• APARTMENT PRICES: Downtown Dubai rose by 0.2 per cent month-on-month in March to Dh1,963 per square foot. Reuters
    APARTMENT PRICES: Downtown Dubai rose by 0.2 per cent month-on-month in March to Dh1,963 per square foot. Reuters
  • Jumeirah: Dh1,908 per square foot — up 2.7 per cent a month. The National
    Jumeirah: Dh1,908 per square foot — up 2.7 per cent a month. The National
  • The Palm Jumeirah: Dh1,789 per square foot — down 2.7 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The Palm Jumeirah: Dh1,789 per square foot — down 2.7 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • DIFC: Dh1,589 per square foot — up 0.1 per cent a month. Jeff Topping / The National
    DIFC: Dh1,589 per square foot — up 0.1 per cent a month. Jeff Topping / The National
  • Jumeirah Beach Residence: Dh1,508 per square foot — up 0.6 per cent a month. Photo: LuxuryProperty.com
    Jumeirah Beach Residence: Dh1,508 per square foot — up 0.6 per cent a month. Photo: LuxuryProperty.com
  • Mohammed bin Rashid City: Dh1,435 per square foot — down 1 per cent a month. Satish Kumar / The National
    Mohammed bin Rashid City: Dh1,435 per square foot — down 1 per cent a month. Satish Kumar / The National
  • Business Bay: Dh1,421 per square foot — up 0.4 per cent a month. Sarah Dea / The National
    Business Bay: Dh1,421 per square foot — up 0.4 per cent a month. Sarah Dea / The National
  • Dubai Hills: Dh1,415 per square foot — up 0.2 per cent a month. Photo: Emaar Malls Management
    Dubai Hills: Dh1,415 per square foot — up 0.2 per cent a month. Photo: Emaar Malls Management
  • Dubai Marina: Dh1,391 per square foot — up 0.3 per cent a month. Victor Besa / The National
    Dubai Marina: Dh1,391 per square foot — up 0.3 per cent a month. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Greens and The Views: Dh1,084 per square foot — up 1.7 per cent month. Sarah Dea / The National
    The Greens and The Views: Dh1,084 per square foot — up 1.7 per cent month. Sarah Dea / The National
  • Jumeirah Lakes Towers: Dh997 per square foot — no change. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Jumeirah Lakes Towers: Dh997 per square foot — no change. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Damac Hills: Dh966 per square foot — up 1.1 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
    Damac Hills: Dh966 per square foot — up 1.1 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Jumeirah Village Circle: Dh885 per square foot — up 1.6 per cent a month. Razan Alzayani / The National
    Jumeirah Village Circle: Dh885 per square foot — up 1.6 per cent a month. Razan Alzayani / The National
  • Town Square: Dh865 per square foot — down 1.8 per cent a month.
    Town Square: Dh865 per square foot — down 1.8 per cent a month.
  • Motor City: Dh651 per square foot — up 1.3 per cent a month.
    Motor City: Dh651 per square foot — up 1.3 per cent a month.
  • Dubai Silicon Oasis: Dh618 per square foot — up 1.4 per cent a month. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Dubai Silicon Oasis: Dh618 per square foot — up 1.4 per cent a month. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Dubai Sports City: Dh592 per square foot — down 1.4 per cent a month. Reem Mohammed / The National
    Dubai Sports City: Dh592 per square foot — down 1.4 per cent a month. Reem Mohammed / The National
  • Discovery Gardens: Dh543 per square foot — up 2.5 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
    Discovery Gardens: Dh543 per square foot — up 2.5 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
  • International City: Dh442 per square foot — up 0.5 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
    International City: Dh442 per square foot — up 0.5 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National

UAE

How much can a landlord increase my rent by in Dubai?

Rental calculator helps users to determine any increases before they negotiate a contract

Neil Halligan
Neil Halligan

April 06, 2022

  • English
  • Arabic

It is a topic of discussion that's common as the weather — how much rent do you pay?

Each year, tenants in Dubai negotiate two key aspects when it comes to rent, they are how much you'll pay and how many cheques you will use to pay it.

While the number of cheques is up for negotiation, the issue of how much rent increases should be pretty clear-cut in most cases.

Dubai Land Department's Rental Index gives tenants and landlords data on residential, commercial and industrial properties in the emirate.

The index includes a calculator that helps users to determine the rental increase of any leased properties before they negotiate a contract.

First set up in 2009, the index helps landlords, agents and tenants map out maximum allowable rent increases on the expiry of a lease.

The index is also used as a reference in disputes between tenants and landlords over rental values.

How the rental increase calculator works

The rental increase calculator determines any changes in rent based on the average movement in the region's rental value, depending on the specifications of a property, including its use, location, number of rooms and other parameters.

In all cases, the increase is set at a maximum of 20 per cent and any changes are based on the market value of other properties in a given area.

  • If the rent is 10 per cent less than the market value, there is no increase
  • If the rent is 11 to 20 per cent lower than the market value, the maximum increase may be up to 5 per cent
  • If the rent is 21 to 30 per cent lower than the market value, the maximum increase may be up to 10 per cent
  • If the rent is 31 to 40 per cent lower than the market value, the maximum increase may be up to 15 per cent
  • If the rent is lower than 40 per cent or more of the market value, the maximum increase may be up to 20 per cent

The rental increase calculator is available on the Dubai Land Department's website.

Contract changes

According to the DLD, landlords must provide 90 days' notice regarding any changes to the rent contract, such as breaking it or increasing the rent amount.

Tenants can legally refuse a rental amount increase if 90 days' notice was not provided by the landlord.

The tenant can file a case with the Rent Disputes Settlement Centre at the DLD upon refusing to agree to the new terms of the contract.

Anyone opening a case at the rental committee must pay 3.5 per cent of the rental amount.

The winning party usually has costs awarded to them, although this is not guaranteed.

Compensation awarded to a tenant against a landlord in breach of the rules can be as much as a year's rent.

Read more: Dubai property prices: where they are rising and falling

  • APARTMENT PRICES: Downtown Dubai rose by 0.2 per cent month-on-month in March to Dh1,963 per square foot. Reuters
    APARTMENT PRICES: Downtown Dubai rose by 0.2 per cent month-on-month in March to Dh1,963 per square foot. Reuters
  • Jumeirah: Dh1,908 per square foot — up 2.7 per cent a month. The National
    Jumeirah: Dh1,908 per square foot — up 2.7 per cent a month. The National
  • The Palm Jumeirah: Dh1,789 per square foot — down 2.7 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
    The Palm Jumeirah: Dh1,789 per square foot — down 2.7 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • DIFC: Dh1,589 per square foot — up 0.1 per cent a month. Jeff Topping / The National
    DIFC: Dh1,589 per square foot — up 0.1 per cent a month. Jeff Topping / The National
  • Jumeirah Beach Residence: Dh1,508 per square foot — up 0.6 per cent a month. Photo: LuxuryProperty.com
    Jumeirah Beach Residence: Dh1,508 per square foot — up 0.6 per cent a month. Photo: LuxuryProperty.com
  • Mohammed bin Rashid City: Dh1,435 per square foot — down 1 per cent a month. Satish Kumar / The National
    Mohammed bin Rashid City: Dh1,435 per square foot — down 1 per cent a month. Satish Kumar / The National
  • Business Bay: Dh1,421 per square foot — up 0.4 per cent a month. Sarah Dea / The National
    Business Bay: Dh1,421 per square foot — up 0.4 per cent a month. Sarah Dea / The National
  • Dubai Hills: Dh1,415 per square foot — up 0.2 per cent a month. Photo: Emaar Malls Management
    Dubai Hills: Dh1,415 per square foot — up 0.2 per cent a month. Photo: Emaar Malls Management
  • Dubai Marina: Dh1,391 per square foot — up 0.3 per cent a month. Victor Besa / The National
    Dubai Marina: Dh1,391 per square foot — up 0.3 per cent a month. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Greens and The Views: Dh1,084 per square foot — up 1.7 per cent month. Sarah Dea / The National
    The Greens and The Views: Dh1,084 per square foot — up 1.7 per cent month. Sarah Dea / The National
  • Jumeirah Lakes Towers: Dh997 per square foot — no change. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Jumeirah Lakes Towers: Dh997 per square foot — no change. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Damac Hills: Dh966 per square foot — up 1.1 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
    Damac Hills: Dh966 per square foot — up 1.1 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
  • Jumeirah Village Circle: Dh885 per square foot — up 1.6 per cent a month. Razan Alzayani / The National
    Jumeirah Village Circle: Dh885 per square foot — up 1.6 per cent a month. Razan Alzayani / The National
  • Town Square: Dh865 per square foot — down 1.8 per cent a month.
    Town Square: Dh865 per square foot — down 1.8 per cent a month.
  • Motor City: Dh651 per square foot — up 1.3 per cent a month.
    Motor City: Dh651 per square foot — up 1.3 per cent a month.
  • Dubai Silicon Oasis: Dh618 per square foot — up 1.4 per cent a month. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Dubai Silicon Oasis: Dh618 per square foot — up 1.4 per cent a month. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Dubai Sports City: Dh592 per square foot — down 1.4 per cent a month. Reem Mohammed / The National
    Dubai Sports City: Dh592 per square foot — down 1.4 per cent a month. Reem Mohammed / The National
  • Discovery Gardens: Dh543 per square foot — up 2.5 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
    Discovery Gardens: Dh543 per square foot — up 2.5 per cent a month. Pawan Singh / The National
  • International City: Dh442 per square foot — up 0.5 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
    International City: Dh442 per square foot — up 0.5 per cent a month. Antonie Robertson / The National
The more serious side of specialty coffee

While the taste of beans and freshness of roast is paramount to the specialty coffee scene, so is sustainability and workers’ rights.

The bulk of genuine specialty coffee companies aim to improve on these elements in every stage of production via direct relationships with farmers. For instance, Mokha 1450 on Al Wasl Road strives to work predominantly with women-owned and -operated coffee organisations, including female farmers in the Sabree mountains of Yemen.

Because, as the boutique’s owner, Garfield Kerr, points out: “women represent over 90 per cent of the coffee value chain, but are woefully underrepresented in less than 10 per cent of ownership and management throughout the global coffee industry.”

One of the UAE’s largest suppliers of green (meaning not-yet-roasted) beans, Raw Coffee, is a founding member of the Partnership of Gender Equity, which aims to empower female coffee farmers and harvesters.

Also, globally, many companies have found the perfect way to recycle old coffee grounds: they create the perfect fertile soil in which to grow mushrooms. 

While you're here
Real estate tokenisation project

Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.

The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.

Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.

While you're here
How much sugar is in chocolate Easter eggs?
  • The 169g Crunchie egg has 15.9g of sugar per 25g serving, working out at around 107g of sugar per egg
  • The 190g Maltesers Teasers egg contains 58g of sugar per 100g for the egg and 19.6g of sugar in each of the two Teasers bars that come with it
  • The 188g Smarties egg has 113g of sugar per egg and 22.8g in the tube of Smarties it contains
  • The Milky Bar white chocolate Egg Hunt Pack contains eight eggs at 7.7g of sugar per egg
  • The Cadbury Creme Egg contains 26g of sugar per 40g egg
On Women's Day
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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.

Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.

“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.

“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.

Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.

From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.

Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.

BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.

Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.

Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.

“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.

“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.

“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”

Tell Me Who I Am

Director: Ed Perkins

Stars: Alex and Marcus Lewis

Four stars

Stage results

1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) Deceuninck-QuickStep  4:39:05

2. Michael Matthews (AUS) Team BikeExchange 0:00:08

3. Primoz Roglic (SLV) Jumbo-Visma same time 

4. Jack Haig (AUS) Bahrain Victorious s.t  

5. Wilco Kelderman (NED) Bora-Hansgrohe s.t  

6. Tadej Pogacar (SLV) UAE Team Emirates s.t 

7. David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama-FDJ s.t

8. Sergio Higuita Garcia (COL) EF Education-Nippo s.t     

9. Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek-Segafredo  s.t

10. Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers s.t

Results
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Brief scoreline

Switzerland 0

England 0

Result: England win 6-5 on penalties

Man of the Match: Trent Alexander-Arnold (England)

What's in the deal?

Agreement aims to boost trade by £25.5bn a year in the long run, compared with a total of £42.6bn in 2024

India will slash levies on medical devices, machinery, cosmetics, soft drinks and lamb.

India will also cut automotive tariffs to 10% under a quota from over 100% currently.

Indian employees in the UK will receive three years exemption from social security payments

India expects 99% of exports to benefit from zero duty, raising opportunities for textiles, marine products, footwear and jewellery

Pari

Produced by: Clean Slate Films (Anushka Sharma, Karnesh Sharma) & KriArj Entertainment

Director: Prosit Roy

Starring: Anushka Sharma, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Ritabhari Chakraborty, Rajat Kapoor, Mansi Multani

Three stars

Wicked: For Good

Director: Jon M Chu

Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater

Rating: 4/5

Veil (Object Lessons)
Rafia Zakaria
​​​​​​​Bloomsbury Academic

The details

Heard It in a Past Life

Maggie Rogers

(Capital Records)

3/5

ABU DHABI ORDER OF PLAY

Starting at 10am:

Daria Kasatkina v Qiang Wang

Veronika Kudermetova v Annet Kontaveit (10)

Maria Sakkari (9) v Anastasia Potapova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Ons Jabeur (15)

Donna Vekic (16) v Bernarda Pera 

Ekaterina Alexandrova v Zarina Diyas

While you're here
COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Mamo 

 Year it started: 2019 Founders: Imad Gharazeddine, Asim Janjua

 Based: Dubai, UAE

 Number of employees: 28

 Sector: Financial services

 Investment: $9.5m

 Funding stage: Pre-Series A Investors: Global Ventures, GFC, 4DX Ventures, AlRajhi Partners, Olive Tree Capital, and prominent Silicon Valley investors. 

 
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Updated: April 06, 2022, 11:39 AM
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