Selling your tourist housing: What about the license

A change of title, a community of owners and roles that convince an investor buyer. We helped you sell it with the file in order.

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By Hector Clarke · Updated 27 sep 2026 · 10 min reading

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3/5Mayoría de propietarios y cuotas que necesita la comunidad para aprobar, limitar o prohibir la actividad turística (art. 17.12 LPH)
1 monthsThe date to report the change of title of a VUT in Castile and León (Decree 3 / 2017)
3 yearsThe date of adaptation of VUT currently operating in Madrid to Decree 27 / 2026 and by our calculation up to 26 April 2029

What's important about 30 seconds

It doesn't pass by itself to the buyer

The new incumbent presents his own responsible statement, in Madrid and Castile and León.

The community weighs more

Since 3 April 2025 can approve, limit or prohibit activity with a majority of 3 / 5.

No state registration

The Supreme cancelled his unique 2026 registration in May. It counts the number of the autonomous registration.

What you prove, sum up

No reliable bonus statistics. Income, employment and certificates are your price argument.

To sum up: La licencia turística no pasa sola al comprador: en Madrid el nuevo titular presenta su propia declaración responsable y en Castilla y León el cambio se comunica en un mes y el comprador presenta la suya. Además, la comunidad puede aprobar o prohibir la actividad con una mayoría de 3/5. Documéntalo todo antes de vender: la ley no aclara si la protección de quien ya operaba antes de abril de 2025 pasa al comprador.

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The short answer: doesn't go by itself

The tourist license isn't supported with writing. A Responsible statement submitted by a specific holder and registered with the autonomous tourist register.

When selling, the house keeps its record, but the buyer who wants to continue to exploit it makes its own change of title. And there's a second filter: the community of owners with far more power since April of 2025.

What you do control. The activity can continue if the buyer complies with and changes his or her name but isn't guaranteed. If you leave everything documented, the buyer doesn't doubt, and that's shown in the price.

What exactly's "license"

They mix up to three things:

  • The autonomous registration. In Madrid, statement with responsibility to the general direction of Tourism (art. 17 del Decreto 79/2014, en la redacción del Decreto 27/2026). In Castile and León, a responsible statement and registration with the Tourist Register.
  • The town titleas required. In Madrid capital, get them with the town hall for your building.
  • The Owner Community: estatutos, acuerdos y, desde abril de 2025, aprobación expresa.

Madrid: new incumbent puts forward his statement

The 27 / 2026 Decree, published at the BCMO 6 April 2026amending Decree 79 / 2014. Any modifications, including change of holderrequires a statement to be submitted to the General Tourism Management and the new holder. The model includes the "change of holder" box.

What the buyer states, inter alia:

  • A certificate that an activity cannot be prohibited by an association or an association.
  • A certificate that the activity has been approved by the community under the Horizontal Property Act.
  • That housing has no public protection: protected housing cannot be tourist.
  • Licences or local and local certificate of suitability for tourist housing (CIVUT).

Adjustment period: housing currently operating have tres años desde la entrada en vigor del decreto para adaptarse a sus artículos 10, 14, 17 quáter (CIVUT) y 18 (disposición transitoria única). El decreto entra en vigor a los veinte días de su publicación, así que, por nuestro cálculo, el plazo acaba el 26 de abril de 2029. Si reformas a fondo la vivienda antes de que acabe ese plazo, los requisitos te son exigibles desde ese momento.

Eye, point outstanding. The transitional period was for housing that had been operated, but the statement of change of incumbent includes having CIVUT. If your place doesn't have it yet, ask at the general address of Tourism if the buyer can have the term and tell them from the start.

In the Sierra Oeste, she also asks at the town hall if there's an ordinance or an urban title of his own: San Martín de ValdeIglesias, Pelayos de la Dra or Cadalso de los Vidrios. If you sell at San Martín, look at them as well. selling your house in San Martín de Valdecontipos.

Castilla y León: Communicate in a month

The tourism law requires that changes of title be communicated and the new incumbent lays down his own responsible statement (art. 23.2 of the Act 14 / 2010 of Tourism of Castilla and León). The Decreto 3/2017 the concrete:

  1. The change is communicated to the peripheral body of tourism of the province A month.
  2. The new incumbent lays down his statement and Board procedure documentAlso in a month and always before operation.
  3. The Board includes an official change to the Tourism Register.
  4. The registration number goes throughout advertising.

La única modificación del Decreto 3/2017 que recoge esa ficha es la anulación de un apartado por el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León (Orden CYT/1318/2019), que no toca el cambio de titularidad. Aun así, revisa la versión vigente antes de firmar. En el Valle del Tiétar y el Alberche, mira selling your place at El Tieblo and La Atalaya.

The community: the most heavy filter

From 3's April 2025, whoever wants to have an activity needs first expressed approval by the community (art. 7.3 LpH).

  • Majority: tres quintas partes (3/5) from owners representing 3 / 5 quotas to approve, restrict, condition or prohibit (art. 17.12 LpH).
  • Special contributions: with the same majority, increased common costs up to 20 %.
  • No retroactive effects. Those who operated earlier and have been covered by tourism regulations can continue with their conditions and deadlines (Additional provision second LpH).
The doubt that's wrong to hide. The additional provision referred to "that owner" that he had already exercised. The law doesn't say if that protection passes to the buyer. And in Madrid, the declaration of change of title includes the certificate of approval of the community. A prudent buyer will ask.

What can you do:

  • To ask the Registrar for a certificate: statutes without a ban and no agreement that limits or prohibits.
  • If the board approved the activity, report the minutes.
  • If you were operating before 3's April 2025, gather the proof: date of declaration, registration number and first reservations.
  • Without an explicit agreement, we will appreciate applying for approval before selling. If she gets out, that's your best argument. If she doesn't, she better know before she negotiates.

The single state register no longer exists

The Royal Decree 1312 / 2024 created a single state registration number for short term rental. The Supreme Court annulled this procedure in May of 2026. GJC press releaseas a State lacks the authority to create them. The single digital window and the obligation of platforms to transmit data (arts. 6 and 7 from RD 1312 / 2024).

The Consolidated BOE sets as nullifying registration and application of number (art. 9 RD 1312 / 2024) and its verification (art. 10) and the competent local and local authorities (art. 12. d).

To sell, easier: there's no state number to transmit. The autophone counts. Before updating ads, ask at the Tourism headquarters if after the change the number will be held or another will be assigned.

How much better with a license?

No reliable public statistics, and we're not giving you an invented percentage. That's what the buyer calculates:

  • Inverter: compares net tourist income with residential or seasonal income and challenges: community, policy changes and outstanding works for CIVUT in Madrid. That difference, with real accounts, that's what's worth more.
  • Family to live: The license's worth little or nothing and sometimes remains if the house's furnished for tourists.

The bonus depends on what you have shown: IRPF, platform clearance, employment and valuation. Requests valuation of your housing with both scenarios: tourist and residential.

Papers before announcing

  • Retirement and registration number.
  • Municipal town title, if your town hall requires.
  • Community certificate (statutes, agreements, approval) and debt.
  • In Madrid, CIVUT or a clear adaptation plan before 2029.
  • History of income: IRPF and clearance of platforms from recent years.
  • Future Reservations: Compact with the contract who attends them or how they are cancelled.
A fiscal figure. If the housing has been operated, the acquisition value at the IRPF is reduced by amortiations, as required by Regulation (art. 35.1 LRPF): gain increases. If she's also inherited, look selling an inherited house: steps and taxes.

How we do at Bliss

Bliss Inmobiliaria arranca ahora en Madrid, la Sierra Oeste y el Valle del Tiétar para quien decide vender. Preparamos tu vivienda para quien sí la va a valorar, con el expediente turístico y de comunidad ordenado desde el primer día, y te damos el precio en los dos escenarios: turística y residencial.

Fees. 3 % + VAT on sales price, minimum 3.000 € + VAT. It's charged at sign.

Don't you have that clear yet? Start with estimate the value of your housing. Are you clear about that? Start at To sell your place.

That article's informative and for your particular case consult with a tax or notary advisor.

FAQ

The license's been sold with the floor?
Not automatically. The house retains its history but the buyer that wants to continue presents his own statement of responsibility for the change of title, in Madrid and in Castile and León.
Who makes the change of title, me or the buyer?
In Madrid, according to Decree 27 / 2026, the new incumbent. In Castile and León, the incumbent communicates the change in a month and his new statement (art. 23.2 of Act 14 / 2010).
Can the community outlaw the buyer?
Can approve, restrict, condition or prohibit with three fifths of owners and quotas, with no retroactive effect (art. 17.12 LpH). The protection of those who had been operating before April of 2025 referred to that owner and the law did not clarify whether it happened to the buyer.
Do I have to transmit the single registration number?
No. The Supreme ruled out in May of 2026 the procedure for the single registration of Royal Decree 1312 / 2024 and BOE have already been nullifying. It counts the autophone number.
I'm selling more expensive for a license?
Depends on who you're selling. No reliable public statistics. An investor pays the difference of net income relative to residential, with a discount of risks and a family with barely anything. We computed with both scenarios at a free valuation.
What about the reservations I have?
It is agreed in the contract: the buyer takes them or they are cancelled prior to delivery with the terms and conditions of each platform. Just put them in writing on the loops.
Hector Clarke, founder of Bliss Homes

Hector Clarke

Founder of Bliss Homes and promoter of Bliss Inmobiliaria, who sells housing in Madrid capital, Sierra West and the Tietar Valley. How we work →

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