How To Find Your Dream Home in Spain (+ How Much We Paid )

Excellent info guys thank you!!!

wow you really made a bargain with 270K !!

Cantabria is cheap?

Hi Yoli & James, communida in Emglsih we call it the HOA (Home Owner Association) Fees. Thank you so much for making this video!

Muchas gracias por los videos chicos, estoy planeando mudarme a Madrid con mi mujer y dos hijas desde Chicago el prox año y estamos buscando pisos y empapándonos del tema. Muy informativo

Do you as a buyer have to pay the real estate agent? Here in the US, the buyer doesn't pay anything to the realtor unless you are selling your home through a realtor. By the way, my wife and I do speak, read, and write Spanish as we are Colombian-American and Cuban-American and we were both born in Colombia and Cuba. Gracias por toda la información aportada. 🤔

Great tips

Communidad means “condo maintenance fee” in English. Hopefully this helps. 😅

I watched the video. So Notary is different from Lawyer??
What about the Home inspection? Did you do home Inspection at all to check the structural, electrical panel, Mold hazards, AC and heating systems? Or it’s not done in Spain

For those of us that do not wish to buy what is the cost to rent if you have a fixed income of one! I understand that Spain is a large country so what would be the cost on the coast? Then maybe you can do a series for coastal areas, inland from the coast, mountain areas, etc. perhaps you have already done this and you only need to send a link. Or you prefer to send a link of an agent.😊

Comunidad=HOA
HOA=Home Owners Association

Who paids for the real-estate agent in Spain, the buyer or the seller??

Lol always fun to go back to 2020 and watch/listen about housing prices falling due to covid! Our banks were saying 30% decrease but prices increased 100-300%

Thanks James and Yoli! very informative. Looking to buy a place in Malaga, Marbella or Almeria, so excited! Just found your channel recently and have been going through your videos, love them!

I've been here quite a while... and... where the F... are the houses? is it really all about flats?

That would be homeowner's association in the US (HOA)

I thought Spanish people could talk a lot but our guy in this movie is the star

Home Owner Association fee: Fees paid by the residents for the standard community expenses, such as landscape maintenance, pool, fence maintenance, roof, etc.

guys, could you makes a videop about how high is the risk of getting ocupas occupy your apartment and what should you do to avoid that?

I’m thinking about Marbella apartment 2 bedroom 2 bath ( ideally facing ocean )

How much is the property tax in Spain ?

Hi! When you said “non-resident”, do you mean Spanish citizen?

I lived in Quintana and come back every year for a visit, the area has change completely not my kind of area now.

Watching this video in 2022. Seems the 'experts' were all wrong. What a shock :)

Comunidad= Maintenance fee, or in USA HOA's (home owner's association) I love your videos....!

Informacion muy util. Gracias. What do you think of Murcia or Almeria for for retirement (pricewise)?

Hopefully I can convince my husband and we can move out there in Spain one day. It sounds like a dream. Homes in the states are rising at an exponential rate, and since we also work from home and speak Spanish, living in Spain seems like the quality of life looks much brighter...thank you for this video and your excitement excites me!

Non resident also get loan

Thanks can you do one how to find contractors for reno

This is SO useful! Thank you! ☺

So helpful!

In England the Common Area Fees are called Service Charges. Thanks.

like you should learn the speak the local language.
you should also buy your own home, if you dont have money then rent.
and if you cant afford that then dont go, then you are kind of a refugee if you cant take care of your self

using money that is not yours is just bad taste specially in another country then your homne country.
normally you go to the bank before you leave for spain or other countrys, this is just poor taste

Hi guys! Thx for the great channel and videos!
Ive got two qns. 1. When you (or somebody else, or banks website) says that you can get financing "up to 80%", whay do you mean? Up to 80% of the property price or property price + purchase expenses (~10% more, incl. taxes). My logic says it should be % of the property price, but IDEALISTA calculator looks like beeing build with the logic "% property price + purchase expenses".
Also what about "pledge"? Is the acquired property used as a pledge ("not mine property")? Can any other assets be used as a pledge or proof of credibility/funds? For ex stocks, other properties?
2. When should you pay ITP? Are there any deadlines?

Fantastic video! Thank you for doing this.

Hi, nice informative channel, however I didn't get you humour about luggage of cash to buy a house for cash, I believe most of people who willing relocate to spain and over 35 might not go for mortgage as its too risky to be dependent on job.

I can't find the link to the pdf file. Loved the video. We're going to the Valencia region to decide which area we would like to buy an apartment in. Gracias

great stuff!

The real estate agent took 9 grand?!!
Please make a video on 'How to become a real estate agent in Spain' 😂

Gracias por el vídeo chicos! Pregunta: somos freelancers y trabajamos para el exterior. Saben cuánto es el impuesto de rentas (income tax) que debemos pagar en España? Gracias

Fantastic tips,please do more of house hunting in different neighborhood for long term rental like three month and selling,great job

Omg, do you think you were talking fast enough? Sheesh, I got a headache.

Is it possible to obtain financing for a flat in Spain as an american? I’m retired and live on my pension. Hoping that I can use my retirement income to finance a flat in Valencia. If financing is possible, can rental income from a house I’m renting out be used to offset my debt to income ratio?

Interesting information but instead of seeing the narrators all the time, it would have been nicer to see other things.

Her: Love your dress!😀
Him: It's interesting that you are losing your NZ accent!

That is insanely cheap. I live in the parisian suburbs and just a studio is over 200k.

I love where you chose to live. It's very lively and I love people and hearing laughter and talking. I love the feeling that people are in touch with enjoying life without being disrespectful for the peace and comforts of others.

I would love to buy a property in Spain ;-)

I hope you make a video of international schools and their locations, fees ...

We need your advice for families moving with kids