'Hunger games' in Bengaluru as home rents spike. Spruce up your LinkedIn, brokers are watching

Representational image | Commons Bengaluru: Looks like it’s easier to find a job in the IT capital of India without a LinkedIn profile, than renting a house. Exorbitant rents and links to your LinkedIn profile are among the various demands and conditions put forth by landlords and brokers nowadays. A sharp uptick has been witnessed in home rentals in recent months as companies recall their staff to work onsite after nearly two years of Covid-related disruptions that brought about the work from home (WFH) culture in Bengaluru and other large cities across the country. With the influx of white-collar workers, house owners are not just demanding higher rents, but also imposing conditions on the type of tenant they want, demanding their work profiles and insisting on the 10-month advance amount that was largely done away with early this year. For a house that comes with a Rs 50,000 per month price tag, the required advance amount would be Rs 5 lakh — a significant amount for mid- or low-level employees, according to home seekers. Also Read: High productivity, less gossip, but no work-life balance — WFH tales of Bengaluru techies Diverse demands Ruchita Chandrashekar has been on the look out for
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