Saudi Rent Increase & Renewal Rules Checker

The Two Rules That Decide Almost Every Rent Dispute in Saudi Arabia

The first rule is national and sits inside every Ejar unified contract: the rent you signed for is fixed for the full contract term. A landlord cannot raise it halfway through, whatever the market does. An increase can only be proposed when the contract comes up for renewal, and it runs through Ejar. The landlord submits a change request at least 90 days before the contract ends, the tenant accepts or declines, and declining means the contract does not renew at the higher figure. If neither side asks for a change and neither side gives notice, the contract renews by itself on the same rent. Stopping that automatic renewal takes a notice from either side at least 60 days before the end date.

The second rule covers Riyadh only, and it overrides the first one until 2030. On 25 September 2025, provisions approved by the Council of Ministers and a Royal Decree suspended annual rent increases for residential and commercial contracts inside Riyadh's urban boundary for five years. REGA's announcement is plain about the scope: the suspension applies to existing and new contracts, landlords may not increase the total rental value agreed in either, and a vacant unit that was rented before goes back on the market at the rent in its last Ejar contract. A unit rented for the first time is priced by agreement, and that agreed figure then becomes its frozen level.