Median registered annual rent in Business Bay by bedroom, from Ejari rent contracts registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months — what tenants actually signed for, not asking rents. Gross yield is that median against the median registered sale price of the same bedroom count over the same months.

Apartments: median AED 95,000 a year across 13,172 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 66,000

new AED 69,000 · renewal AED 63,746

AED 56,000 – AED 80,000

middle half · 3,122 contracts

6.8%

1 bed

AED 88,000

new AED 90,000 · renewal AED 83,000

AED 75,000 – AED 108,000

middle half · 5,523 contracts

6.1%

2 bed

AED 127,000

new AED 139,500 · renewal AED 115,000

AED 108,435 – AED 150,000

middle half · 3,435 contracts

5.5%

3 bed

AED 170,000

new AED 190,000 · renewal AED 160,719

AED 150,000 – AED 205,000

middle half · 995 contracts

4.8%

4+ bed

AED 300,000

new AED 320,000 · renewal AED 300,000

AED 210,000 – AED 400,000

middle half · 89 contracts

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Registered = DLD/Ejari rent contracts (single-property, ≤ AED 2M a year); a figure needs at least 20 contracts, and a yield at least 20 registered sales too. Gross = before service charges, fees and vacancy. How we read rents →

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

Median off-plan launch price vs ready resale price in Business Bay, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 2,711/sqft vs resale AED 2,032/sqft (+33%)
1 bed: launch AED 2,500/sqft vs resale AED 1,782/sqft (+40%)
2 bed: launch AED 2,531/sqft vs resale AED 1,662/sqft (+52%)
3 bed: launch AED 2,948/sqft vs resale AED 1,677/sqft (+76%)
4+ bed: launch AED 3,222/sqft vs resale AED 2,674/sqft (+20%)

All off-plan projects in Business Bay →

All 7 buildings in Business Bay with registered sales →