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Your task, if you should choose to accept it, is to find your pefect property in Valencia in as short a time as possible. If this were your task what steps would you need to take in order to make the near impossible, possible? In this week's post we are looking at that preparation. What do you need to do to start with and in what order to give yourself the greatest chance of success of finding that perfect place? Welcome to "Mission Quite Possible"

For the last few years this report has opened the same way. More demand, less supply, more demand, less supply and so on. This year it's different, not radically so but different all the same. This year it opens differently because for the first time since Covid the pattern has not exactly broken but at least slowed down and in one aspect has changed direction. The headlines are that sales are slower, at least in the last couple of months, and there is a little more choice than there was. Banks and valuers have got into the habit of taking their time, an aspect we wrote about a fortnight ago in Bloody Banks and Valuations. Prices meanwhile have carried on going up regardless (In a sort of Sid James tribute) which is the part that confuses those who assume a slowdown in sales means a fall in prices. It doesn't and we will get to why later

You may feel you have seen this before if you are a long time reader of this blog but it's time for an update on what we do because the last time we wrote this was in 2023 and things change (And at the same time they stay the same) This post was prompted a few weeks ago when in our internal WhatsApp group one of the team asked, "Where's that article about all our services again?" That's exactly what happened a few years ago too so I knew it was time to update. We've been working in so many different ways with clients over the last few years and whilst we've written previously about all the services we offer, we reckon a lot of it gets lost because there's just so much information on our blog and main website. It was definitely time to bring it all together in one updated post for 2026-2027 and let's face it, if the team can't find it then what chance have you got?

There are so many people deciding to upgrade their life and move to Valencia that it's difficult to keep up as supply of both rental and for sale property drops and that place you have had your eye on for a few weeks disappears off the property portals or a big sold sign appears just as you are about to visit. In order to avoid disappointment and to make sure you have the best choice available, we at Valencia Property have a tried and tested route for those looking to buy here and settle. And today we are going to detail that route for you here on the blog so you know what to expect.

Two and a half years ago we wrote the most useful post ever on the blog (From our point of view definitely and from what our clients say quite often from theirs). It was a post about letting us know exactly what you are looking for when you are moving to Valencia, the first step to buying property in Valencia. It was the most useful because it got clients thinking about exactly what they wanted on buying here and it allowed us to have an excellent communication tool for our team actually written down. The majority of our sales come through this channel as the first point of communication with the second being the individual property enquiries from the main Valencia Property site and the third being the Valencia Property Podcast (more on that later)

This is a very difficult post to write for various reasons but as the question comes up so often on all social media platforms it's an important one to know if you are planning on moving to Valencia with children. What are the schools like in Valencia? The first thing to recognise is that any move to Valencia with kids will not be successful if you are not happy with the education of them.

As you may have noticed if you are anywhere in Europe we have reached peak summertime and the temperatures are rising. You may also have noticed this living in the States during the World Cup with the infamous "Hydration Breaks" which are sort of needed in 35ºC heat but not so much when you are in an air conditioned stadium at 21ºC.

As with every year we look into the cost of living in Valencia and then compare it with the cost of living where many of our clients are coming from. We use up to date data from Numbeo to provide the reports. Numbeo is a real time platform where people living in the cities report what they are finding for day to day costs, quality of life issues and more. For a numbers nerd like yours truly it's a treasure trove of information. This year for the first time we are also using Perplexity to investigate the results and provide some graphics saving me a lot of time on putting together the comparisons. By the way you can see last year's post here if you want to compare what has changed.

Some people seem to think that estate agents keep back the best properties for themselves or deliberately don't advertise bargains because... well... reasons! They assume that there are many, many more properties for sale than those they can find online and that if only the agent would release the details to them then they could pick up a bargain. They tell us when we say that what they are looking for doesn't exist at the price that, "They have seen the perfect place online". Really? So today we are going to look at the truth behind online listings or the little things you need to look out for in Spanish real estate ads so that you are not caught out by less than 100% clear descriptions.

We've started strongly in what is destined to become an interesting year. Prices are still climbing, the commuter belt is absolutely flying, and from 1 June every resale buyer in the region gets a tax cut that improves the numbers on their purchase. However, don't put off your purchase until that date. Prices will rise by more than the 1% tax reduction between now and then. If you are able to make a deposit now at today's prices and complete after the 1st of June then go for it but many owners will want a quicker completion than that. Nevertheless , I'm pretty sure that there will be no completions in May, they will all wait until after the 1st of June. Let's take a look at what's happening in some of our favourite places. Here's what the data is showing at the moment and why. 

It's 11pm. You've got a glass of Rioja, your laptop open, and you're deep into page 17 of Idealista, mentally furnishing a three-bedroom in Ruzafa. We get it. We've helped hundreds of clients who started exactly the same way. And here's the thing: we're not going to tell you to stop. Portals like Idealista, Fotocasa, and Kyero are genuinely useful. They'll give you a sense of what €350,000 buys in the city centre versus the suburbs. They'll teach you the difference between a bajo and an ático, in fact they'll teach you loads of estate agent vocabulary. They're excellent for homework, and we're all for homework, language based and otherwise

With over a quarter of a century of experience in the Valencia Property market you would think we already had a client handbook but no, we didn't. So after that slight oversight, now we finally have. Over the last few weeks we have been working on a series of booklets to provide clients and partners so they quickly and concisely get to understand the Valencia Property and Stepping Stone Rentals offer.

Last week we wrote about the new Valencia Property Client Handbook. You can see the article at the link. We promised that this week we would be doing the same for Stepping Stone Rentals and as they say in Spanish "Lo prometido es deuda" (A promise is a promise) so here it is. With more and more of our Valencia Property clients starting their Valencia story with a three‑ to six‑month rental, it was about time Stepping Stone Rentals had its own client handbook just like it was the case for Valencia Property.

We wrote an article back in 2019 called "What Are The Running Costs of Your Valencia Property?" It was one of the most read articles on the blog and still gets a lot of traffic today. The problem is it's now seven years old, the world has changed and continues to change at an even faster pace. In fact the World is now in a totally different place. Lots of things can change in seven years. Let's make a list shall we. Since 2019 we have had a global pandemic, a continuing war in Ukraine, an energy crisis across Europe as a result, inflation that made your eyes water due to supply chain issues during the pandemic and after, and now we have that idiot in the White House dragging the US and Israeli coalition into a war with Iran that has closed the Straits of Hormuz (unless you send the Theocracy 2 million in untraceable Bitcoin) and sent global energy markets into chaos yet again. Oil has gone above $100 a barrel for the first time since the Ukraine crisis and European gas prices have doubled since the start of the year. The UK, Germany, Italy and others are bracing for another round of energy price pain.

Last week we looked at electricity costs in detail and how Spain's renewable revolution has changed the game for property owners. You can read that article here. This week we are covering the rest. IBI, gas, water, community fees, internet, home insurance, security and pool and garden costs. Some of these have changed a lot since 2019 when we wrote the original article. Others have barely moved. Some have even gone down. Let's go through them.

If you are asking us a question then we assume that others have the same question or something similar so on a regular basis we publish some of the latest questions we get because the answers can be useful to everyone. This week we have had a slew of questions via our mail, on social media and directly in meetings with clients. Again we are on holiday as it's Easter and Easter in Valencia unlike much of Spain is the week after Good Friday not the week before because the danger of Easter clashing with Fallas and giving everyone nearly three weeks off would be too tempting. However, this Easter a couple of us are working in Valencia, or at least doing as much as possible within the limitations of owners and agents being away because kids are on holiday.

We are doing a bit of housekeeping on the site and have decided to give this page more visibility. It's one of the most important things you can do when preparing your Valencia Property purchase and that's your background reading to make sure you know everything about the processes involved in buying property in Valencia. Of course you should also be downloading our guides, listening to the podcast and keeping an eye on our Youtube channel and socials but perhaps the most important is reading and inwardly digesting the following posts.

If you are interested in buying Valencia Property you may already have an idea of what you want, your ideal property if you like. The more we know about what you are looking for the better chance we have to help you find that property. Therefore, fill in the form below and let us know what you want. The more information you provide the better the choice we can find for you!