Rents in Berlin increased drastically over the past two years, according to an official city report seen by local media. Over the past two years, rents in Berlin rose by 9.6 percent, according to a biennial city development report seen by Berliner Zeitung and Tagesspiegel. The Mietspiegel report (rent index) is set to be officially presented next week. On average, rental costs before utilities are factored in went from €5.84 per square-metre in 2015 to about €6.40 per square-metre in 2017. “We demand that at the least, a fine could be imposed for when a landlord violates the rent controls.”READ ALSO: This graph shows how much Berlin rent has skyrocketed in past decade

Source: The Local May 11, 2017 09:45 UTC