Overview
- The housing chief, Sílvia Paneque, told Parliament that 30 sanction files are now being processed for rent‑cap breaches, with most in the Barcelona metropolitan area.
- Since the rules took effect in March 2024, new‑contract rents fell 4.9% in Barcelona and 1.9% across regulated municipalities, while unregulated areas rose 6.6%, according to Incasòl deposits.
- In the second quarter of 2025, Barcelona’s new leases rose 4.4% quarter on quarter—about €48 more on average—with eight of ten districts up, led by Ciutat Vella (+7.47%) and Sant Martí (+7.33%); L’Hospitalet and Badalona also increased.
- The Generalitat reports a net gain of 2,285 habitual rental contracts in the second quarter and 14,124 more since the start of the rent‑containment regime.
- Tenant allies criticize the pace of fines and urge tighter curbs on buy‑to‑let, while owner groups call 30 cases “irrelevant” and cite confusion over the ‘gran tenedor’ definition; the government says enforcement will ensure legal security.