rent escalation
Rising tenant payments
Rent escalation is a provision in a lease that allows the landlord to increase rent over time according to specified terms.
The increase may be a fixed percentage, tied to an index like the Consumer Price Index, or triggered by rising operating costs: The lease includes a 3% annual rent escalation.
Commercial leases commonly include escalation clauses to protect landlords against inflation.
- supply and demandPrice-determining economic forces
- inflationSustained price level increase
- lease agreementContract for temporary occupancy
- lease termsProvisions governing tenancy
- month to monthRenewed each period
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