Rentals
Rents, vacancies and rental rules, for tenants, landlords and the people who manage their homes.
Dubai rent settlements reach 2,350 in nine months, worth AED 401 million
Dubai's Rental Disputes Center says 2,350 landlord and tenant disputes ended in an agreed settlement between January and September 2026, in six days each on average.
How a rent dispute is heard at Dubai's Rental Disputes Center
Dubai sends landlord and tenant disputes to one specialised body. What it hears, the documents and the 3.5% fee, conciliation, the AED 100,000 appeal threshold and how a judgment is enforced.
Renting in New South Wales: rent rises, lease endings and pets
New South Wales now limits rent rises to one a year, makes landlords give a reason to end a lease and puts a 21-day clock on pet requests. What the state's own pages say.
Singapore: state chalet in Pasir Ris reopens as 380-room co-living hotel
A 1980s government chalet on state land in Pasir Ris now runs as Coliwoo Resort Changi. How the tender worked, what it costs in rent and who the rooms are for.
What goes into a tenancy agreement in Singapore: the CEA template
The Council for Estate Agencies' template tenancy agreement clause by clause: deposit, repairs, air-conditioning, early exit and inventory, then stamping, commission and the Small Claims Tribunals.
What US$100,000 rents: a Memphis house, a San Jose one-bedroom
A Zillow analysis of 7 October sets a US$2,500 rent budget against the 50 largest US metros: four bedrooms in Memphis, 650 square feet in San Jose.
How Section 8 vouchers work for private landlords in the United States
A guide to the Housing Choice Voucher programme from the owner's side: unit approval, inspections, rent tests, the payment contract, lease terms and ending a tenancy.
US tenant screening reports: a landlord's duties under the FCRA
What the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act asks of US landlords who buy tenant screening reports, and of the companies that sell them: purpose, notices, accuracy, time limits and disposal.
Victoria bans rental application fees from Tuesday 13 October
Five rental rules start in Victoria on 13 October 2026: no application fees, two-yearly gas and electrical checks for every agreement, standards records and evidence for bond claims.
How Victoria regulates renting: 90 days' notice, bonds and valid reasons
Victoria's renting rules as Consumer Affairs Victoria states them in October 2026: rent increases and how to challenge one, bonds, pets, minimum standards and notices to vacate.
Western Australia's renting rules: rent rises, pets, bonds and notice
How renting works in Western Australia after the 2024 reforms: the rent bidding ban, one rent rise every 12 months, pets, small changes, the bond and the notice to leave.
Australia's capital city house rents stall at A$700 a week
Domain's September quarter figures, reported by the ABC, show capital city house rents flat and unit rents at a record, with Sydney and Canberra recording falls.
Renting out a home in Singapore: HDB and private property rules
Who may let an HDB flat or its bedrooms, the three-month minimum stay in private homes, and the occupancy caps, including the eight-person relaxation and its two published end dates.
US rents reach $1,932 in September as concessions spread: Zillow
Zillow's report of 6 October puts the typical US rent at $1,932, up 2.7% in a year, with concessions on 39.6% of listings. Two other reports show flatter rents.
Dubai rent increases, Ejari and eviction notices: how the rules work
How Dubai caps a rent rise at renewal with five index bands, what registering a lease in Ejari costs and involves, and what the tenancy law says about notices to leave.
NSW's first End of Tenancy Survey: renters end 85% of leases
New South Wales has published the first results of its mandatory End of Tenancy Survey. More than 275,000 responses show who ends a lease in the state, and why.