Rental transactions for villas in Dubai

Sourced from Dubai land department

Average new rentals
253,910
2.9%vs. last period
Average renewals
202,134
6.9%vs. last period
Transactions
61,889
4.1%vs. last period

Rental history

Showing 10 transactions of 61,889

	Location		Contract Status	Contract type		Built-up area (ft²)	Specifications
4 Nov ’26	Springs 2The Springs	255,000	12 MonthsFrom 21 Dec ’26	New	2,745	2,359	3 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Maple 2Dubai Hills Estate > Maple	190,000	12 MonthsFrom 23 Sep ’26	Renewed	2,124	2,251	3 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	The Pulse VillasDubai South (Dubai World Central) > Residential District > The Pulse	170,000	12 MonthsFrom 1 Nov ’26	Renewed	2,092	2,676	4 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	MirdifMirdif	135,000	12 MonthsFrom 8 Oct ’26	Renewed	2,099	-	4 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Harmony 3Tilal Al Ghaf > Harmony	570,000	12 MonthsFrom 6 Nov ’26	Renewed	4,650	4,062	4 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Al MuteenaDeira	90,000	12 MonthsFrom 1 Dec ’26	New	2,000	-	3 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Al BadaaAl Badaa	425,000	12 MonthsFrom 5 Dec ’25	Renewed	4,639	-	4 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Sienna LakesJumeirah Golf Estates	700,000	12 MonthsFrom 4 Nov ’26	New	9,219	8,420	6 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	Casa FloresMotor City > Green Community Motor City	280,000	12 MonthsFrom 1 Sep ’26	New	3,395	3,056	4 BedsVilla
4 Nov ’26	TrixisDamac Hills 2	155,000	12 MonthsFrom 15 Nov ’26	New	1,882	2,633	5 BedsVilla

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villas available for rent now in Dubai

Show 17,392 homes for rent

Villa
160,000 AED/year
Costa Brava 1, Costa Brava, Damac Lagoons, Dubai
4
4
1,548 sqft
Villa
780,000 AED/year
District One Villas, District One, Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai
4
6
7,537 sqft
Villa
115,000 AED/year
Greenview, Emaar South, Dubai South (Dubai World Central), Dubai
3
4
1,518 sqft
Villa
800,000 AED/year
District One Villas, District One, Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai
4
6
7,920 sqft
Villa
378,000 AED/year
Santorini, Damac Lagoons, Dubai
6
7
4,727 sqft
Villa
350,000 AED/year
Al Warqa'a 3, Al Warqa'a, Dubai
5
7+
17,000 sqft

About villa rental transactions in Dubai

Dubai villa rent price trends

Dubai villa rent prices are up by 2.6% over the past 12 months. Tenants registered 61,889 villa rental contracts with the Dubai Land Department during that period, up by 4.1%. New leases averaged AED 253,900, against AED 202,100 for renewals. There was a difference of AED 51,800 between the averages for new leases and renewals. New leases are down by 2.9%, while renewals are up by 6.9%, so new and renewing tenants can see different rent movements.

How Dubai villa rent prices differ across communities

Dubai villa rent prices vary widely by community. Emirates Hills had the highest average rent at AED 3,750,000 a year, followed by Palm Jumeirah at AED 1,650,000 and Al Barari at AED 971,900. Al Lisaili, Barsha Heights (Tecom), and Dubai Industrial City had the lowest, at AED 41,500, AED 72,100, and AED 76,300. Individual villa contracts ranged from AED 10,000 to AED 17,000,000 a year. Filter the table by community and bedroom count to see what tenants paid for homes like the one you’re considering.

Where Dubai villa rents moved most

Al Habtoor Polo Resort and Club - The Residences saw the biggest change in villa rents over the past 12 months, up by 39.7%, followed by Emirates Hills, up by 30.4% and Liwan, up by 28.6%. Rents can move very differently from one community to the next, so check the community you’re considering rather than the citywide average before you sign or renew. A large change in a smaller community can come from only a handful of contracts, so consider how many leases sit behind a figure in the table before you rely on it.

Dubai villa rent costs

Renting a villa in Dubai comes with upfront costs on top of the rent. Before you move in, you’ll pay a refundable security deposit of 5% of the annual rent for an unfurnished villa or 10% for a furnished one, an agency fee of around 5%, an Ejari registration fee, and a refundable DEWA deposit of AED 4,000 to connect electricity and water. On an unfurnished villa with an annual rent of AED 250,000, that’s an AED 12,500 deposit, around AED 12,500 in agency fees, and AED 4,000 for DEWA before you move in.

Frequently asked questions

You can share or sublet a villa rental in Dubai only with your landlord’s written consent, and renting out rooms individually now needs a permit. Under Article 24 of Law No. 26 of 2007, you can’t sublet your villa, or any part of it, without your landlord’s written approval, unless your tenancy contract already allows it. If you do, your landlord can ask the Rental Disputes Centre to evict both you and your subtenant.

Law No. 4 of 2026, in force since August 2026, adds stricter rules for villas let room by room or as bed spaces:

Permit: a villa can only be used for shared housing with a Dubai Municipality permit, and only in areas the municipality has approved.
Who can let it: only the owner or a licensed company can rent out shared housing, so tenants can no longer sublet rooms or beds.
Occupancy: each resident needs at least 5 square metres of living space, and families and individuals can’t share the same unit.

After you move in, you’ll pay DEWA every month, and some upkeep falls on you as the tenant.

DEWA: the electricity and water you use, plus a housing fee of 5% of your annual rent, spread across the year. On a rent of AED 250,000, that’s about AED 1,042 a month. Larger homes, gardens, and pools all push up what you use.
District cooling: billed separately for air conditioning if your community uses it.
Repairs: major repairs are usually the landlord’s responsibility, while minor repairs are usually yours.