Mieterspiegel (rent reference list).
A reference list of rents used when rent levels are disputed; in everyday Swiss usage also a building's tenant and rent list.
In Switzerland the term Mieterspiegel is used in two senses.
1. Rent reference list. A compilation of comparable rents that is cited when the level of a rent is disputed, for example when contesting the initial rent or a rent increase before the conciliation authority. The law speaks of rents customary in the locality and neighbourhood (Art. 269a OR). Rent data is published by Statistik Stadt Zürich, Statistik Stadt Bern, the Office cantonal de la statistique (OCSTAT) in Geneva and the Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
2. Tenant and rent list. In the everyday language of landlords and property managers, Mieterspiegel also means the list of a building's tenants with their respective rents.
General information, not legal advice.
General information, not legal advice.