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title: "Headline rent — Class A Atlas glossary"
description: "Quoted face rent, before concessions."
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lastUpdated: 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
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> Quoted face rent, before concessions.

## TL;DR

- Quoted face rent, before concessions.
- What appears in the press release.

# Headline rent

*Leasing · Global*

## Short definition

Quoted [face rent](/glossary/face-rent), before concessions.

## Full definition

What appears in the press release. Almost never the price the tenant actually pays once free rent and TI are netted out. Real-estate data services that publish headline rent overstate market price by 10–25%.

## Why this matters for Class A leasing

Headline rent is part of the leasing vocabulary that institutional [Class A](/glossary/class-a) occupiers, landlords, and advisers use across Global markets. Understanding it correctly affects how you read lease documents, model occupancy economics, and benchmark deal terms across cities. Class A Atlas tracks regional variation alongside the global standard so [cross-border](/topics/cross-border-expansion) occupiers can translate quickly.

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Citation: Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/glossary/headline-rent), updated 2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z.