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Dubai rents, 2019 to 2026
Median annual rent on signed Ejari leases, each month, January 2019 to Sep 2026. Choose the home type, and whether you see what new tenants signed, what renewing tenants signed, or both. The numbered labels mark the turns in the line.
Leases each month, new against renewal ↓ · What the leases say →
“New-lease rents for a 1-bed are 4% below their peak of Sep 2025. A tenant who moves now pays 4% less than a year ago, so compare other homes before you renew.”
Dubai rents since 2019
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- AED 67,000 Sep 2026, new 1-bed lease
- −4.3% from the Sep 2025 high
- −4.3% in a year
The labels
Leases, 2024 to 2026
Leases each month: new and renewed
597,780 leases started in 2024 and 627,071 in 2025. This year to 15 Oct 2026: 480,371, against 498,142 in the same weeks of 2025 (−3.6%). New leases were −17.6% and −23.6% on 2025 in March and April 2026, and +14.9% in September.
The rent money each month
The yearly rent written into the leases that started each month. January to September 2026: AED 41.2bn, against AED 40.3bn in the same months of 2025 (+2.0%). The biggest month was Oct 2025: AED 5.5bn.
New lease against renewal
Most leases are renewals. New leases were 37% of all leases in 2024, 37% in 2025 and 39% so far in 2026.
The renewal premium
What a new tenant pays for a 1-bed against a renewing tenant. In January 2021 the two were AED 36,000 and AED 38,000. In Sep 2025 they were AED 70,000 and AED 52,905. In Sep 2026: AED 67,000 and AED 55,000.
What the leases say: every comparison, each with its chart →
Leases: Dubai Land Department Ejari rent contracts, residential, one unit per contract, dated by start date, January 2024 to 15 Oct 2026. Oct 2026 is part of a month. "Conflict starts" marks 28 February 2026; a date on a chart does not show a cause.
Monthly medians by home type, January 2019 to December 2023, are from the same Ejari records; we hold the individual leases from January 2024. We hold no leases before 2019, so the line starts there.
What the line includes. The rent written on the lease for one year. Agent fees, deposits, DEWA, chiller and service charges are not in it. Nothing is adjusted for inflation.
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