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BOE-A-2026-14843 ·8 July 2026 ·Resolution Low impact
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Real estate companies: ruling on the registration of covenants in mortgage loans for social housing

The Directorate General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith has ruled on an appeal filed by the Official Credit Institute (ICO) against a decision by a land registrar in Alicante. The dispute arises from the suspension of the registration of various covenants in a corporate mortgage loan deed intended for the construction of affordable social rental housing (art. II). The appeal challenges the registrability of clauses regarding auction valuation, contractual definitions, and interest calculation formulas (art. III).

In 2 key points

  1. The dispute affects the registration of covenants in loans for the construction of social rental housing (art. II). (art. II)
  2. Clauses regarding auction valuation, Euribor definitions, and interest calculation formulas are being challenged (art. III). (art. III)

How it affects those involved

For financial institutions and real estate developers operating within social housing programmes (such as the ICO Housing and Urban and Rural Regeneration Programme 2022-2025), this ruling sets a precedent regarding the ability to register specific covenants in mortgages on surface rights (art. II). The technical dispute over the registration of valuation, amortisation, and interest calculation clauses affects the legal certainty of corporate mortgage guarantees (art. III).

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2026-07-08PublishedPublished in the BOE
Official text Based on BOE data (boe.es). Information, not advice.

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