Finding Spanish Properties

The traditional method relies on the ability of a potential buyer to select an agent or agents with good credentials who have desirable Spanish properties on their books. This is by no means an easy task! An agent's dubious reputation is more often than not unknown to a stranger from another country. Similarly his precise portfolio is only discovered after he is approached and often results in a buyer accepting second best and succumbing to over enthusiastic sales pressure.

The Spanish Property Register provides a useful resource for locating property of all types offered in Spain. It lists several hundreds of properties available for sale, which is a good starting point when searching for a suitable property. This is an example of just some of the properties which have been listed as being for sale. It allows you to browse at your leisure from the comfort of your own home or office without pressure.
It also offers in addition to those spanish properties listed, an opportunity to view many thousands of properties throughout Spain via the API on-line network. (API = Agente de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria)

Spanish Real Estate Agents

Nationally qualified real estate agents (API's) number around 10,000 in Spain, roughly about a third of the total agents operating in the country. It is important to engage a respectable estate agent as a first step to ensuring a reasonable standard of service.

1. The API network is the biggest association of professional real estate agents in Spain.
   
2. Each agent is specially trained and qualified as an intermediary in all types of real estate transactions.
   
3. Each agent is governed by a code of conduct that guarantees the rights and protection of the buyer.
   
4. In the unlikely event of misconduct or error on behalf of the agent, all API's have professional indemnity insurance to cover such events.
   
5. Around 1,000 API's are linked through a National Network allowing access to many thousands of properties on the market.

It is unlikely you will find anywhere in Spain, a more comprehensive listing of properties than the Spanish Property Register has access to.