Median registered annual rent in DAMAC Hills 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 56,000 a year across 2,315 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 45,000

new AED 46,000 · renewal AED 43,000

AED 40,000 – AED 50,000

middle half · 1,041 contracts

7.8%

1 bed

AED 70,000

new AED 72,000 · renewal AED 67,552

AED 60,000 – AED 77,128

middle half · 972 contracts

7.1%

2 bed

AED 120,000

new AED 120,000 · renewal AED 115,000

AED 105,961 – AED 130,000

middle half · 234 contracts

6.6%

3 bed

AED 170,000

new AED 160,000 · renewal AED 186,875

AED 149,250 – AED 195,000

middle half · 68 contracts

5.7%

Villas: median AED 210,000 a year across 809 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 190,000

new AED 190,000 · renewal AED 195,000

AED 174,773 – AED 216,127

middle half · 436 contracts

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4+ bed

AED 256,696

new AED 260,000 · renewal AED 250,000

AED 204,500 – AED 351,500

middle half · 372 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 DAMAC Hills, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 1,868/sqft vs resale AED 1,311/sqft (+42%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,702/sqft vs resale AED 1,300/sqft (+31%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,596/sqft vs resale AED 1,278/sqft (+25%)

All off-plan projects in DAMAC Hills →

All 7 buildings in DAMAC Hills with registered sales →