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> Often times it is much lower or has some other concession.

No, it's going to become higher than a rent increase would allow (those have a limit by law, new contracts don't (yet)), that's the problem.

As long as you stay put you're mostly fine but if you have to move.. urgh.



> No, it's going to become higher than a rent increase would allow (those have a limit by law, new contracts don't (yet)), that's the problem.

Yes I get that

But there are ALSO circumstances where a landlord TRIES to have a much higher increase as new contracts don't have a limit, but they go way above what actual participants in the market would bite at.

There are also circumstances where EXISTING tenants don't have a limit on increases

This observation is not just about Berlin.




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