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Annual rent increase notice (Malta)
Malta · in English · for landlords
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For a landlord in Malta whose lease provides for a yearly rent increase. The notice to the tenant names the clause that allows it, the current and new rent, the date the new rent applies and the Property Price Index figure used, and states the limits of article 14 of the Private Residential Leases Act: once a year, never in the first year, no more than the index's annual variation and never over 5%. Send it by registered letter and keep the post office receipt.
- Made for use in Malta
- Last updated November 3, 2026
- Document in English
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When to use this document
- You let a flat in Malta and the lease allows a yearly rent increase.
- A year has passed since the lease started and you want to raise the rent within the index.
- You want to tell your tenant the new rent and the date it starts in writing.
- You want your tenant to see how the new rent was worked out.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Landlord
- Landlord's address
- City
- Landlord's postcode
- Date
- Tenant
- Address of the property
- Start date
- Clause of the lease that provides for the yearly increase (number and words)
- Amount of rent
- Date the new rent applies from
- New rent
- Increase, as a percentage of the current rent (5 at most)
- Date of the last rent increase (optional)
- Property Price Index annual variation used, in % (NSO, average of four quarters)
Common questions
- How much can a landlord raise the rent in Malta?
- Only once a year, only if the lease provides for it, and never in the first year. The increase may not exceed the annual variation in the Property Price Index published by the National Statistics Office — the average of the four quarters before the increase — and never more than 5% of the previous rent; if the variation is negative, the rent does not fall (article 14 of Cap. 604).
- Where does the landlord find the Property Price Index figure?
- The National Statistics Office (NSO) publishes the Property Price Index every quarter. Take the annual variations of the four quarters published until the date of the increase, average them, and apply that figure or 5%, whichever is lower; nothing applies if it is negative. The notice prints the figure used, so the tenant can check it.
- How should the landlord send the rent increase notice to the tenant?
- The Act sets no form for it, but send it by registered letter and keep the post office receipt, so the date the tenant was told can be proved. State the clause of the lease that allows the increase, the old and new rent, the date and the index figure. Without a clause in the lease, the rent cannot be revised during the term (article 14(1)).
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