Navigating Rent Increases in a Shifting Market "Fair"is a highly subjective term, and when landlords and tenants discuss rent increases, they often view fairness through entirely different lenses. For a property owner facing rising operational costs, higher mortgage rates, and a tenancy that hasn't seen a rent review in three years, a 10% increase might seem not just reasonable, but essential for survival, Conversely, for a tenant whose wages have stagnated against inflation,