Claiming a rent reduction

[baldur]

I wonder also if it could have any effect on real estate prices (eg. stabilisation instead of going down etc.)

[wapiti]

@Luk_nuts

A majority of people signed the rental agreement after 2019, when the Referenzzinssatz was already at 1.25%, so in those cases a rent increase would be allowed:

If the building is less than 30 years, the rent calculation is based on the acquisition value. In a lot of cases, the rent is overvalued.
The maximum yield allowed is reference interest rate + 2%, so 3.25%

[Luk_nuts]

@wapiti

the rent calculation is based on the acquisition value

How can one find out this value?

[wapiti]

In Geneva, this number is public.
For another canton, the only way is to claim a rent reduction, then the landlord will be forced to provide all the data.

In fact, 3.25% is only for the funded part (fond propre). If the landlord has a loan, the yield for the loan part needs to be the interest of the loan.

[IL-BOSCO]

@wapiti

The maximum yield allowed is reference interest rate + 2%, so 3.25%

Doesn’t this only apply to the initial rent, which you’d have to contest within the first 30 days of the lease? I don’t think that you can contest an increase of an existing lease which is due to an increase of the reference rate.