Abu Dhabi’s real estate regulator has suspended all rent increases across the emirate until further notice, covering both new lease agreements and renewals of existing contracts.
The Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre, which oversees the emirate’s property sector, confirmed the freeze in a response from its support team to residents who had queried the matter. “No increase can be applied to any rental contract, whether when concluding new contracts or when renewing existing ones,” the Centre said.
It added that in all circumstances, the last rental value recorded in the previous contract would be used as the reference figure, and no upward adjustment to that amount would be permitted.
