Expectations of stable rents in Ajman during 2026

Data prepared by the “Bayut” real estate platform for “Emirates Today”, monitoring real estate rents in the Emirate of Ajman, during the years 2024 and 2025, showed noticeable movements in rental prices in seven main areas in the emirate: “Al Nuaimiya”, “Al Rashidiya”, “Al Jurf”, “Al Rawda”, “Ajman Corniche”, “Al Mowaihat”, and “Downtown Ajman”. A real estate developer expects rents to stabilize during the next year, 2026, with prices remaining at current levels without significant increases.

The data revealed that the “Al Mowaihat” area recorded the highest average annual rental price among the seven areas covered by the monitoring, within the “one bedroom and a hall” and “two bedrooms and a hall” categories, while the “Al Nuaimiya” area was the lowest, and the “Al Rawdah” area witnessed the highest annual rate of increase in the average rental cost by 17.65%.

According to these data, the average annual rental prices for the “studio” category in the seven regions (the subject of monitoring) during the year 2025 amounted to 19.14 thousand dirhams, compared to an average annual rent of 17.57 thousand dirhams during the year 2024, an increase of 8.93% on an annual basis, while the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment reached about 28.71 thousand dirhams compared to 27.57 thousand dirhams. AED with a growth of 4.13% on an annual basis.

The average annual rent for a two-room apartment and a hall in 2025 was about 40.71 thousand dirhams, compared to 40.28 thousand dirhams during last year, an increase of 1%.

“Studio” category

“Downtown Ajman” topped the seven regions during the current year in terms of the average rental price for a residential unit in the “studio” category at 21 thousand dirhams annually, while “Ajman Corniche” was the lowest at 18 thousand dirhams.

The data showed that the “Al Rawda” area witnessed the highest annual rate of increase in the average rental cost by 17.65%, recording 20 thousand dirhams in 2025, compared to 17 thousand dirhams in 2024, while the “Al Rashidiya” and “Ajman Corniche” areas had the lowest growth rate at 5.88%, at 18 thousand dirhams annually for each area.

Category «Bedroom»

The data revealed that the “Al Mowaihat” area recorded the highest average annual rental price among the seven areas covered by the monitoring, within the category of one-bedroom apartments, at 31 thousand dirhams annually, while “Al Nuaimiya” recorded the lowest prices in this category at 27 thousand dirhams.

Five regions witnessed an increase in average annual rental prices during 2025, while rental prices stabilized in two regions.

Category “two rooms and a hall”

In the category of two-bedroom apartments and a living room, “Al Mowaihat” maintained its lead in the list of areas with the highest average annual rent among the seven areas covered by the monitoring, at 45 thousand dirhams and a growth of 4.65%.

On the other hand, the lowest average annual prices for two-bedroom apartments in the Al Nuaimiya area were recorded at 38 thousand dirhams annually, an increase of 2.7% over the year 2024.

Prices vary

In response to this, the General Manager of Al-Mumayaz Real Estate Company, Rafiq Matar, said, “The demand for rents includes the entire Emirate of Ajman, with differences between regions.”

He added that some areas record higher prices than the rest of the market, while new buildings in general see higher prices compared to older units.

Matar explained to Emirates Today that the current rental rates in the Emirate of Ajman vary according to the type of unit, as the rent for a “studio” ranges between 17 and 20 thousand dirhams, while the prices of a room and a hall in different areas range between 25 and 34 thousand dirhams, while units consisting of two rooms and a hall record prices ranging between 36 and 45 thousand dirhams, and he stated that this increase is reflected differently on the edges of the market, indicating He pointed out that tenants are facing pressure as a result of increased rents, and he also pointed out that these increases come within a normal rate in light of increased demand.

On the other hand, Matar stated that these increases represent an incentive for investors, as they enhance investment returns and contribute to attracting more investors from inside and outside the country to the real estate sector. Matar stated that there is a law regulating rent increases in the Emirate of Ajman, which specifies the periodic increase rate, explaining that the supposed increase is 20% every three years. He added that there is another important aspect in the legislation, which is what is known as the “reciprocal rent law,” which is applied when there is a large discrepancy in the value of Rentals within a single building or in the surrounding area.

Matar pointed out that if there is a residential unit rented, for example, for 17 thousand dirhams for a room and a hall, while there is a similar unit next door or in the same building rented for a value ranging between 25 and 26 thousand dirhams, the landlord has the right to notify the tenant 90 days before (i.e. three months before) of his desire to adjust the rent value to be in line with the rent for similar units.

He said that this prior notification allows the tenant to review the proposed increase, and if approved, the new rent will be applied even if the full three-year period has not passed, in accordance with what the Rent Law similarly allows.

He stressed that this mechanism aims to achieve a balance between the rights of landlords and tenants, and to ensure fair pricing in line with market reality.

Mattar expected rents to stabilize over the next year, with prices remaining at current levels without significant increases.

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