{"id":1601,"date":"2026-10-09T08:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:04:27","slug":"knp-854-cb8a7c41334f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/knp-854-cb8a7c41334f\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent increa\u00adses in resi\u00adden\u00adti\u00adal ten\u00adan\u00adci\u00ades: What land\u00adlords need to bear in&nbsp;mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many land\u00adlords wish to adjust the rent, but in doing so they make pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adral errors which can ren\u00adder the enti\u00adre request for an increase inva\u00adlid. The Ger\u00adman Civil Code (BGB) sets out clear requi\u00adre\u00adments, and anyo\u00adne who fails to com\u00adply with the\u00adse can\u00adnot demand the tenant\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<h2>What types of rent increases are&nbsp;there?<\/h2>\n<p>The law pro\u00advi\u00addes for various ways of incre\u00adasing the rent. The most important of the\u00adse are the adjus\u00adt\u00adment to the local com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve rent in accordance with Sec\u00adtion 558 of the Ger\u00adman Civil Code (BGB), a rent increase fol\u00adlo\u00adwing moder\u00adni\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon in accordance with Sec\u00adtion 559 of the BGB, and the agreed gra\u00addua\u00adted or index-lin\u00adked rent. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, the\u00adre are chan\u00adges to ser\u00advice char\u00adges under Sec\u00adtion 560 of the Ger\u00adman Civil Code (BGB). This artic\u00adle focu\u00adses on the most com\u00admon sce\u00adna\u00adrio in prac\u00adti\u00adce: an increase up to the local com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve&nbsp;rent.<\/p>\n<h2>Conditions for a valid rent increase<\/h2>\n<p>Land\u00adlords wis\u00adhing to increase the basic rent must obtain the tenant\u2019s con\u00adsent. Howe\u00adver, this con\u00adsent can only be requi\u00adred under cer\u00adtain conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One-year blo\u00adcking peri\u00adod:<\/strong> A request for a rent increase may be made no ear\u00adlier than one year after the last rent increase. Fur\u00adther\u00admo\u00adre, the rent must have remain\u00aded unch\u00adan\u00adged for at least 15 months at the time of the reques\u00adted increase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cap:<\/strong> In most regi\u00adons, rent may not rise by more than 20 per cent over a three-year peri\u00adod. In are\u00adas with a tight housing mar\u00adket, a lower limit of 15 per cent applies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve rent:<\/strong> The new rent must not exceed the local com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve rent. This is usual\u00adly deter\u00admi\u00adned on the basis of the cer\u00adti\u00adfied rent index, com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble pro\u00adper\u00adties or expert reports.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent grounds:<\/strong> The request for an increase must be made in wri\u00adting and sup\u00adport\u00aded by clear and com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adble reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A common mistake: sending a payment request instead of a request for consent<\/h2>\n<p>Some land\u00adlords ask the ten\u00adant direct\u00adly to pay the hig\u00adher rent wit\u00adhout expli\u00adcit\u00adly see\u00adking their con\u00adsent. This is not per\u00admit\u00adted under the law. Such a request for an increase is inva\u00adlid and has no legal effect whatsoe\u00adver. In this case, the ten\u00adant is not obli\u00adged to pay&nbsp;more.<\/p>\n<h2>What happens if the tenant agrees?<\/h2>\n<p>If the ten\u00adant agrees to the request for a rent increase, a new agree\u00adment on the rent amount is con\u00adcluded. The Fede\u00adral Court of Jus\u00adti\u00adce (BGH) has cla\u00adri\u00adfied that it is then no lon\u00adger rele\u00advant whe\u00adther the ori\u00adgi\u00adnal request was for\u00admal\u00adly cor\u00adrect or ful\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfied in sub\u00ads\u00adtance. Con\u00adsent the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre reme\u00addies minor pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adral shortcomings.<\/p>\n<h2>A mutually agreed rent increase as an alternative<\/h2>\n<p>Irre\u00adspec\u00adti\u00adve of the sta\u00adtu\u00adto\u00adry requi\u00adre\u00adments, land\u00adlords and ten\u00adants may agree on a rent increase at any time. Both par\u00adties have con\u00adsidera\u00adble free\u00addom in this regard. For the sake of evi\u00addence, this agree\u00adment should also be set out in writing.<\/p>\n<p>Land\u00adlords plan\u00adning a rent increase, or ten\u00adants who have recei\u00adved a noti\u00adce of a rent increase and are unsu\u00adre whe\u00adther all the requi\u00adre\u00adments have been met, should seek legal advice. Mista\u00adkes on eit\u00adher side can pro\u00adve costly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"knp-source-attribution\">\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haufe.de\/immobilien\/verwaltung\/mieterhoehung-bei-wohnraum\/mieterhoehung-ueberblick_258_209166.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hau\u00adfe: Property<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"knp-ai-disclosure\">\n<p>This post and the accom\u00adpany\u00ading image were crea\u00adted with the help of AI and have been edi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly reviewed.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rent increa\u00adses: The time limits, caps and for\u00admal requi\u00adre\u00adments land\u00adlords need to be awa\u00adre of in order to pro\u00adceed effectively.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[379,124,126,378,380,377],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mietrecht","tag-bgb","tag-kappungsgrenze","tag-mieterhoehung","tag-vergleichsmiete","tag-vermieter","tag-wohnraummietrecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanzlei-reese.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}