Purview Letting & Management

31/08/2026

¿Estás pensando en alquilar tu vivienda el año que viene? Empieza ahora, no en junio.

Si este verano has visto cómo otras viviendas de tu zona se llenaban de huéspedes y te has planteado hacer lo mismo con la tuya, ahora es un buen momento para empezar a estudiarlo.

Pero pedir una licencia turística no siempre debería ser el primer paso.

Antes de pensar en anuncios, fotos o en cuánto podrías ganar el próximo verano, conviene revisar primero lo básico: si la vivienda encaja con el tipo de alquiler que tienes en mente, cuál es la situación de la comunidad de propietarios, si la documentación está en orden y qué requisitos habría que cumplir.

Cualquier problema es mucho más fácil de resolver ahora que cuando ya estás intentando conseguir reservas para junio o julio.

Si estás pensando en alquilar tu vivienda en Murcia en 2027, podemos revisar la situación contigo y explicarte qué habría que hacer antes de empezar a aceptar reservas.

31/08/2026

Thinking of renting next summer? Start now, not next June.

If you’ve spent this summer watching neighbouring properties full of holidaymakers and wondering whether you should rent yours too, now is actually the sensible time to start looking at it.

But the tourism licence isn’t necessarily the first job.

Before you start thinking about listings, photos and what you might earn next summer, it makes sense to check the basics first: whether the property is suitable for the type of rental you have in mind, whether the community position is clear, whether the paperwork is in order and what compliance work may be needed.

Any problems are much easier to deal with in September than when you’re hoping to take bookings in June.

If you’re considering renting your Murcia property in 2027, we’re happy to look at the position now and explain what would need to happen before you start taking bookings.

26/08/2026

“It’s a winter let, so it doesn’t need a tourism licence.”

If that is the advice you have been given, there is one fairly important follow-up question:

Why not?

“Winter let” is not a legal category, and simply calling a contract a seasonal tenancy does not decide which rules apply.

Imagine a fairly typical Murcia winter rental:

A couple normally live in the UK. They want to rent a furnished property from January to April because they would rather spend the winter in the Spanish sunshine. The property has been advertised for rent, they pay for their stay, and when April comes they go home.

That is quite plainly a holiday or leisure purpose.

And Murcia’s rules on Viviendas de Uso Turístico specifically cover furnished properties offered temporarily for holiday purposes, for payment, where they are marketed or advertised as accommodation.

In fact, Murcia defines the advertising side extremely broadly. Agencies, rental websites, booking platforms, social media advertising and effectively any other way of offering the property can fall within it.

So the fact that the booking lasts three or four months does not, by itself, turn that holiday into a non-tourist rental.

Yes, genuine seasonal tenancies exist. The LAU specifically provides for them.

But “it’s a winter let” is not the legal reasoning that makes something a seasonal tenancy rather than tourist accommodation.

For the typical property being openly marketed to people looking to spend the winter in Murcia for sunshine and leisure, the tourism rules need to be addressed and the appropriate VV tourism registration should be in place.

If an agent is telling an owner otherwise simply because the booking is for several months, it is worth asking them which part of the legislation they are relying on.

There may be a perfectly good answer.

But “we always do winter lets this way” isn’t one.

11/08/2026

A tourism registration number is important, but it isn’t the same thing as being fully legal.

Once a property is registered, there are still a number of things that need to be right behind that VV number, from inspection requirements and insurance through to guest registration, advertising information and keeping documents up to date.

Some obligations only become relevant once you start accepting guests. Others can change over time as regulations, platforms or the property itself change.

So the useful question for owners isn’t simply:
“Do I have a tourism number?”

It’s:
“Is everything behind that number still correct?”

That is what we mean when we talk about compliance at Purview.

04/08/2026

All of our information about Purview Compliance Care is now available on our website.

Compliance Care

03/08/2026

Who is actually responsible for keeping your holiday rental compliant after the initial paperwork is finished?

In many cases, the honest answer is nobody.

Rental agents are busy managing bookings, guests, cleaners, maintenance and emergencies.

Solicitors have conveyancing, contracts, disputes and other legal matters to handle.

Accountants and gestorías are concentrating on tax returns, filings and financial deadlines.

This is not a criticism of any of them. They are doing the jobs they have been instructed to do.

The problem is that ongoing rental compliance often falls into the gap between those different services. Everybody may reasonably assume that somebody else is watching.

Purview also manages rental properties, so we understand this problem first-hand.

That is precisely why we are reorganising our internal responsibilities.

Ongoing compliance is being separated from day-to-day rental operations, giving Purview a dedicated compliance role with someone focused exclusively on regulatory monitoring, property files, deadlines and compliance support.

It will not be something fitted around guest messages, bookings or property emergencies. It will be a distinct area of the business with its own responsibility and systems.

Purview Compliance Care has been created around that dedicated role.

We use a structured AI-assisted monitoring system to continuously check official bulletins, regulations, decisions and administrative developments. Every potential finding is then personally reviewed against the individual property before anything is communicated.

Each property receives:
• A detailed monthly compliance update
• Ongoing document and deadline monitoring
• Routine direct support
• An annual desktop review, first completed within the initial 60 days
• Identification of any additional legal, technical or administrative work required
• A 10% discount on separately chargeable compliance work

The service is available directly to owners of eligible whole-property tourist rentals.

We can also work quietly in the background for rental agents, property managers, solicitors, accountants and gestorías. They retain their clients and existing professional work. Purview provides the dedicated monitoring function that would otherwise be missing.

Currently available in Murcia, Valencia and Andalucía.

For more information:
📧 [email protected]
📱 661 89 59 00

28/07/2026

Como adelantamos ayer, antes de que la noticia apareciera de forma generalizada en los medios, los cambios propuestos por el Gobierno en materia de alquiler se iban a aplazar. Ahora podemos confirmar que el decreto previsto no ha salido adelante.

Nos permitimos un pequeño momento de satisfacción. 👀

Llevamos siguiendo muy de cerca estas negociaciones porque el paquete propuesto podría tener consecuencias importantes para propietarios de toda España, especialmente para quienes tienen viviendas turísticas o utilizan contratos de alquiler de temporada.

Estaba previsto que el Gobierno sacara adelante el paquete esta semana. Finalmente, se ha aplazado hasta después del verano mientras continúan las negociaciones políticas.

Esto significa que las medidas de las que hemos estado hablando, entre ellas una regulación más estricta de los alquileres de temporada y la propuesta del 21% de IVA para las viviendas turísticas, no han entrado en vigor.

Para los propietarios, por tanto, lo importante es muy sencillo:

Hoy no cambia nada.

Hay que seguir aplicando la normativa actualmente vigente para cada propiedad y modalidad de alquiler. No existe ningún motivo para modificar contratos, cambiar precios o alterar el funcionamiento de una vivienda turística por estas propuestas.

Ayer informamos a nuestros clientes de lo que estaba ocurriendo antes de que el aplazamiento llegara de forma generalizada a los medios. Hoy podemos darles una recomendación bastante menos emocionante, pero igual de importante: no hacer nada.

Precisamente por eso dedicamos tanto tiempo a seguir los detalles en lugar de limitarnos a reaccionar a los titulares.

Seguiremos pendientes de lo que ocurra después del verano y, cuando exista algún cambio que realmente requiera actuar, lo explicaremos.

A ser posible, sin obligaros a leer el BOE.

28/07/2026

As we revealed yesterday, ahead of the wider reporting, the Government’s proposed rental changes were being postponed. We can now confirm that the expected housing decree has not gone ahead.

A small moment of satisfaction for us, perhaps. 👀

We’ve been following the negotiations closely because the proposed package could have significant implications for property owners across Spain, particularly those operating tourist accommodation or using seasonal rental contracts.

The Government had been expected to take the package forward this week. Instead, it has been postponed until after the summer while further political negotiations take place.

That means the proposals we’ve been discussing, including tighter regulation of seasonal rentals and the proposed 21% IVA treatment for tourist accommodation, have not entered into force.

For owners, the important bit is therefore very simple:

Nothing changes today.

Continue operating under the rules currently applicable to your property and rental model. There is no reason to rewrite contracts, alter prices or change the way you operate a tourist property because of these proposals.

Yesterday we told our clients what was happening before the postponement had filtered through into the wider reporting. Today, we can give them the rather less exciting but equally important advice: do nothing.

This is precisely why we spend so much time following the detail rather than simply reacting to headlines.

We’ll keep watching what happens after the summer and, when there is something owners genuinely need to act on, we’ll explain it.

Preferably without making you read the BOE yourselves.

27/07/2026

UPDATE: The Ministry of Housing has now informed the press that the decree has been postponed until September.

27/07/2026

📢 RENTAL REGULATION UPDATE: HOUSING DECREE REPORTEDLY POSTPONED

There has been a lot of discussion recently about proposed changes to rental law in Spain, particularly affecting seasonal rentals, room rentals and tourist accommodation.

A new housing decree had been expected to go before the Council of Ministers tomorrow, 28 July. However, El País is reporting in the last few minutes, citing Government sources, that the decree has now been postponed until after the summer because the Government does not currently have enough parliamentary support to get it through Congress.

So, what was actually being proposed?

🏠 Seasonal rentals

The Government wants tighter regulation of seasonal contracts, particularly where they are being used to avoid the protections and restrictions that apply to normal residential tenancies.

The intention is to distinguish more clearly between a genuine temporary rental, where there is a legitimate temporary reason for the tenant’s stay, and properties effectively being used as somebody’s normal home under repeated or artificial seasonal contracts.

The precise rules covering permitted reasons, duration, pricing and other conditions still depend on the final legislation.

🚪 Room rentals

The proposals also include greater regulation of individual room rentals. The draft being discussed reportedly sought to bring some room rentals closer to the rules governing ordinary residential tenancies, including additional protections in areas where rental prices are regulated.

📅 Existing residential tenancies

Another major part of the proposed decree was an extraordinary extension for certain residential rental contracts approaching expiry, potentially allowing tenants to remain under the existing conditions for a further period.

This has been one of the politically contentious parts of the package and is one of the reasons securing enough parliamentary support has proved difficult.

☀️ Tourist accommodation and 21% IVA

The Government has also proposed applying 21% IVA to tourist accommodation as part of its wider housing measures.

This has understandably attracted a lot of attention from owners, but it is important not to treat a proposal as though the tax rules have already changed.

The eventual effect on individual owners will depend on the legislation that is actually approved and how the measure is drafted and implemented.

So what does today’s development mean for owners?

For the moment, there is no new legislation to apply as a result of these proposals.

Licensed tourist properties must continue following their existing regional tourism requirements, and genuine seasonal rentals should continue to be properly documented with a clear temporary reason for occupation.

There is also no reason for tourist property owners to start adding 21% IVA simply because the measure has appeared in headlines.

The decree may return after the summer, negotiations may change its contents, and there is no guarantee that every measure currently being discussed will appear in the eventual legislation.

This is exactly why we have been cautious about presenting proposed changes as though they were already law.

Purview Letting & Management will continue following the legislation closely. As soon as there is something concrete, we’ll explain what has actually changed, who it affects and what owners need to do.