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Renewal rents against new-let rents, area by area

Decree 43 of 2013 limits what a landlord can add at renewal, so the longer a tenant stays, the further their rent can sit from the open market. This page measures that gap from registered Ejari contracts, across Dubai and by area.

Across Dubai: median rent per sqft on residential contracts in the trailing twelve months, from 572,322 contracts

Median new-let rent

AED 88/sqft

Median renewal rent

AED 66/sqft

Gap between the two

25%

of the new-let rate

This is the rent cap accumulating. Decree 43 of 2013 limits what a landlord can add at renewal, so the longer a tenant stays, the further their rent can sit from the open market. Moving resets a rent to the new-let rate, and adds the agency fee, the deposit and the Ejari registration on top.

By area

Areas with at least 200 contracts on each side. A negative figure means renewals price above new lets there, which happens where new-let rents have fallen below what sitting tenants were paying.

Um Suqaim Third43%City Walk35%La Mer32%Al Safouh First31%Al Hudaiba28%Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah27%Um Suqaim First27%Ras Al Khor Industrial Third26%Arabian Ranches Ii26%Muhaisanah Fourth26%Al Karama26%Arjan25%Jumeirah Village Triangle23%Al Hebiah Fifth22%International City Ph 2 & 322%Business Bay21%Dubai Investment Park Second21%Nad Al Shiba Third20%Al Kheeran20%Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 220%Dubai Science Park20%Al Goze Fourth20%Silicon Oasis19%Trade Center First19%Hor Al Anz East18%Al Bada18%Al Raffa18%Al Ras18%Majan18%Nad Al Hamar18%Jabal Ali Industrial First18%Al Furjan17%Dubai Land Residence Complex17%Jumeirah Village Circle16%Mankhool16%Al Qusais16%Al-Cornich16%Dubai Investment Park First16%Liwan16%Al Warqa First16%Dubai Studio City15%Al Twar Fifth15%Al Satwa15%Barsha Heights15%Al Nahda First15%Town Square15%Jabal Ali Industrial Second15%Al Hamriya15%Trade Center Second14%Dubai Sports City14%Mudon14%Abu Hail14%Emirate Living13%Mirdif13%Al Qusais Industrial Fourth13%Jumeirah Golf13%Al Nahda Second13%Al Suq Al Kabeer13%Al Barsha First12%Naif12%Al Mamzer12%Motor City12%Palm Jumeirah12%Al Garhoud12%Jumeirah Second11%Saih Shuaib 211%International City Ph 111%Dubai Marina10%Al Muteena10%Rega Al Buteen10%Al Qusais Industrial Fifth10%Meydan Avenue10%Arabian Ranches I10%Eyal Nasser9%Al Qusais Industrial First9%Madinat Hind 49%Oud Metha9%Jumeirah Lakes Towers8%Dubai Creek Harbour8%The Lakes8%Dubai Hills7%Al Baraha7%Damac Hills6%Um Hurair First6%Burj Khalifa6%Al Goze Industrial Second6%Al Goze Third5%Al Kifaf3%Mira2%Hor Al Anz1%Al Rega1%Meydan One1%Dubai South1%Zaabeel Second−0%Port Saeed−0%Al Murqabat−1%Al Mararr−2%Al Dhagaya−11%Al Rashidiya−13%

What this is and isn’t

Residential only. Commercial leases run this gap in reverse — renewals record higher medians than new lets, because the two sides are not the same stock — so mixing them in would put industrial zones at the top of a table about homes.

It compares two groups of contracts, not the same home over time: DLD’s rent data carries no unit identifier. So it answers “what do sitting tenants here pay versus new tenants”, not “what will your own rent do”. For that, check what your landlord can legally charge.