diroKEY

FOR TENANTS

Know the rent before you sign.
Then tell us what you need.

diroKEY publishes rent bands built from contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department — not from asking prices. When you know your number, send one request: owners answer it privately, and we check the owner against the title deed before you meet.

Tell us what you need

Rent bands from registered DLD contracts · updated monthly

RENT BANDS · REGISTERED CONTRACTS

What people actually pay, by community

Every band below is built from rent contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department — not from asking prices.

  • Dubai Marina

    1 bedroom · apartment

    AED 105,000  median

    AED 85,000AED 135,000

    508 registered contracts · last 12 months

  • Jumeirah Village Circle

    1 bedroom · apartment

    AED 72,000  median

    AED 58,000AED 88,000

    412 registered contracts · last 12 months

  • Business Bay

    1 bedroom · apartment

    AED 95,000  median

    AED 78,000AED 118,000

    356 registered contracts · last 12 months

  • Dubai South

    Studio · apartment

    AED 40,000  median

    AED 32,000AED 49,000

    274 registered contracts · last 12 months

Where these numbers come from — every band is calculated from rent contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department and refreshed monthly. diroKEY does not publish individual properties, photographs or owner contacts on this page.

[Placeholder figures — replaced by live rent-band data at build]

Check a specific renewal against Decree 43  →

TELL US WHAT YOU NEED

No listings to scroll. You describe the home — owners come to you.

Owners on diroKEY do not publish their properties. They see anonymous requests — area, budget, move-in date — and reply only to the ones that fit. Your name, phone and email stay with us until you agree to share them.

We never publish your request. Owners see the property criteria only — never your name, phone or email.

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps — and you only do the first one

  1. STEP ONE

    Say what you need

    Property type, areas, budget, how many cheques, when you move. Five minutes, no account, no phone calls.

  2. STEP TWO

    We check every match

    Owner confirmed against the title deed. Rent checked against the Smart Rental Index. Cheque terms and service charges verified before anything reaches you.

  3. STEP THREE

    Sign and move in

    Tenancy checklist, deposit protection, Ejari registration and DEWA move-in — each step written out, in order.

FOR TENANTS

What we can do for you

Dubai rents fell this year for the first time since 2021, and 32,000 more homes are being handed over. That means most tenants renewing right now are paying above the market.

Rent Check

Free

Put in what you pay now and see what comparable homes in your community actually signed for over the last six months.

Open the check  →

Renewal Timer

Free

Tell us when your tenancy ends. We email you 100 days before — the window in which terms can still be changed.

Set a reminder  →

Ejari & DEWA Checklist

Free

Every document and fee, in the order the counters want them: contract, deposit, Ejari, DEWA, chiller, internet.

Open the checklist  →

Safe Rental Pack

AED 149

Whether you are renewing or signing somewhere new: the registered contracts for your building, a written note of where your rent sits against them, the ownership check, and the deposit and Ejari steps. Renewing? It comes with a letter you can send your landlord.

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THROUGH PARTNERS

Things we do not do ourselves

  • ·  Viewing on your behalf if you are still abroad — we introduce you to a licensed agent
  • ·  Legal review of the tenancy contract — we introduce you to a lawyer
  • ·  Movers and cleaners — we introduce you to companies we have used

No prices here on purpose — tell us what you need and we come back with a quote.

RENT · GUIDE

Renting in Dubai without paying a 5% agency commission

Who actually pays the agent

In Dubai the tenant customarily pays the agent 5% of the annual rent, with a minimum of roughly AED 5,000. It is a market custom, not a law — nothing in Law 26 of 2007 obliges a tenant to pay it. On a AED 45,000 studio that minimum works out closer to 11%.

What the Smart Rental Index decides

RERA publishes an index of typical rents by area, building and unit type. Decree 43 of 2013 ties the permitted increase to how far your current rent sits below that index: no increase while you are within 10% of it, then 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% as the gap widens.

The 90-day rule

A landlord who wants to change the rent or any other term must give written notice at least 90 days before the tenancy ends. If that notice does not arrive, the contract renews on the same terms — and the Rental Dispute Centre will say so.

Ejari, DEWA and the deposit

Every tenancy in Dubai has to be registered with Ejari; without it you cannot open a DEWA account, sponsor a visa or file a dispute. The security deposit is customarily 5% of the annual rent for an unfurnished home and 10% for a furnished one.