How the cap works
If your current Barsha Heights rent is 11–20% below market, the landlord may raise it 5%; 21–30% below allows 10%; 31–40% allows 15%; more than 40% below allows 20%. Within 10% of market, no increase is permitted.
Checking your position
The Dubai REST app's rental index gives the official market figure for your building. With one-beds in Barsha Heights around AED 70,000, that is the number your increase is measured against.
Barsha Heights at a glance
Barsha Heights is a central Tecom district popular with corporate tenants and long-stay guests. Buying sits at AED 1,300 per sqft — roughly AED 1,014,000 for a standard one-bedroom — while long-term tenants pay about AED 70,000 a year. Hosted as a licensed holiday home, the same unit averages AED 403 a night at 70% occupancy, around AED 102,967 gross. Owners on our managed programme average AED 142,094 — a 38% uplift.