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Dubai caps a renewal increase by how far your rent sits below the market average · Decree 43 of 2013
5bands in the decree
0–20%the most an increase can be, by band
10%within this of market, no increase at all
2026-09-07when these rules were last read
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Decree 43 of 2013 · the bands
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Within 10% of market
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11–20% below market
Up to 5%
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21–30% below market
Up to 10%
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Up to 15%
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Up to 20%
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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.
What each claim on this page rests on
A renewal increase is capped by how far your rent sits below the market rent — 5 bands, from none to 20%Decree 43 of 2013 · read 2026-09-07
The landlord must give 90 days before the contract ends, in writing; without it the tenancy renews on the same termsLaw 33 of 2008, Article 14
The market figure here is the median of registered tenancy contracts for your area and home typeRegistered contracts
RERA’s Rental Index — the figure a Rental Dispute Centre case turns on. It is free on the Dubai REST appNot read here
Where your own rent sits: from your area and rent, when you ask Hala to read themWaiting for your figures
Other emirates set their own rulesOn Your rights
This is not legal advice
The figure above is the median of registered tenancy contracts in your area — evidence of what homes there actually let for. RERA’s own Rental Index, free on the Dubai REST app, is the figure a Rental Dispute Centre case turns on, and filing a case there is your decision alone. Other emirates set their own caps.
What the specialists did on this page
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Rental Intelligencerental.intelligenceRegistered tenancy contracts, when you askWaits for your area and rent: press “Have Hala read this” under the answer—
Finding and assessing a long let: the search in annual rent, and whether a rent is fair for the area.
The median of registered tenancy contracts, residential, one unit per contract — not RERA's Rental Index
Tenant Intelligencerental.tenantDecree 43 of 2013 and Dubai's notice rulePlaced the five bands and the 90-day notice on this page, from the same table the tenancy pages read2026-09-07
The tenant's side: their rights under the emirate's tenancy law, and coordinating the let.
Decree 43 of 2013 · Law 26 of 2007 as amended by Law 33 of 2008
Regulatory Intelligencetrust.regulatoryThe tenancy law, passage by passageDid not run here: it answers tenancy-law questions on Your rights, from the retrieved law with its article—
The rules of each emirate, retrieved and cited: tenancy law, short-stay rules, cross-border rules for NRI buyers - marked where we have not confirmed them.