Papel Mojado: The Week Spain's Rental Registry Collapsed
Spain just lost its national short-term rental registry. The fallout landed this week.
Since July 2025, every STR in Spain needed a state registration number (NRUA) to list on Airbnb or Booking.
In May, the Supreme Court annulled the registry. The State never had the constitutional power to build a national system on top of the regional registries that already existed.
Then on Thursday it got surreal:
→ The state gazette published around 40 registration denials
→ All of them relate to a registry that no longer exists
→ Spanish press are calling them "papel mojado". Waste paper
→ The Housing…
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