Every rent-controlled town in Catalonia.

A zona de mercat residencial tensionat is a municipality the Generalitat de Catalunya has declared a tense residential market under Spain's 2023 housing law (Llei 12/2023). In these areas long-term rents are capped by an official reference index. 271 of Catalonia's 947 municipalities are currently declared, via Resolucions TER/800/2024 and TER/2408/2024.

If you plan to let the property long-term, the rent you can legally charge is capped by the reference index — which limits the yield. If you're buying it as your own home, the cap doesn't restrict you. Either way it signals a high-demand area, and tourist-licence (HUT) rules tend to be tighter in these zones.

The official list published by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Agència de l'Habitatge), matched to each municipality's INE code. VeoTrust uses the same data in every Trust Check — nothing here is estimated.