Dubai True Pricing

Ux Dubai Rent Index

Daily rent index from new Ejari tenancy contracts: all homes, apartments and villas.

Prices are for a constant basket of homes (the mix of areas, types and sizes of the base year), not the median of what happened to sell that month.
SeriesAED/sq ft/yr1 month12 monthsFrom peak
All residential rentsAED 84+0.8%-5.9%-9.5%
Apartment rentsAED 86+1.0%-6.0%-9.9%
Villa rentsAED 69-0.5%-5.5%-7.8%

All residential rents

New tenancy contracts (Ejari), apartments and villas. Renewals are excluded: they are capped by the RERA index and do not reflect the open market.

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AED 84 per sq ft per year on 4 October 2026 · +0.8% in 1 month · -5.9% in 12 months.

Apartment rents

New tenancy contracts for apartments and studios.

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608020212022202320242025202686

AED 86 per sq ft per year on 4 October 2026 · +1.0% in 1 month · -6.0% in 12 months.

Villa rents

New tenancy contracts for villas.

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406020212022202320242025202669

AED 69 per sq ft per year on 4 October 2026 · -0.5% in 1 month · -5.5% in 12 months.

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