Ejari

Also called: Ejari registration, Ejari certificate

Ejari is Dubai's official system for registering a residential or commercial tenancy contract with the Real Estate Regulatory Agency.

Ejari means "my rent" in Arabic. Registering a tenancy on it is what makes the contract official in Dubai, and the registration is normally needed before utilities can be connected or a family visa sponsored.

For anyone studying the market rather than signing a lease, Ejari matters for a second reason: the registered contracts are the only reliable record of what tenants are actually paying. An advertised rent is an asking price. An Ejari contract is a signed one.

Every rental figure and every gross yield published on this site is computed from registered Ejari contracts rather than from listings.

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Dubai Diligence is an independent property-data service built on official Dubai Land Department records. We are not a brokerage and no developer pays us. This is general information, not legal, financial or tax advice.

Tell us what you are looking for, and we will do the diligence around it.

Registered Dubai Land Department figures for the areas you are watching, sent weekly. An honest read on any property you are weighing, before you talk to whoever is selling it. And if you eventually want to meet someone, an introduction to an agent whose transaction record we can show you.

Everything on this site stays free and open whether you register or not. This is for people who want it pointed at their own shortlist.