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Landlord Initiatives During the Period of Recession

Let us take some survey results into consideration.
Do you know that the rent just increased by 0.
1% during the year 2009.
You will be even more surprised by knowing the fact that the gasoline prices increased considerably and became 300% of the original price.
It is definitely surprising to note that the housing expenses increased a lot but this does not have any effect on the rent.
The rent remained almost the same.
However the landlord initiative was to make sure that they were in profit.
You should not be surprised to note that those who stood as the landlord were still in profit.
This article will prove this fact.
The landlords have been quite lazy fellows in the past.
However ever since the period of the recession started they became the busiest person in the real estate field.
The food as well as the clothes prizes increased but the asset which was supposed to see the maximum hike turned out to be the least expensive.
Nobody complained about it as well.
The landlords knew that if they will increase the rent then the tenants will not be able to pay them the due amount.
However this was not possible for all the landlords.
But there was a strict order from the government that the rent should not be increased.
Rich landlords were able to tackle the situation perfectly but those who were facing foreclosure diminished.
It is definitely right to say that the situation was roasted and eaten handsomely by the landlords who were rich.
The others simply perished.
However some of the landlord stuck to the basic.
They decided to suffer a little bit and they were quite sure that the recession will end on happy note for them.
This was also one of the reasons for the least rental increase.
The rent definitely increased to the least amount possible.
However one thing is also to be noted and that is about the housing expenses.
The housing expenses really increased during the recession but the landlords were not allowed to increase the rent in order to cope up with the expenses.
In order to cope up with the problem of increasing housing expenses it was quite sure that the landlord has to do something.
Those who were lacking money decided to sell their property but they ended up in big loss.
However those who had the enough money ended their initiatives on the happier note.


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