On February 27, 2025, Decree 2/2025 will come into force, which will adopt urgent measures in the area of habitatge and urbanism, and consequently, the Registry of Large Housing Holder is created, of an administrative nature, which depends on the Habitatge Agency of Catalonia. In accordance with these regulations, all physical or legal persons who complete the requirements to be considered large holders must be registered in this register.
At the state level, article 5 of Law 24/2025, of July 29, on urgent measures to respond to the emergency in the area of habitat and energy poverty, lists a list of legal persons or entities that have this status of major holder:
a) The financial entities, the real estate subsidiaries of these entities, the investment funds and the activity management entities, including those proceeding from bank restructuring, in accordance with commercial legislation.
b) Legal persons who, whether sole or mitjançant a group of companies, continue to own a habitable area of more than 1,250 m²”, with exceptions.
Així mateix, the generic definition of large holder is found in article 3.k) of Law 24/2024, of May 25, for the right to habitation: “the natural or legal person who remains the owner of more than two residential urban properties or a built surface of more than 1,500 m² “d’ús residential, excloent en tot cas aparcaments i trasters”.
It is indicated that this definition may be particularized in the high-tension residential market, which will continue to be justified by the Community. Autonomous.
Per això, in Catalonia, and in a tensioned residential market area, the natural or legal person who has five or more real estate or a surface area greater than 1,500 m² will be considered a large property owner.
To the extent that the reference has not been created by the Catalan Habitat Agency, it must communicate, in all ways, the status of a major holder in order to contribute to the regulations. If this communication is not received, sanctions with fines ranging from 9,001.00 euros to 90,000.00 euros may be imposed.
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