Rent Increases: The Nigerian Annual Tradition

You know the season. The tenancy is almost up, your phone rings, and the landlord's voice carries that familiar tone. The rent is going up. Again.

Why it only ever moves one way

Nigeria's housing deficit runs into the millions of units. Demand massively outstrips supply, so landlords hold the power at renewal — and they use it. Salaries rarely climb as fast as rent does.

Your rent has a built-in pay rise. Your salary does not.

The compounding trap

A 10% annual increase doesn't sound brutal — until you compound it. Rent of ₦1m today becomes roughly ₦1.6m in five years and ₦2.6m in ten. You are running faster every year just to stay in the same flat.

Owning is the only renewal letter that never comes. The maths of rent gets worse with time; the maths of ownership gets better.

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