Rents in Provinces Neighboring the Region Have Flyed After the Earthquake

House rents in Turkey have increased significantly in recent years. Studies have shown that the last one-year rent increase across the country. is 168 percent revealed. However, this rate seems to increase even more now. For opportunistsTaking advantage of the earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş, they started to make very serious price increases in the surrounding provinces.

According to the information obtained from the realtor chambers Ankara, Elazig and Mersin Rental house prices in regions such as As such, both the citizens who want to migrate to the surrounding provinces because they were affected by the earthquake, and the citizens who live in the mentioned cities and want to find a rental house become victims. This situation urgently precaution must be taken is expressed.

“We will complain”

In the statements made by Mehmet Sinan Canpolat, President of Mersin Chamber of Realtors, “The rent, which was 5 thousand liras, became 7-8 thousand liras in some places and 10 thousand liras in some places. About the property owner and intermediaries who made this increase we will make complaints.” he said.

There is also a serious reaction in Ankara. Hakan Akçan, President of Ankara Chamber of Realtors,We 7 thousand ads We reached out to the owners and warned them. As realtors, we also joined together and decided not to take commissions from earthquake victims. Despite all our efforts, unfortunately, there is an increase. Despite our suppression There was an increase of up to 30-40%. in Ankara. We have also filed a complaint with the Ministry of Commerce. Hopefully there will be a penalty.” said.

“Turkey is not prepared for migration from the earthquake zone”

Cansel Turgut Yazıcı, who is the general manager of a real estate company, evaluated the issue as follows:There is migration from the region and Turkey is not ready for this. Authorities should prohibit the keeping of vacant houses, which are urgently vacant, and ensure that they are rented out. should not extend their contract. Otherwise, the problem of housing will grow even more.”

“No sanctions to the owner”

Bahri Gödeoğlu, a lawyer who specializes in real estate law, said that according to the current laws, there is no obligation to the property owners. sanctions cannot be says. Gödeoğlu’s statement is as follows: “There are too many shortcomings in our legislation on rent. First of all, even the legal status of the lessor is unclear. In our country, the subject of rent is left unsupervised case. In the balance between the property right and social benefit, the process until the lease is entirely in the direction of the landlord.