Rulings, regulatory changes and market data affecting vacation and seasonal rentals. Every item links to its primary source — no rumours, no unchecked headlines.
Judgment STS 620/2026 (21 May) annuls the NRUA created by RD 1312/2024: the State lacked competence against the regional registries. The NRA number is no longer mandatory.
Seasonal-rental supply rose 22 % year-on-year while permanent housing fell 3 %. Mid-term lets now make up around 27 % of the market (idealista data, Q1 2026).
The TSJCV annuls Valencia city’s 2024 suspension of change-of-use licences for tourist flats on a legal defect, while upholding the ban on new-build tourist developments.
Residential rent rose 8.5 % year-on-year. Pressure on permanent tenancies and rent-capped “stressed zones” explains much of the shift toward seasonal lets.
Spain’s data authority clarifies that RD 933/2021 requires collecting guest data but does not authorise keeping a copy of the document. Visual checking suffices; storing scans breaches data minimisation.