Rent Growth Assumption Check Core point A rent-growth assumption should be based on
Rent Growth Assumption Check Core point A rent-growth assumption should be based on market evidence, lease terms and unit type, not an automatically repeated fixed percentage every year. How to verify it Distinguish nominal from inflation-adjusted rent growth, and market rent from an in-place lease that may be subject to different constraints or terms.
Decision impact Test returns if growth is lower than expected or rent stays flat for a period; growth sensitivity can materially change investment value. Rent-growth assumption testing Investment models should test whether assumed rent growth is realistic.
Compare the forecast with the legal framework governing rent increases, including the relevant 12-month CPI/TÜFE reference where applicable; analyze actual neighborhood rent growth over the previous 5–10 years; adjust for future supply and household purchasing power; and use a conservative rate rather than mechanically extrapolating unusually high inflation. Evidence to retain Keep historical neighborhood rent-growth data, official CPI/TÜFE releases and the investment cash-flow model showing the growth assumption used.
Decision use The supplied material warns that a perpetual 10% growth assumption may be unrealistic in a stable economy and illustrates a conservative approach roughly 2–3 percentage points below general inflation. Legal rent caps can also prevent an owner from applying modeled market growth to an existing tenant.
Source growth figures: The PDF questions a long-run 10% annual rent-growth assumption in a stable economy, illustrates about 2–4% general growth, and suggests a conservative assumption around 2–3 percentage points below general inflation.
From market data to testable cash flow
Property investment analysis must separate market data from the calculation for the specific asset. TCMB publishes the House Price Index to track housing-market price movements and, in 2026, began publishing the New Tenant Rent Index to capture new-rental price developments more quickly than rent measures that include existing contracts. These indices do not provide the sale price or rent of one unit, so they must be combined with verifiable local comparables. For each fact use a source capable of proving it and link the result to its effect on purchase, ownership or cost.
An error here can change who has possession rights, the valid security/deposit position, eviction risk, or net income after dispute and costs. Calculate gross yield from annual rent relative to price, then calculate net yield after vacancy, management, maintenance, insurance, taxes, dues and non-recoverable costs. For a capitalization rate, use NOI before debt service and distinguish property performance from leveraged equity return. Any rent-growth, resale-price or interest-rate assumption should be stress-tested with alternative scenarios rather than accepted as a single forecast. Turn the review topic into provable facts: identity, date, amount, registry status, document or technical condition.
Taxes that depend on year and owner status
Keep returns, receipts and cost evidence because they affect both verification and resale analysis. A property tax file is not proved by one receipt. Municipal property tax depends on the tax value, property category and location, and GİB states that values calculated for 2026 are subject to a specific cap relative to 2025 values; obtain the current value and debt position from the competent municipality when it matters rather than carrying an old figure into a new year. Turn the review topic into provable facts: identity, date, amount, registry status, document or technical condition.
Rental income is governed separately by GİB rules, so distinguish rent actually received, deductible expenses, the chosen expense method and the resident/non-resident position of the owner. On exit, disposal of certain real property within five years of acquisition can fall under value-increase gain rules of the Income Tax Law, subject to the owner’s circumstances and statutory exceptions. An error here can change who has possession rights, the valid security/deposit position, eviction risk, or net income after dispute and costs. For each fact use a source capable of proving it and link the result to its effect on purchase, ownership or cost.
2026 analytical update — Rent Growth Assumption Check
The New Tenant Rent Index measures new-contract market rents; it is not automatically the permissible increase on an existing lease. Separate new-market rent growth, the legal/contractual path for an existing tenant and vacancy on re-letting, then model a changing annual path rather than one perpetual percentage.
The latest available CBRT Residential Property Price Index and New Tenant Rent Index release is July 2026. Use the indices for market direction, not as a valuation of a specific unit; the asset still requires current like-for-like comparables.
Formula / check: Rent growth assumption should be modeled as a scenario path, not one perpetual annual percentage.
