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A reader in Dubai asks: My building has been sold to a new owner and the new real estate company is hiking the rent by seven per cent. I have already had an increase in my previous contract. Is the hike legal?
The real estate company does not have any right to claim an increase two times in a year for reasons that the building has been sold to a new owner, and the questioner is advised to refuse such an illegal increase.
Questions answered by Advocate Mohammad Ebrahim Al Shaiba of Al Bahr Advocates and Legal Consultants
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