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Clarification needed on rent cap increase please

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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 10:18

I just needed clarification on this, does this mean the rent CAN increase in the first year but just not more than 5%. I always thought it can not be increased AT ALL in the first year. http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/abu-dhabi-rent-rises-capped-at-5 Hope someone can advise soon, I have a colleague who is desperate to know as she just got notification of an increase and its her first years renewal. Thanks. yes they can increase every year upto 5% (they look at this ruling each year to ascertain if its the 5% is still applicable every year it has stayed). you are confusing the rules with dubai, dubai are slightly different, in dxb they cannot increase the first renewal, but they have a rera sliding scale and so the 5% is different, you have to look at the rera reports and they can put it up more than 5% if the rent was under market value at the beginning. but in auh yes CAN increase EVERY YEAR.

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