Dubai True Pricing

All residential rents

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

AED 84per sq ft per year, 4 October 2026
constant basket
+0.8%vs one month ago
-5.9%vs one year ago
-9.5%from the peak (28 February 2026: AED 93)
All residential rents
AED per sq ft per year, constant basket, daily, 1-month rolling window. Shaded: last three weeks, provisional.
6080202120222023202420252026Peak 28 Feb 2026: AED 93A year ago: AED 89Today: AED 84
6080202120222023202420252026Peak 28 Feb 2026: AED 93Today: AED 84

Series starts 1 January 2021. Gaps are days without enough transactions to publish. Tenancy contracts reach the registry weeks after they start, so the last three weeks move as contracts arrive. Methodology · Embed this chart.

Month by month

Month endAED/sq ft/yrvs prior monthvs same month, prior year
2026-10-04AED 84+0.2%-6.7%
2026-09-30AED 84+0.6%-5.8%
2026-08-31AED 83+0.2%-6.2%
2026-07-31AED 83-0.6%-5.5%
2026-06-30AED 84-1.2%-4.8%
2026-05-31AED 85-1.8%-3.2%
2026-04-30AED 86-4.7%-0.7%
2026-03-31AED 90-2.5%+4.0%
2026-02-28AED 93+1.4%+6.3%
2026-01-31AED 92+0.7%+7.6%
2025-12-31AED 91+1.1%+6.0%
2025-11-30AED 90-0.1%+5.4%
2025-10-31AED 90+1.1%+7.2%
2025-09-30AED 89+0.2%+5.6%
2025-08-31AED 89+0.9%+6.4%
2025-07-31AED 88+0.1%+8.4%
2025-06-30AED 88+0.5%+8.6%
2025-05-31AED 87+0.7%+9.1%
2025-04-30AED 87-0.1%+9.3%
2025-03-31AED 87-0.4%+10.0%
2025-02-28AED 87+2.7%+11.4%
2025-01-31AED 85-0.8%+11.2%
2024-12-31AED 86+0.6%+12.9%
2024-11-30AED 85+1.6%+14.0%
2024-10-31AED 84-0.5%+13.3%
2024-09-30AED 84+1.0%+15.5%
2024-08-31AED 83+2.8%+16.6%
2024-07-31AED 81+0.3%+16.0%
2024-06-30AED 81+1.0%+15.8%
2024-05-31AED 80+0.9%+15.8%
2024-04-30AED 79+0.5%+15.8%
2024-03-31AED 79+0.9%+16.4%
2024-02-29AED 78+2.5%+16.9%
2024-01-31AED 76+0.7%+16.5%
2023-12-31AED 76+1.6%+16.6%
2023-11-30AED 75n/a+16.5%

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