Financial Repression Tracker

Rules that steer savings into government debt or hold returns below inflation, country by country.

Block · Real asset restrictions

Caps on rent increases

What it is
Limit rent increases during a tenancy to a fixed percentage, a regulated index or comparable local rents. Frequency limits, notice requirements and restrictions on carrying forward unused increases reinforce the cap.
Why it counts
When permitted increases lag prices or costs, the real income from rental savings falls and property becomes a weaker inflation hedge.

When it was in force

  • Germany: 2026 → now, in force; the rule may be older than the cited document
  • United Kingdom: 2022 → 2024, historical

2 examples

  1. Germany

    2026 → nowIn force

    The rule may be older than the cited document · As cited: Current BGB regime at catalogue cutoff

    Ordinary increases are bounded by local comparable rents and generally 20 percent over three years, reduced to 15 percent in designated areas.

    Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, section 558(1)-(3)Primary source
    “Das Mieterhöhungsverlangen kann frühestens ein Jahr nach der letzten Mieterhöhung geltend gemacht werden.”

    gesetze-im-internet.de (opens in a new tab)Checked: quote matched on the page by script

    Germany today: index 45.2

  2. United Kingdom

    2022 → 2024Historical

    As cited: Temporary cap to 31 March 2024 (Scotland)

    Most private in-tenancy increases were capped at 3 percent, with a 6 percent ceiling in specified cost-based cases.

    Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 and 2023 rent-cap modification regulationsPrimary source
    “The temporary cap was set at 3% or 6% in specific circumstances where a landlord could prove that there was an increase in certain costs.”

    gov.scot (opens in a new tab)Checked: quote matched on the page by script

    United Kingdom today: index 44.4

Examples and their dates reviewed .