Let’s have a look at comments dug up online. They’ve all been sourced from Stuff. “Owners aren’t going to wait, rents go up now in case government pulls any more funny business.” Liz McDonald/Stuff There’s an information imbalance working against tenants, Janine Starks says. “The vast majority of landlords won’t be affected by the removal of interest deductibility but they’ll put their rents up anyway, because there will be the opportunity to and all businesses try to maximise their profits. C’est la vie!” “Get in before rent caps as we can only up the rent once per year, not even at change of tenancy. There is a very apt saying; a rising tide raises all boats.”