Overview
- Recent household surveys show 72.9% of renting households carry active debts and 29.7% are in a state of emergency housing, marking the worst readings since the national tenant survey began.
- Data from property portals indicate posted asking rents grew more slowly than inflation over the last year, producing real declines in many areas while a few neighborhoods registered extreme increases above 60%.
- The repeal of the 2023 rental law triggered a return of supply that moderated asking prices for new listings, but millions of existing contracts still face frequent inflation-linked adjustments that keep many tenants’ monthly bills high.
- Gross rental yields vary sharply across the city with an average near 5.9% while lower-priced barrios show returns above 8–10% and premium areas such as Puerto Madero and Palermo deliver the weakest yields.
- With wages about 23% below 2016 real levels and mortgage access limited, affordability has shifted from headline rents to the longer-term ability of households to sustain payments, raising the risk of more borrowing, multiple jobs per household, and forced moves.