Holiday rentals in Spain, Costa Blanca and Costa Calida region<

Since the introduction of strict legislation (Decreto-ley 9/2024), new licenses are only valid for 5 years. After that, the license must be actively renewed with up-to-date documentation.

Even more critical for buyers: the license expires immediately upon sale. Buying an existing property that already has a license? It will automatically lapse, and as the new owner, you will have to go through the entire application process from scratch.

This region follows the regulations of Decreto 256/2019. Licenses do not have a hard 5-year expiration date.

Upon sale, the license does not automatically expire in the same rigid manner as in Valencia; the new owner simply needs to report the change of ownership to the Tourism Institute of the Region of Murcia.

Here, the law draws a hard line at 10 consecutive days. If you rent out for 10 days or fewer, you are required to hold a tourist license.

From 11 days onwards, the rental is classified as a seasonal rental (arrendamiento de temporada) under national law, which does not require a tourist license.

Murcia does not use a fixed day limit in its law to define tourist rentals.

As soon as a property is marketed through tourist channels (such as Airbnb or Booking) for profit, a license is mandatory — regardless of whether the stay lasts 5 or 12 days.

Renting out individual rooms to tourists is strictly forbidden here. You must always make the entire property available to a single party.

Renting out a single floor or room in a building where you also reside for less than 10 days is also not permitted.

Here, the law allows you to either rent out the property as a whole or split it into individual room rentals for tourists.

However, room rentals come with the condition that a permanent manager or responsible person must reside on the property.

Strict furnishing requirements apply (such as mandatory air conditioning/heating in living areas, a first-aid kit, and official complaint forms).

The upfront municipal compatibility check is often the biggest bottleneck in terms of processing time.

You must submit a detailed floor plan (scale 1:100 or 1:50) right at the start of the application via the Declaración Responsable.

In addition, public liability insurance is mandatory with a minimum coverage of 300,000 euros per claim, along with a specific Excel document detailing all the property's features.