![]() ![]() Masterkey has been working diligently to gather the facts about RERA?s new initiative, Ejari. We know everything surrounding how Ejari will work, why it?s being done and the processes that are being established. More importantly, we?ve integrated with RERA to streamline
this process for our clients. RERA + Masterkey = your life made easy.
What is Ejari and who?s behind it?
The Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) has made it
mandatory for tenants and landlords to register tenancy contracts online from January 1, 2009, to assist with the development of a comprehensive rental index to better
evaluate and regulate the market. As part of this initiative, RERA requires every landlord and property management company to generate tenancy contracts through its new
online portal called Ejari. ERES, the technology arm of RERA, has been charged with developing the Online Tenancy Registration website. Every new tenancy contract will be
generated through Ejari to ensure that accurate tracking of rental rates can be achieved, and that properties are registered in accordance with RERA regulations.Why are they doing this?
![]() How will RERA enforce compliance?
RERA will enforce compliance through several means. For instance, in the future you will need a RERA Tenancy Contract to:
1. Register a company trade license
2. Raise a complaint with the rent committee 3. Activate your DEWA account RERA + Masterkey = Your life made easy.
![]() Masterkey has partnered with RERA to provide added efficiency and clarity to the process to make it quicker and easier for
you. As we speak, Masterkey is integrating with RERA's system which will allow users to register every property electronically, with tracking approval from
RERA executed inside the Masterkey application. When submitting a tenancy contract, Masterkey will register the RERA tenancy contract directly. All you
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1.
Every landlord/property management company will register properties with RERA and
populate the property data into Ejari through Masterkey by exporting properties directly from the application, individually or in bulk, with the click of a button.
2.
Once every property is registered with RERA, a representative must take ALL
documents to RERA for approval for every property uploaded relating to:
a. Landlord information
b. Property information: municipality details/approvals c. Proof of an agreement between landlord and property management company (if applicable and not direct) 3.
After a manual review/audit of the above documents, property numbers/IDs are
assigned to every registered property and the property becomes ?approved??and leasable. The property approved numbers and leasable status are relayed instaneoulsy to
Masterkey and display directly on the property unit file.
4.
With Masterkey, each time a lease transaction is completed, the tenancy details
are relayed to RERA, while the standardized RERA-approved tenancy contract details are retrieved from RERA. The official tenancy contract becomes available for print
directly through Masterkey with the unique tenancy contract number and the property number printed on it.
How does it work (without Masterkey)?
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Every landlord/property management company must register every property with RERA
and manually populate the property data into Ejari.
a) Using Excel spreadsheets and filling out each row and column based on Ejari-defined fields then uploading the spreadsheet to Ejari
b) Manually entering the data, property-by-property, into to the Ejari website. 2.
Once every property is registered with RERA, a representative must physically take
ALL documents to RERA for approval of every property uploaded.
Documents could include:
a) Landlord information b) Property information: municipality details/approvals c) Proof of an agreement between landlord and property management company (if applicable) 3.
After a manual review/audit of the above documents, property numbers/IDs are
assigned to every property registered in Ejari , whereby the property becomes ?Approved??and therefore leasable.
4.
Each time a lease transaction is conducted you must manually enter the tenancy
contract details through the Ejari system to register the lease.
5.
The property management company (or landlord) must then register each and every
tenancy contract and obtain the required RERA tenancy contract.
6.
Upon receiving approval, you will print the formal standardized RERA-approved
tenancy contract which has a unique tenancy contract number and the property number printed on it.
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The Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) has made it
mandatory for tenants and landlords to register tenancy contracts online from January 1, 2009, to assist with the development of a comprehensive rental index to better
evaluate and regulate the market. As part of this initiative, RERA requires every landlord and property management company to generate tenancy contracts through its new
online portal called Ejari. ERES, the technology arm of RERA, has been charged with developing the Online Tenancy Registration website. Every new tenancy contract will be
generated through Ejari to ensure that accurate tracking of rental rates can be achieved, and that properties are registered in accordance with RERA regulations.



