Thursday, September 27, 2007

Why Use A Property Finder In Spain?

Why Use A Property Finder In Spain?
Why use a property finder in Spain? Off the top of my head
I would say, if you're not Spanish, why wouldn't you use a
property finder in Spain?

For starters, a property finder in Spain either understands
Spanish or works with a professional Spanish-English
translator. This is very helpful because most people
working with property in Spain only speak Spanish. It goes
without saying that you are at a great disadvantage if you
not know what is being said during the negotiations for
something, which you will end up paying for!

A property finder in Spain will know the area, the
different developments - resales, off-plan, and
urbanizations - and will be able to inform you of the
advantages and disadvantages of each one.

Undoubtedly, if there is an extremely good deal available,
a property finder in Spain will be much more likely to know
about it than an inexperienced individual visiting for the
first time.

Your property finder in Spain will have comparative
knowledge between the UK and Spanish property markets and
will be able to highlight the benefits, some of which you
may be unaware.

The same property finder in Spain will also know the ins
and outs of additional costs (taxes, stamp duty, legal
fees, mortgage fees, public notary levies, communal
expenses and so forth). He/she will be able to recommend
reliable and trustworthy people working in these areas
including legal representation.

Another aspect a property finder in Spain can help you with
is banking, fund transfers, and mortgage applications, as
he/she will have people they regularly work with. These
people will be well-versed in the procedures of purchasing
Spanish property, so have all relevant paperwork and
information on hand. In doing so, they save you precious
time (and sometimes money) with the proceedings.

Your property finder in Spain will also know about schools,
shops, transport, and facilities in the vicinity, which is
of added importance if you have children. More often than
not, many a property finder in Spain will actually live -
for some or all of the year - in Spain, which is handy for
"after sales service", once you've moved there.

For something as important as purchasing a property abroad
- which is a personal and expensive matter, it's hard to
understand why anyone wouldn't make the most of the
services of a property finder in Spain!

This is particularly the case with older people considering
retiring to Spain, where it is sometimes physically
impossible for them to "check out" the market. The services
of a property finder in Spain become invaluable as things
like transport from their holiday accommodation to view the
properties, is also included.

Finally, a property finder in Spain will be experienced
enough to answer your questions that are not necessarily
specifically about property such as how to claim pensions
and how to arrange payments of utilities.

Although you could purchase property without a property
finder in Spain, the question remains, why would you? I
mean, there's an easy and a hard way to do everything…this
just happens to be the easy way.


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Get in touch with the industry experts at
http://www.buyspain.co.uk for more details. Steve Magill
has written several articles with regard to the Spanish
property business. As a Fellow in the British Association
of Entrepreneurs (FBAE) he is considered an expert
consultant when it comes to real estate in Spain.

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