Have you ever heard of the expression "To look but not see"? This expression sums up the market fairly well at the moment, particularly with reference to property bargains in Spain.

As both an investor and a homeowner, you think you want to know how to find the property bargains in Spain, but you don't. What you really want to know is in which of the property bargains in Spain should you invest.

You see currently there are so many property bargains in Spain from which to choose, however Spanish real estate agents still maintain that there are not. Phrases such as "Hurry, it's the last one!" or "You'll have to be quick as this won't be available for long!" are used in their sales pitches to entice unknowing buyers who haven't taken the time or initiative to discover that the opposite is actually true.

And with all the talk in Spain about the "slump" in the property market, it's no wonder some people are getting the wrong idea. I mean, really, there can't be a lull with property bargains in Spain for both buyers and sellers, can there? Feasibly, whilst one of them has the upper hand, the other suffers. So which is it?

Well, there's a lot of choice out there. It seems that a couple of years ago, investors