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Iran's Rent Inflation Hit a Cooling Point in Tir 1405, But Real Tehran Leases Jumped Up to 100% the Same Season (Friday, August 14, 2026)
Iran's Statistical Center says rent posted the slowest point-to-point inflation, 31.7%, of any major household spending category in Tir 1405 (roughly June 22 to July 22, 2026), against 87.9% headline inflation. But a Majlis Research Center review reported by Khabaronline on August 8 found real Tehran leases signed this moving season jumped 70 to 100%. The calm official number and the real market tell different stories.
Tehran Rents Jump 70 to 100 Percent This Moving Season; Parliament Research Center Lists 4 Fundamental Flaws in the Rent Cap Law (Saturday, August 8, 2026)
Tehran rents have risen 70 to 100 percent this moving season despite a legal rent cap, automatic lease renewal and housing deposit loans. A fresh Parliament Research Center review of Article 7 of Iran's 2024 land, housing and rent market law says the cap has no renewal mandate behind it and covers only 98 of the country's 933 cities (Khabar Online, Saturday, August 8, 2026).
Iran raises the National Housing Movement loan ceiling from 650 to 850 million tomans; a parliamentary committee says it still falls short (Sunday, 2 August 2026)
Iran's Central Bank High Council raised the National Housing Movement individual loan ceiling from 6.5 to 8.5 billion rials, that is from 650 to 850 million tomans. The increase covers only supported projects whose land the Roads and Urban Development Ministry supplies, and was extended to projects more than 65 percent complete. On Sunday, 2 August 2026, a member of parliament's Construction Committee called the figure insufficient. This report measures the loan against what building costs.
