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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 Ejari rent contracts, across Dubai and by area.

Across Dubai: typical rent per sqft on residential contracts starting in the trailing twelve months, from 589,146 contracts

Typical new-let rent

AED 87/sqft

Typical renewal rent

AED 66/sqft

Gap between the two

24%

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.

Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 10 Oct 2026.

By area

Areas with at least 50 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.

Al Khabeesi43%Um Suqaim Third39%Al Jafliya35%Um Hurair Second35%City Walk33%Al Barsha Second32%La Mer32%Um Suqaim Second31%Al Safouh First31%Al Lusaily31%Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah29%Al Karama28%Jabal Ali Industrial First28%Al Hudaiba27%Ras Al Khor Industrial Third26%Muhaisanah Fourth26%Al Safouh Second24%Arjan24%Um Suqaim First24%Jumeirah Village Triangle23%Al Hebiah Fifth23%Arabian Ranches Ii22%Al Saffa First22%International City Ph 2 & 321%Trade Center First21%Al Barsha Third21%Business Bay20%Al Kheeran20%Nad Al Shiba Third20%Al Goze Fourth19%Al Bada19%Jumeirah Third19%Dubai Healthcare City - Phase 219%Al Qusais Industrial Second18%Dubai Investment Park Second18%Saih Shuaib 118%Silicon Oasis18%Majan18%Hor Al Anz East18%Al Raffa17%Nad Al Hamar17%Al Manara17%Dubai Science Park17%Hessyan First17%Al Saffa Second17%Dubai Land Residence Complex17%Dubai Studio City16%Al Ras16%Al-Cornich15%Mankhool15%Al Furjan15%Al Warqa First15%Al Twar Fifth15%Jumeirah Village Circle15%Al Hamriya15%Mudon14%Al Qusais14%Al Nahda First14%Liwan14%Naif14%Town Square13%Al Sabkha13%Dubai Sports City13%Al Satwa13%Jumeirah Golf13%Abu Hail13%Trade Center Second13%Al Suq Al Kabeer13%Al Qusais Industrial Fourth13%Dubai Investment Park First13%Um Ramool12%Emirate Living12%Al Nahda Second12%Mirdif12%Barsha Heights12%Al Mamzer12%Al Barsha First12%Oud Metha11%Al Qusais Industrial Third11%Jabal Ali Industrial Second11%International City Ph 111%Al Garhoud10%Al Warqa Third10%Eyal Nasser10%Motor City10%Al Khawaneej First10%Palm Jumeirah10%Al Qusais Industrial Fifth10%Saih Shuaib 210%Jumeirah Second9%Al Muteena9%Al Buteen9%Rega Al Buteen9%Dubai Marina9%Arabian Ranches I9%Meydan Avenue8%Jumeirah Lakes Towers8%Madinat Hind 47%The Lakes6%Al Goze Industrial Second6%Dubai Creek Harbour5%Damac Hills5%Um Hurair First5%Dubai Hills5%Burj Khalifa5%Al Baraha5%Al Qusais Industrial First4%Al Waheda3%Muhaisanah First3%Mira2%Al Goze Third2%Al Kifaf1%Al Rega1%Al Aweer First0%Dubai South0%Al Yufrah 10%Port Saeed0%Al Twar First0%Meydan One−1%Al Mizhar First−2%Zaabeel Second−4%Al Murqabat−4%Al Dhagaya−6%Al Rashidiya−8%Al Khawaneej Second−15%Al Barshaa South First−15%Hor Al Anz−27%Al Goze First−30%Al Mararr−38%

Dubai Land Department · rent contracts Ejari (Dubai's rent registration system) contracts · agreed rents, not advertised ones. File dated 10 Oct 2026 · synced 10 Oct 2026.

What this is and isn’t

Residential only. Commercial leases run this gap in reverse — renewals show higher typical rents than new lets, because the two sides are not the same properties — so mixing them in would put industrial areas 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.