RENT · TENANT RIGHTS

Rent increase calculator

How much can your landlord legally raise the rent at renewal? Dubai caps it by how far your rent sits below the market average, under Decree 43 of 2013. Enter your area and we'll fill that average in from registered tenancy contracts.

Your home · sets the market rent we compare against

Try:

Your current annual rent · AEDAverage rent nearby · AED

Pick your area and we'll median the registered tenancy contracts for you — or type the RERA Rental Index figure yourself.

Decree 43 of 2013 · the bands

Within 10% of marketno increase
11–20% below marketup to 5%
21–30% below marketup to 10%
31–40% below marketup to 15%
More than 40% below marketup to 20%

Pick your area above — we'll fill in the market rent from registered tenancy contracts.

90-day notice

A landlord must give 90 days' written notice before the renewal date to change the rent or any other term (Law 33 of 2008, Article 14). Miss the notice, and the tenancy renews on the same terms.

General information for Dubai, not legal advice · Decree 43 of 2013 & Law 26 of 2007 (as amended). The market figure is the median of registered tenancy contracts — evidence of what an area rents for. RERA's own Rental Index, free on the Dubai REST app, is the figure a Rental Dispute Centre case turns on. Other emirates set their own caps.

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