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Argentina Sets 66.11% Annual Rent Hike for Pre-2024 Leases as New Contracts Shift to IPC-Based Indexation

Most new leases now link rent hikes to consumer-price inflation with quarterly or semestral reviews, using digital tools or manual formulas to smooth increases.

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Overview

  • The Banco Central’s ICL rose 66.11% from July 2024 to July 2025 for contracts signed before January 1, 2024, and this annual adjustment remains in effect through December 2025.
  • Javier Milei’s December 2023 decree scrapped Law 27.551’s mandatory annual ICL updates, allowing landlords and tenants to freely negotiate indexation formulas for new leases.
  • Most post-January 2024 contracts now reference the INDEC’s IPC with quarterly or semestral adjustment clauses that translate to around 3.5%–5% monthly rent increases.
  • Online inflation calculators from Chequeado and similar tools have become standard resources, while some parties still use manual multiplication of monthly inflation rates to compute updated rents.
  • Under a typical quarterly indexation scenario, a rent of $622,309 signed in April 2025 would rise by 8.21% to about $673,427 in July.