the first in a series of newsletters about Valencia and Spanish Property. It is a four page PDF which is available on a monthly basis. The first one is here to download but future issues will be sent out first to mailing list subscribers because they will be full of the latest news and properties that will make you go mmmm!!!

What is Valencia? Valencia is many things to many people; the traditional dress of the Fallas, the stunning modern architecture, the old mixing it with the new, paella, horchata, fireworks and a whole lot more. The hidden jewel of the Mediterranean is just that, well hidden away from the throngs of Stag Party goers cruising up and down the Ramblas in Barcelona, the Hemingway hunters in Madrid, (How many places did Hemingway actually sleep or get royally drunk in really?) and the drunken hordes of the Costas.

All of those who have already bought the audiobooks "Success in Spain Training" will have the full version of this interview in their feeds this evening. Today's interview is with guest house owner, artist and therapist Amanda Hamilton. Amanda has used social media to great effect to promote her businesses and in this extract she talks about how she used specifically Ecademy to promote herself and give her business in Spain a leg up.

I have a short week this week. I am working with clients on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but flying out to Manchester on Thursday to go to Ed Dale's 30 Day Challenge Coming Home Conference. It will be cool to be surrounded be rain coming down sideways and grey skies after a November here in Valencia when the temperature hasn't dropped below 20 degrees on any day I don't think.

What Is A House For Sale In Spain Worth? The true value of Houses for Sale In Spain opens a debate depending on supply and demand for Spanish Property.

I thought that it would help anyone who regularly checks in here to find out where and what I am posting to keep you up to date with the Spanish Property Market here on Houses For Sale In Spain

It is amazing how the prices and outlook of obstensibly similar buildings can be so disparate. Have a look at this Dickens style story from Rafaelbuñol in Valencia

Using iMovie on the Mac to make videos of Houses for sale in Spain and lifestyle in Spain too.

I thought it time to upload a video into YouTube in Spanish. It shouldn't just be those who speak English who can get good deals on property sales in Spain of course. The market of Brits selling their properties at great prices due to the weakness of the pound is useful for the local market too.