Study: How the Real Estate Cost Reform in Vienna Affects Tenants

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According to a survey by WU Vienna and Cambridge University, brokerage costs are mainly passed on to rents. Rental ceilings are often not met.

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VIENNA. For almost three years, real estate agencies have been paying for rents by the person who hires the real estate agent ("holder principle"), i.e. usually the landlord. The new regulation should relieve the need for housing, but also has negative effects, a study at the University of Economics Vienna and Cambridge University on the Vienna market shows.