The Valencia Property Podcast

Currency Transfers

In the latest episode of the VP podcast we are talking about money, your money, and how to make the most of it. Lots of our clients are sending money from countries which don't have the Euro and lots of them are getting ripped off mercilessly because they just don't suspect that the banks may not have their best interests at heart. So today we will be looking at the best way to send your money to Spain to your own bank account which you will need once here and we will be chatting with Toni Wilson from Currencies Direct about their service and how they can help to save you money.
We have our selection of listener questions for you too and as usual we have our recommended articles and videos for which you can find the links below.
Recommended Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-xL5APk0iw 
All about our currency partner when Pablo was the person interviewed about their services. Things haven't changed since as you can hear in the interview with Toni. 
 
Recommended Article
In this article we talk about making the most of your money by using Currency Transfer companies and more https://valencia-property.com/new/2019/08/10/tips-for-getting-the-most-valencia-property-for-your-money/. The direct link to Currencies Direct is as follows, get your quote and check out their terms and conditions https://valencia-property.com/new/CD21 
 
Recommended Property
A neat modernisation near the beach and port. https://www.valencia-property.com/valencia-beach-area/nice-apartment-near-the-port-and-beach-1840.php Nice location and lots of good points. 100m2 with three bedrooms modernised for under 200k looks like a good deal in Valencia 

Valencia, Alicante and More Compared

Welcome to the 15th episode of the Valencia Property podcast. In today's episode we look at why Valencia is so different to Alicante (And to a lesser extent the differences between Valencia and Madrid and Barcelona) we answer some more of your questions and we start our meet the team series. 
As usual we finish off with our recommendations and you can see the links we talk about below in the show notes. 
 
Recommended Video
Valencia your new home. Our intro video on the website just gives you a little taste of what awaits you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSD7RncKelU If you haven't subscribed to our video channel then feel free to do so. Lots of podcasts at the moment but more videos coming soon
 
Recommended Article
https://valencia-property.com/new/2020/01/12/our-new-valencia-property-website-and-services/ All about our rental service and more
https://valencia-property.com/new/2019/11/13/why-valencia-is-not-alicante/ Why Valencia is not Alicante 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2017/06/10/112-reasons-to-move-to-valencia-the-best-lifestyle-design-for-you/ 112 Reasons to move to Valencia (Although I do say 122 in the podcast)
 
Recommended Property
I love this one. Went to see it last week and it's one of those you can easily imagine yourself living in. Can be combined with a garage purchase or a low priced rental property for Golden Visa types. 
https://www.valencia-property.com/la-eliana/tricky-villa-in-la-eliana-1842.php 
 
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www.facebook.com/ValenciaProperty
www.instagram.com/grahunt
 

Scammers, Spammers and Spanish Property Mortgages

Welcome to the latest episode of the Valencia Property podcast. Today on number 14 we will be looking at mortgages on your Valencia Property and why more and more people are getting them. But before we get into that we have as usual a few questions and a bit of news from the Valencia Property market. 
The main part of the episode today talks about mortgages and includes an interview with Kevin Monger co-founder of Mortgage Direct who work here in Valencia. You can contact Mortgage Direct here. 
 
Recommended Video
 
There are lots of things I disagree with in this video but it's always good to take a look at what others are saying (Even when they are wrong or i believe they are wrong) Take a look at Ronin's video which has a few factual inaccuracies but is a decent overview about why you might want to retire to Valencia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8524CfksFI 
 
Recommended Article
Mortgages. The full process of getting a Spanish mortgage
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/04/25/the-full-process-of-getting-a-mortgage-in-spain/
Why you need a bank account in Spain. Also talks about ghost listings here
https://valencia-property.com/new/2022/04/04/why-you-need-to-open-a-spanish-bank-account/
 
Recommended Property
https://www.valencia-property.com/chiva/the-view-from-the-balcony-villa-1835.php
Just like in our article this week we are going to recommend the Golden Visa property on El Bosque estate. Worth 795k of anyone's money with gorgeous open views and an excellent pool but would you dive into it from the balcony. That's what we look into on the description of this place. 

Orientation Days

The 13th episode of the Valencia Property podcast is here and it's a shorter one this week as there are no interviews. All pure content goodness. This week we talk about Orientation Days, what they are and what they involve. Have a listen and check out the links we talk about in the podcast below.
Check out our homepage on www.valencia-property.com and the blog at www.valencia-property.com/new 
Recommended Video/podcast:
 
Fancy taking a look at Valencia in 4k video? Take a look at the linked video. Nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmsFT_OdDlU 
The podcast for you here with all about using a buyers' agent
https://valenciaproperty.podbean.com/e/ep12/
 
Recommended Articles:
 
Our latest article about changes possibly coming to the golden visa https://valencia-property.com/new/2022/03/28/get-your-golden-visa-quickly-just-in-case/ It might be useful to get it done now just in case
All about orientation days you can find here https://valencia-property.com/new/2018/03/02/how-we-organise-your-orientation-day-in-valencia/ 
 
Recommended Property:
 
Small but perfectly formed, well located, and what do we say about location, this penthouse apartment in central Valencia ticks a hell of a lot of boxes https://www.valencia-property.com/valencia-city/fantastic-investment-opportunity-1833.php 

Why Use a Buyers Agent in Valencia?

Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast. After our week off because of the Fallas Fiestas we are back and this week we are talking about our role as buyer's agents and what goes into this role. We take a look at the latest news and events coming out of Valencia and have quite a few listener questions covered so listen up. As usual we mention various things in the podcast and links are here in the show notes below. 
Recommended Video
Our second podcast talked about the numbers of Americans coming over to buy here. You can hear it on YouTube here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-vcNUvVcw
and the buring of the Falla in the town hall 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKgZYx_KJZQ
 
Recommended Article
Fill in the form on our First Step post 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/06/22/the-first-step-to-buying-property-in-valencia/
As the episode is about Buyers' Agents here are a couple of articles about that. 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/02/05/we-are-your-buyers-agent-in-valencia/
https://valencia-property.com/new/2017/10/27/why-valencia-property-should-be-your-personal-mls/
 
Recommended Property
This property on the golf course at El Bosque was mist shrouded and wet when I visited and the description lets you know how wet I got. It also describes a good value property though so take a look 
https://www.valencia-property.com/chiva/the-nineteenth-hole-1831.php
 
This podcast is brought to you by Valencia Property. The music used is by Another Brick https://another-brick.nl/ The track is 2 Pan Man and you can find it on their album here and Ghost Drones which can be found here https://ghostmatter1.bandcamp.com/ 

Episode 11. No Podcast ThisWeek

It's Fallas in Valencia, our big fiestas in the city and so therefore there's just an update podcast this week to let you know we have no podcast.
You can still follow us on our socials and everywhere else at the links below.
The website here
The blog here
The Facebook page
The Twitter feed
 
 

Lawyers, Legalities and Power of Attorney

Legalities and Powers of Attorney
 
Welcome to episode ten of the Valencia property podcast. Today we are talking about something that should be very important to you as a Valencia or Spanish property buyer, the legality of what you are buying.
 
We will also be looking at the latest news, giving you the results of our survey, thanks for all of you that answered it by the way, and also announcing the winner of our raffle to win the two books about Valencia that we announced a few weeks ago. 
 
Recommended Video
 
I'm going to go back to last week and recommend the video we made with James about his story in Spain and his new project helping people move to Spain. You can see it on our Youtube Channel at the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mPudFt4jSI 
 
Recommended Article
 
The recommended article is all about lawyers this week of course and you can see it at the link https://valencia-property.com/new/2019/11/18/choosing-a-lawyer-for-your-valencia-property-purchase/  However we also mentioned the article we published on Monday about Valencia and how it benefits from the homewroking revolution Take a look at it in the show notes. https://valencia-property.com/new/2022/03/07/why-valencia-benefits-from-the-homeworking-revolution/ 
 
Recommended Property
 
It's the week of the inexpensive penthouses in Valencia this week and we have been listing lots of penthouse apartments in the city in response to request from people for more apartments with terrace around the 200k mark. Therefore get over to our homepage and take a look at what your penthouse might look like www.valencia-property.com 
 
This podcast is brought to you by Valencia Property. The music used is by Another Brick https://another-brick.nl/ The track is 2 Pan Man and you can find it on their album here and Ghost Drones which can be found here https://ghostmatter1.bandcamp.com/ 
 

The Paradox of Choice and An Interview With James Blick

This week's podcast is number nine in our series and talks about the Paradox of Choice and what having a restricted number of options means for your Valencia Property purchase. 
 
As usual we start with an introduction, the latest news from Valencia, followed by our listener questions, our article about the Paradox of Choice and we finish off with our recommendations. 
 
However we also have two other sections this week. We have an interview with James Blick from Spain Revealed about his new project helping people to move to Spain and we also have a little insert about our ongoing competition and our survey from last week. You can participate in our survey here 
 
Recommended Video
 
The recommended video this week is one of James' of course and I couldn't let this go by without recommending a recent video James made with his friend Phil Kitromiledes who, let's just say, has a restricted palate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-UC36PaT5Q . James took him on a wild tapas tour of offal and bits of animals that many people just won't touch. It's lots of fun.
 
Also take a look at the videos where James talks about moving to Spain and how you can help define what you are looking for when you move to Spain. Obviously we hope you decide that that place in Spain is Valencia. You can see the playlist here
 
Recommended Articles
 
The articles mentioned in the podcast today can be found here
https://valencia-property.com/new/2019/09/18/stamp-duty-and-council-tax-on-valencia-property/ all about taxes 
 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/03/26/getting-to-know-the-community/ All about the community 
 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/10/12/the-paradox-of-choice-in-valencia/ All about the Paradox of Choice
 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/06/22/the-first-step-to-buying-property-in-valencia/ All about taking the first step
 
Recommended Property
 
We have found this little gem near to the riverbed in Valencia. Doesn't look much on the photos but due to size, location, facilities and more it could be just right for somebody looking for their ideal Valencia Property. Remember, looks aren't everything but location often is. 
 
Acknowledgements.
 
This podcast is brought to you by Valencia Property. The music used is by Kevin MacLoed at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/
 
https://another-brick.nl/ (The track is 2 Pan Man and you can find it on their album here )
 
and
 
Ghost Drones which can be found here https://ghostmatter1.bandcamp.com/ 
 
Thanks for listening and we look forward to getting your feedback. Remember you can mail us on information@valencia-property.com or send a whatsapp voicenote to 0034 657994311. 
 

Lifestyle in Valencia. In or Out

Welcome to the 8th episode of the Valencia Property Podcast. This week we are talking about what to expect day to day as you live and possibly work in Valencia. We look at the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city or the suburbs and what type of property you can get in each area. Also we have a conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of living inside or outside the city. We have some news, and very good news for Valencia, a couple of listener questions are answered and of course our weekly recommendations you can see below. Recommended Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1ZIXiDqiE The Fallas exhibition for this year at the City of Arts and Sciences is pretty cool.
 
Recommended Articles
 
Articles mentioned in the podcast today are listed here. 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2018/09/07/distances-and-times-into-valencia-from-the-surrounding-towns/
 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2020/11/22/inland-valencia-towns-where-you-can-grab-a-great-lifestyle/
 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/08/30/the-race-for-space-in-valencia/
 
Recommended Property
 
We love a lot of the little towns around Valencia in the beautiful interior countryside and one of the most beautiful places is Sot de Chera. A bolthole in this lovely little village for your weekend getaways can be got for as little as 40k. Take a look on the website to see our latest listings and in the show notes you have a link to a small townhouse for just 40k
https://www.valencia-property.com/chulilla/town-house-in-beautiful-sot-de-chera-1812.php
 
And remember that we have a competition running at the moment. Listen to Episode 7 here. There's a great prize to be won!
 
Music by Ghost Drones can be found here https://ghostmatter1.bandcamp.com/ and thanks to Stan and Olly for the soundbites
 
 

What’s Happening in the Valencia Property Market Right Now

The seventh episode of the Valencia Property Podcast talks about what is happening in the market currently but first details of our competition. You'll need to listen to the podcast to hear the questions but here are the details of what you need to do. 
1) Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. You can see the link here. https://valencia-property.com/new/ApplePodcasts 
(Equally if you prefer to listen to your podcasts on Spotify, Podbean or others you could leave us another review there too just to be nice ;-))
 
2) Share the podcast on your favourite social media and screenshot the post or posts if you really want to get more brownie points (You might even want to tag us on Twitter @grahunt, Facebook (Valencia Property) and Instagram @grahunt if you are that way inclined).
 
3) Answer the 4 questions that follow, they should be easy with a little Googling or knowledge about the city
 
The four questions are...
No, you'll have to listen to the podcast to hear them
 
4) Once done then send us a mail to information@valencia-property.com with the screenshots and the name you used on the Apple Podcast Review along with your four answers. On the podcast in 3 weeks time we will have a draw for the winner and if your name is announced we will contact you to get details to send you your prize. We will send the books anywhere in the World but would prefer to present them in person of course if you are around. 
 
OK, if you have any questions then just tag me on Twitter @grahunt. The competition will be announced on our socials too. 
 
So much good feedback from last week's longer episode but today won't be as long as there is no interview. However we have divided the pod into various areas. We'll start with news and an explanation of taxes on purchase, (the tldr on this is that it's a bit more complicated than it was before but not necessarily more expensive.)
 
Then we go onto a bit more news from Valencia which is currently in the hangover from the Goya awards which were presented last week at the City of Arts and Sciences (The Goya awards for those who don't know are the Spanish cinema Oscars).
 
After the news we have our competition to win some really cool books about Valencia. 
 
The main part of the pod this week is about who is buying, who is selling and what is happening with supply and prices in the Valencia property market.
 
As usual we will then follow up with some listener questions. Don't forget to submit yours via voice note to our Whatsapp on 0034 657994311 with your name or send me a voice memo to information@valencia-property.com 
 
Finally we have our recommendations this week. A recommended video, article and property as usual. Hope you enjoy itRecommended Video
Levante won! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLZo8rCYfuY but seriously there was a small firework display for the Goya film awards in Valencia last week and our friends at For 91 Days took a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmd6oreQvVs Take a look at the stunning City of Arts and Sciences by day and night.
 
Recommended Article
https://valencia-property.com/new/2019/09/18/stamp-duty-and-council-tax-on-valencia-property/ All about taxes and how much it costs to buy and own a property in Valencia and Spain as a whole
In the podcast we also talked about the following articles
https://valencia-property.com/new/2018/03/20/its-important-to-have-your-ducks-in-a-row-or-else/ 
https://valencia-property.com/new/2021/10/12/the-paradox-of-choice-in-valencia/
https://www.lovevalencia.com/evento/el-fabuloso-mercado-de-tapineria
 
Recommended Property
Today I'm just going to direct you to our homepage www.valencia-property.com as the quality of the properties uploaded recently has been excellent. OK, there are a few for deeper pockets only but they are worth a look especially if you are still in the depths of winter in Northern Europe.
 
As you listen to this podcast on Friday I might well be by the beach with my brunch or chatting to clients over a small beer, that's how nice the weather is at this time of year. Take a look at my twitter and facebook for regular envy inducing photos. 
 
This podcast is brought to you by Valencia Property. The music used is by Kevin MacLoed at https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ 
and https://another-brick.nl/ The track is 2 Pan Man and you can find it on their album here