{"id":2404,"date":"2017-11-17T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T08:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alting.com\/you-know-how-you-should-act-in-front-of-rental-arrangements\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:27:24","slug":"you-know-how-you-should-act-in-front-of-rental-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alting.com\/en\/you-know-how-you-should-act-in-front-of-rental-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know how you should act concerning all the rental procedures?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona, November 17 2017.- Traditionally, Spain has always been a country of owners<\/strong>. This is corroborated, for example, by the data extracted from \u201chousing market in-depth study 2016-2017<\/a>\u201d published by the real estate portal Fotocasa, which indicates that 8 of every 10 Spaniards live in the ownership regime compared to 2 who rent<\/strong>. In the specific case of Catalonia<\/strong>, the percentage is a bit lower, with 74% of homes being owned and 26% in the rental regime. <\/strong><\/p>\n

However, we find that in recent times the real estate profile of Spaniards<\/strong> is changing. At present 30% of the population is in favor of renting compared to 37% who prefer the purchase of a home.<\/p>\n

Whether it is due to a change in mentality of the society, greater geographic mobility, the emergence of the \u201cmillennials\u201d in the real estate market, the few options of young people to purchase a home or other circumstances derived from the crisis that the economy has experienced in the last few years, there is an increasing number of people in favor of residential renting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Along this line, the real estate portal Idealista <\/a>has published different reports in which it confirms that the demand for rental homes widely exceeds the offer<\/strong> in large cities such as Barcelona and Madrid. For this reason, and given the dynamism of this market, apartments and houses take an average of 3 months to be rented. Even in some cities, such as Barcelona, this time is reduced considerably. At Alting<\/strong> \u201cwe have had homes for rent in the portfolio for only 48 hours\u201d, as the \u00a0Responsable de Residencial<\/a>,\u00a0Gloria Colomer<\/strong>, comments to us.<\/p>\n

\"Alquiler<\/p>\n

BUT, WHEN WE FIND THE PERFECT DWELLING DO WE KNOW WHAT A LEASE CONTRACT IS AND WHAT TYPES EXIST? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Article 1543 of the Spanish Civil Code defines a lease contract<\/strong> as that in which the lessor (or owner) assigns the use and enjoyment of a certain property for a certain time, in exchange for rent. The one who enjoys the use of said property, the tenant, receives the name of lessee.<\/p>\n

One must distinguish, nonetheless, between different types of lease contracts: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Contracts subjected to the LAU<\/a> (Ley 29\/1994, of 24 November, on Urban Leases) with its successive modifications:
    \n– Of usual and permanent dwelling.
    \n– o Of use other than a dwelling (business establishment\/office or seasonal leasing).
    \nThe seasonal lease is that in which it does not respond to a need for a permanent and usual dwelling, but rather it has other purposes such as vacations, studies, temporary relocations…<\/li>\n
  2. Contracts not subjected to the LAU and regulated by the civil code or by the sectorial tourist regulations.The lease for tourist use<\/strong> (with license) is that in which dwellings assigned by the owners are rented to sporadic tenants, directly or indirectly, through agencies, in exchange for economic consideration and for a stay equal to or less than 31 days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the real estate sector, the contracts are mainly in writting<\/strong>, although an oral<\/strong> contract is also perfectly valid but it is not usual because it can generate problems of proof.<\/p>\n

    WHAT IS THE CONTENT OF A REAL ESTATE CONTRACT? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    If we go deeper into this, it is very important that the lease contract of any property contains the following information:<\/p>\n