Rent Increase Laws by Country

How much can a landlord legally raise the rent? Caps, benchmark indices and notice rules for 18 countries. Tap a country for the full rules — and let RentFlow keep every increase compliant.

Browse Rent Increase Rules by Country

🇦🇺 Australia

Market rate (no fixed cap) →

🇦🇹 Austria

~4.0% (VPI (Verbraucherpreisindex)) →

🇧🇪 Belgium

~3.5% (Santé Index (health index)) →

🇨🇦 Canada

2% hard cap →

🇫🇷 France

~1.8% (IRL (Indice de Référence des Loyers)) →

🇩🇪 Germany

20% hard cap →

🇮🇹 Italy

~1.2% (ISTAT FOI) →

🇯🇵 Japan

Market rate (no fixed cap) →

🇳🇱 Netherlands

~5.5% (CPI + 1% (max 5.5%)) →

🇵🇹 Portugal

6% hard cap →

🇸🇬 Singapore

Market rate (no fixed cap) →

🇪🇸 Spain

~3.0% (IGC (Índice de Garantía de Competitividad)) →

🇸🇪 Sweden

~4.3% (CPI/Bruksvärdessystemet) →

🇨🇭 Switzerland

~1.5% (Reference interest rate (Referenzzinssatz)) →

🇹🇷 Turkey

~58.0% (TÜFE 12-month avg) →

🇦🇪 UAE (Dubai)

Index-based (RERA Rental Index) →

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Market rate (no fixed cap) →

🇺🇸 United States

Market rate (no fixed cap) →

ℹ️ Values are approximate. Always verify with official sources before applying increases.