The Valencia Property Podcast
by Graham Hunt
The Valencia Property Podcast is niche, of course it is. Here we will look at the Valencia Property market, the latest news and deals, interviews, blogs and the process of moving here. We answer your questions, look into the process of buying property and much more.
Episodes
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A Hell Of A Beating
A strange first minute but there's a reason. The November episode opens with the sad news from Spain: the Madrid to Seville rail crash, which has now cost 69 lives and a transport minister’s job, and the death of Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel after a collision on the pitch. It then turns to...
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Mari Carmen, The Elections and Who Buys in Valencia
*Update - Mari Carmen has now sadly died. Listen about what largely caused her death Spain has a general election on Sunday 29 November, after an 87-year-old woman was evicted from her home in Madrid, protests spread across the country and Congress rejected two emergency housing decrees. Graham...
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Back to Business, Video Calls and Stepping Stone Rentals' Busiest Year
Series Five, Episode One: Back to Business, a Full Pipeline, and Stepping Stone's Busiest Year We're back for series five. In this episode: how September has started at Valencia Property, including four notary signings in our first week back, the two ways to start your property search with us…
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Squatting
A special and rather annoying episode of the Valencia Property podcast today. We want to tell you a story about squatting. What happened, how we resolved it and some advice about how to avoid it Have a listen and if you have any questions then feel free to contact us on...
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Sales Down, Prices Up. What Happened?
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast. In this month's podcast we look at our half yearly report. Prices up but sales slightly down. How does that happen and what is happening overall in the market. We also go through some of our recent posts and publications and take some gratuitous…
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The Form, The Heat, The Summer
Summer, The Form, and What We Have Been Up To Welcome to the Valencia Property Podcast and welcome to the summer. This month we are sponsored by heat, which unlike FIFA's friends at Hydration Breaks has not offered us any money. In this episode we go through "The Form", the thing that starts…
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Pets, Payments and Property Renovations (Along with some property tax news)
From the 1st of June, property transfer tax in the Valencia region drops from 10% to 9% on purchases under one million euros. We explain what that means in real money and why some buyers are deliberately delaying their completions to take advantage of it. We also cover the full story of…
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Siestas, Market Dynamics and Leaving Cali An Interview With Lisa.
Siestas, Market Dynamics and Leaving Cali: An Interview With Lisa This week we have two things for you. A look at why the Valencia property market is not heading for a crash (Probably and unless) and an interview with someone who traded Silicon Valley for El Carmen and has not looked back. On the...
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Housing Costs, What the IRS Wants, and Can Paul Juggle or Ride a Unicycle?
Season 4, Episode 8 - April 2026 The April episode is here. This month we're proudly sponsored by the Almuerzo, Valencia's greatest invention. No corporate sponsor would have us probably, so we went with something we actually believe in. We run through everything we published in March, including...
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The American Exodus, The Markets, SSR, Handbooks, Renovations, L’ELiana and More
March on the Valencia Property Podcast. Fallas is on, nothing is getting done efficiently, and we wouldn't have it any other way. This month we've got a packed episode covering six topics that matter if you're thinking about moving to Valencia or you're already in the process. We talk about the...
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Why Property Portals No Longer Work For Buyers (Mini Podcast)
In our latest mini podcast we talk about why property portals no longer work (If they ever did) for property buyers. You can see the whole article about why with deeper reasons on the blog here https://valencia-property.com/new/2026/02/16/why-property-portals-no-longer-work-for-valencia-buyers/
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From 27% Unemployment to "Sorry But That Property's Gone". Spain's Comeback Story
Valencia Property Podcast - February 2026 Update Welcome to another dose of sun, sarcasm and ... sensible advice about moving to Valencia and Spain! In this episode, recorded from our brand new office/studio, we cover: How 2026 is shaping up in Valencia (rising minimum wage, falling unemployment,...
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Welcome to 2026 - New Year New Valencia
Valencia Property Podcast - Season 4, Episode 5 "New Year, New Valencia" Welcome to 2026! In our first episode of the year, we're diving into what's happening in Valencia property land and the compelling reasons why Valencia should be on your radar this year. In This Episode: Our new Facebook…
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The 2025 Yearly Review and The Big Valencia Property Quiz
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast – your monthly dose of property talk, Valencia insights, and this month, something completely different. We're wrapping up what's been another record year for Valencia Property, and I'll take you through exactly what's been happening in the market:...
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Honesty, Trolls and The American Escape Plus a Q+A Session
The latest and greatest Valencia Property podcast all about honesty, trolls and the American Escape. Plsu we answer a few of your questions in our returning Q+A voicenote section. The links mentioned in the podcast are below. The blogs:...
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Should You Buy a Spanish Property Through a Company?
Hey everyone, welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast. Remember that today's episode is sponsored by Paella. Yes, the dish. Paella wanted to sponsor us because, and I quote, "We've been bringing people together around a shared pan for centuries, and apparently that's your whole philosophy...
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How To Get a Valencia Property Consultation Call
The first in our mini podcast series where we highlight articles you should read but might prefer to listen to. Today we go into how to get a Valencia Property Consultation Call. You can read the article here (Or even read along) and you can also read the other article mentioned in the episode...
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Post-Summer Revival: Consultation Calls, AI Songs, and Why You Can't Get Things Done in Spain
Welcome back to the post-summer episode of the Valencia Property podcast. The first of season 4. A long working title of "Post-Summer Revival: Consultation Calls, AI Songs, and Why You Can't Get Things Done in Spain" it's worth your time to listen and at the end you get "Valencia Dreams" in its...
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Introducing The Definitive Valencia Property Investment Guide 2025-26
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast. It's summer and we are on holiday but even so we continue to put out our amazing VP content. Today we are talking about our new publication "The Definitive Valencia Property Investment Guide 2025-26" You can read the first two chapters and then...
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Remote Work in Valencia. An Interview With Maya Middlemiss
On this month's podcast we take a deep dive into Remote Work in our interview with Maya Middlemiss who runs Remote Work Europe and recently attended a hackathon for her latest project the Remote Resilience Hub. How does remote work affect Valencia, how does Valencia affect remote workers, why...
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Spain's 100% Property Tax and Why "It Depends" Is Always The Answer
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast. Today as usual we’ve got a packed episode covering medium-term rentals, a key money-saving tip for buyers, the rise of coliving, and why ‘it depends’ is the answer to so many questions. Plus, we’ll break down the latest updates to Spain’s visa...
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Mortgages, Interest Rates and Carles Recio, the Valencia "Hero" You Never Knew Existed
Mortgages, Interest Rates and Carles Recio, the Valencia "Hero" You Never Knew Existed. The latest podcast from the Valencia Property stable is a bit different. We talk about mortgages and interest rates but then take you into an underworld of Valencia you may not know about through the lens of...
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All About Insurance For Your Visa With Diana
Welcome back to the latest episode of the Valencia Property Podcast. Today we talk about first quarter results, what's happening after the demise of the Golden Visa and we have an interview with Diana from Gidea Insbrok about getting insurance for all types of visa and why using a broker totally...
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The Cost of Living in Valencia in 2025 (And a whole lot more)
In the latest episode of the Valencia Property podcast we talk about the cost of living in Valencia in 2025, and why it's so much cheaper than where our clients generally come from. We also talk about quality of life, server issues on the website and more. The articles mentioned in the show can…
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Sustainable Building in Spain - An Interview with John Wolfendale
In this special interview episode of the Valencia Property podcast we talk about Sustainable Building in Spain. As more people look for greener buildings and technology Spain is often viewed as being far behind the curve on this. In this interview with John Wolfendale from Eco Vida homes we look...
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Don't Blink, Don't Panic, Don't Be Like Cristina, Don't Destroy Democracy
The latest Valencia Property podcast distils the essence of what we are into 25 minutes of news from Valencia. The title says it all, don't blink, don't panic, don't be like Cristina and don't destroy democracy. We also talk a bit about property in Valencia. So in order We talk about how…
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A Look Back, A Look Forward and a Round Table of Expertise
The latest episode of the Valencia Property podcast features a look back on 2024, a look forward to 2025 and a round table of expertise as David, Paul, Gavin and myself, Graham, take a look at the Valencia Property market at the start of a New Year and the perspectives for the market as we move...
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A New Scam and Perspectives For 2025
The latest episode of the Valencia Property podcast talks about a new scam and perspectives for 2025. How will the property market in Valencia move? We also look at why you can't buy cheaper properties in the city, why we won't be working with clients wanting Airbnb properties in Valencia and a...
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The One We Didn't Want to Have to Make
Our latest podcast is different. It tells the story about the floods and disaster in Valencia last week. No links, no properties, nothing else. Just taking you through what happened, what needs to happen now and what it means for those of you wanting to make Valencia your home. Any questions then...
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The Top Tips For Moving to Spain
In this episode of the Valencia Property podcast we delve into the top ten tips for those moving to Valencia and Spain. What to do and how to do it and we take a listen to our clients' reviews of us at Valencia Property. We also look at a couple of our blog posts and explain why you will struggle...
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New Series: Back After The Summer Break
Welcome back to the 3rd series of the Valencia Property podcast. We are back after the summer break and our first monthly podcast is here. In it we talk mortgages, what to expect, what things cost and what you need to do to prepare yourself for your Valencia Property trip. You can see all of the...
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Elections, Airbnb, Mortgages, Valencia Property News and The Good Ole US of A
Elections, Airbnb, Mortgages, Valencia Property News and The Good Ole US of A. In a bumper election issue of the podcast this month we give you some news from the Valencia Property market, have a chat about what's happening on the ground with one of our team, talk with Maz about modernisations…
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The Valencia Market Situation, Beach Bars, Car Parks and Golden Visas
The Valencia Market Situation, Beach Bars, Car Parks and Golden Visas It's June and the summer has started in Valencia. So welcome to the Valencia Property podcast. This month we are looking at a whole host of things, the latest blogs, the timing of the end of the Golden Visa, the state of the...
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Visa Options, Best Areas, Abandoned Spas and a Whatsapp Event
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast in what has been a monumental month in terms of sales, news and more in Spain. We'll get into it in the pod. In this month's pod we are talking about the news about Spain's Golden Visa finishing, at least for people looking to get it through buying...
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Why Does Valencia Have the Biggest Garden in Spain? And More
Welcome back to the latest Valencia Property podcast. We have reached April after the Fallas fiestas in Valencia and we are now at the end of Easter week where once more lots of people take lots of time off work. I'm actually recording this while away for a few days but I'll be back up and…
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Valencia Stories - The Rise of Airbnb, The Campanar Fire and a Q+A
This month on the VP pod we are finishing our Valencia Story about the financial crisis, bringing you up to date with the market and how it has developed after the flatlining in the years following 2008 up until 2014 when Airbnb arrived on everyone's doorstep and interest rates were low. First...
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The Aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis and More
In the latest episode of the Valencia Property podcast we take you through the last two months on the blog, tell you all about Valencia's rise to number 5 in the best places to live in the World for Quality of Life and in the latest of our Valencia Stories we have the second part of our story of...
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Pt 2 and The Spanish Financial Crisis Pt 1
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Part 2 and The Spanish Financial Crisis Pt 1. Today we continue with our investigation of what can go wrong when buying your property in Spain and what you need to look out for. We started this series in the last podcast and today we conclude with more discussions...
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong and Klaus the Dead German Builder
Welcome to the latest podcast, a different one from usual as we discuss what could possibly go wrong with your Valencia Property purchase at each stage (We'll conclude that in the next episode) and start our series of Valencia Stories with "Klaus the Dead German Builder". We quickly talked about...
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What Do People Leave Behind?
Hello and welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast.. This month we answer some of your questions, look into what people leave behind when they sell a property, with a cautionary anecdote about employing unknown people to do the job for you and look into what we have produced on the blog in…
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Autumn 2023 Market Report
Welcome to the latest Valencia Property Podcast by https://valencia-property.com In the podcast today we'll take you through the blogs we have written, what we have been doing in the last month a huge change that you may have noticed as the website changed and you may not have done, and what is...
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The New Projects Episode
Welcome to the 15th episode of the second series of the Valencia Property podcast and we are back... yes back after the summer although the Valencia summer lasts well into September and the autumn. In this episode we introduce our three new businesses that we have been working on over the summer...
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The Digital Nomad Episode (AKA I’m Away)
The Digital Nomad Episode (AKA I'm Away) A bit of a different podcast this month as I am currently homeless as a modernisation goes on at my house so I am one of those famous digital nomads working from anywhere on the laptop. As usual we will start the podcast by taking a look at what we have...
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The Valencia Property Market in Summer 2023 and More
In this month's podcast we look at various issues, the current Valencia property Market in Summer 2023, Why there is no ticking mortgage timebomb in Spain currently, what happened when Martin Lewis asked people about living abroad and more about Stepping Stone Rentals and where we are with the...
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The Rental Crisis in Valencia Updated
The latest Valencia Property Podcast talks about the rental crisis in Valencia and gives an update on the situation after our post in October. We also talk about our new project "Stepping Stone Rentals and how this will affect your ability to land in Valencia with security, safety and a place to...
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Working as a Realtor in Valencia
In this episode also known as "What's It Like to Work as an Estate Agent in Valencia?" we look into what we do in the shadows, all of the background work and how we work here at Valencia Property. There is an interview with David and Paul about their working days and also I tell you what it is…
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Visa Options and More Valencia Property Services
Welcome back to the Valencia Property podcast This month we are looking at visa options for coming to live in Spain and announcing a new service from Valencia Property to help those looking at the lower end of the market. Intially titled the VP Sherlock Service but that isn't catchy enough, we…
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The Full Valencia Property Guide to Saving Money (Part 2)
In the latest episode of the Valencia Property Podcast we complete our essential guide to saving you money on your property purchase and we take you along to visit some of the worst properties we have seen in the last year of showing people around. We have plenty of articles and recommendations…
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The Digital Nomad or Remote Worker Visa in Spain
Today we present a special extra episode all about the Digital Nomad or (better named) remote worker visa in Spain. We recap what is needed and also answer some of your questions that we have received since publishing. You can see our article about it here....
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The Valencia Property Guide To Saving Money
Welcome back to the monthly podcast and this one is going to be a longer one, we know people like it when we get deep into the weeds with explaining how things work here, that's sort of counter intuitive but it's true, the deper the dive the better the reactions to the pod and the greater the...
About this show
The Valencia Property Podcast is niche, of course it is. Here we will look at the Valencia Property market, the latest news and deals, interviews, blogs and the process of moving here. We answer your questions, look into the process of buying property and much more.
Hosted by
Graham Hunt