News of rent

Survey: Rent prices in Buenos Aires up 52% so far this year

05-10-2024 17:36 Average value of a flat is already above 500,000 pesos; Price of one-bedroom flat went up 4.4% in September.

GRIPPED BY CRISIS

In danger of extinction? Middle class slammed by crisis and austerity measures

16-01-2024 17:16 The removal of subsidies, rising rent and the increased costs of prepaid healthcare schemes and private schools are slamming the middle class, specialists warn. March will be a difficult month with the start of classes and the billing of basic public services shooting up.

by Agustina Bordigoni

HOUSING CRISIS

Tenants in Buenos Aires 'desperate' amid inflation and housing crisis

15-01-2024 15:09 Argentina's housing crisis, set against a backdrop of 211% inflation per annum, with rent charges soaring and prices increasingly set in dollars, is leaving tenants feeling helpless.

Congress & Politics

Rent reform: Government passes revised Senate version in lower house

11-10-2023 13:53 Chamber of Deputies approves reform of 'Ley de alquileres' rent law complete with its Senate amendments.

EDITORIAL

Blasts from the past?

26-08-2023 03:03 An often paranoid country’s attention being seized by the threat of mass lootings is understandable enough as evoking the 2001-2002 meltdown but it distracts attention from more potentially substantial developments.

CURRENCY WOES

In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs peso

02-06-2023 10:15 Renting in pesos and on a long-term basis is a titanic task in the capital, where temporary and dollar-denominated supply dominates the market.