Renting A Home

Dubai residents fume over hike in cooling fees

Tenants in The Gardens development argue that 50% jump in charges is unfair, unjustified

Dubai rents holding steady in sign of uptick

But Asteco warns release of fresh supply in 2012 could spur new fall in rents, prices

Emaar sees niche for low-cost housing in Dubai

Mohamed Alabbar says Dubai has gap for homes from AED500,000, despite glutted market

Tenants relieved as Abu Dhabi extends rent cap

Landlords in emirate barred from raising rents more than 5% until 2012, under new ruling

Group buying website to offer cut-price property

Grosper hopes to grow its membership to 50,000 through deals on rented apartments in Dubai

Kuwait office rents drop 50% from peak, says Global

Global Investment House also says vacancy rates at 20-25% due to 'severe oversupply'

Palm tenants to pay $1,360 for beach access

Nakheel presses on with plan to privatise Shoreline clubs and charge homeowners for access

Dubai's real estate agents are back to their old tricks

No amount of talking the market up will return Dubai property to pre-crash prices, writes Anil Bhoyrul

Abu Dhabi rent squeeze amid 11,000 new homes

UAE capital will see tighter margins as fresh supply puts pressure on landlords

Cheaper Dubai rents hit demand in Sharjah in Q3

Asteco says apartment rents fall 5% in Sharjah; tenants seen migrating to neighbouring city

Handovers to squeeze Dubai International City rents

Release of 1,663 units in Nakheel project set to push rents below AED15,000 a year

Abu Dhabi apartment rents fall 6% in Q3, says Asteco

Rate of decline slows following 8% and 9% declines in UAE capital in previous quarters

Dubai office rents stabilise in Q2, inquiry rates improve

Cushman & Wakefield report says Business Bay still showing highest vacancy rates of 70%

Dubai's office rental rates fall 18% in Q2, CBRE says

Occupancy rates also fall as oversupply continues to be a problem for landlords

Bahrain landlords slash rents on commercial property

Tenants can get rent-free periods and short contracts as landlords try to increase occupancy

Dubai’s Green Line may help push up property rents

Analysts say houses near existing metro stations saw price hikes of up to 10%

GCC office rents set to fall further in Q3 on Arab Spring

Jones Lang Lasalle says in new report that international firms are showing greater caution in region

Dubai’s sliding rents spur tenant migration

Landlords in northern emirates lose out to Dubai's lower prices, new supply

DIFC office space glut to squeeze landlords

Third-party owners will feel pinch of 800,000 sq ft of office space due online this year

Oman’s office property glut to weaken rental values

Consultancy warns that tourism will need to rise heavily to match new hotel plans

Oman’s office property glut to weaken rental values

Consultancy warns that tourism will need to rise heavily to match new hotel plans

Dubai’s cut-price property deals revealed

From Palm Jumeirah villas to flats in downtown Dubai, we list some of the cheapest real estate on offer

Dubai landlords cut rents to defeat summer lull

Deals include rent-free months, scrapping deposits and offers to upgrade older properties

International City rents slip below AED15,000

Studio rents in Nakheel project drop to more than 50% below RERA's initial rental guide

Falling rents to spark Dubai commuters' move to Abu Dhabi

Growing supply has meant units are not on a par with rental levels in Dubai Marina, says Cluttons

Rents in Dubai's Discovery Gardens drop 11 percent in Q2

Nakheel's community project is the hardest hit with average rents declining two percent, Asteco says

Dubai landlords becoming more flexible due to rent declines

Office and residential tenants are in a good position to negotiate, property consultancy JLL says

Abu Dhabi apartment rents fall 9% in Q2, says Asteco

Real estate consultant says new stock entering market continues to outweigh demand

Jeddah house prices, rents set to rise in 2011

Jones Lang Lasalle report says real estate market to benefit from Saudi gov't spending package

Dubai Properties pledges to ‘spend millions’ on JBR

State-backed developer to invest in beach club, communal areas after resident complaints

Nakheel offers rent-free periods to entice tenants

Indebted developer said in April it had stopped selling real estate units in Dubai

Poor upkeep may drive down rental prices in Dubai's JBR

Residents say lax security, poor maintenance and noise pollution dragging down living standards

Middle East office rents no longer among world’s priciest

Abu Dhabi, Dubai fall off top ten most expensive list as oversupply gluts real estate markets

Qatar World Cup fevers spikes office space demand, says report

Residential, retail and hotel real estate mop up benefits from FIFA hosting win, shows report

Rental rates for one-bedroom apartments in Business Bay average around AED55,000 ($14,974) per annum

Dubai’s Business Bay struggling to attract tenants, says report

Rental rates in delay-hit district up to 36% lower than units in nearby Downtown Dubai

GCC sees shift in attitudes on relocation trends

Company formation expert says GCC options other than Dubai becoming more popular for regional expansion

Dubai house prices set to fall another 10%, say analysts

Poll forecasts that property prices in Abu Dhabi will drop further 20% before stabilising

RENT WATCH: Abu Dhabi’s real estate market is poised for short-term oversupply

Oversupply set to squeeze rents in Abu Dhabi, says JLL

Surge of units may draw back commuters from Dubai, spur upgrade activity, says report

Vacancy rates in Dubai commercial property are continuing to rise, and should go past the 50 percent mark within the next year, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) (Getty Images)

Dubai office vacancies to top 50% over next 12 months

JLL says that current rate is 44%, while capital values have slipped 16% compared to Q1 2010

RENT FALL: Villa rents in Abu Dhabi have fallen 8 percent in the first three months of 2011, declining further from the 5 percent decrease of Q4 2010, Asteco said in a report on Sunday

Abu Dhabi rents fall 8% in Q1, Asteco says

Apartment rents continue to decline with landlords becoming more flexible on price, report says

WIDENING GAP: Residential property prices in Dubai are continuing to fall, although there is now a widening gap between villa and apartment values, according to Cluttons (Getty Images)

Gap widens between villa, flat values in Dubai, says report

Villa prices stabilise, but oversupply sees apartment prices continue to fall by as much as 9% in Q1 – Cluttons

Rent in Dubai - the full story

The story in Dubai is rent - a place where the cost of putting a roof over your head has tripled in five years, and quadrupled in ten.

The rent nightmare

Paying up to a year's rent in advance goes against my principles, and can be financially crippling for tenants.

Buy-to-live or rent in Dubai?

Hani Zaitoun offers his views on the million dirham question - should I buy or rent in Dubai?

Can you afford it?

With the cost of living increasing all the time, how high a price are people paying to live in Dubai?

Caps off to rent watchdog in inflation battle

Dubai is slowly recognizing the problem of rising rents and its contribution to inflation.

Qatar considers lowering rent cap to 7%

Inflationary pressures could see 3% reduction in rate implemented by week's end.

RENT CAP: NBAD said Qatar's rent freeze could cut inflation by 40%. (Getty Images)

Qatar rent cap to slash inflation 40%

Two-year rent freeze could help cut inflation in Gulf state, which hit 14% last year, NBAD says.