Median registered annual rent in Discovery Gardens 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 50,819 a year across 14,113 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 42,000

new AED 45,000 · renewal AED 39,396

+7.7% vs a year ago · new lettings −2.2%

AED 36,383 – AED 46,000

middle half · 6,797 contracts

8.2%

1 bed

AED 60,000

new AED 65,000 · renewal AED 57,199

+7.1% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 53,361 – AED 66,000

middle half · 5,745 contracts

7.7%

2 bed

AED 76,462

new AED 87,500 · renewal AED 74,549

+4.8% vs a year ago · new lettings +1.7%

AED 72,200 – AED 86,000

middle half · 1,570 contracts

6.1%

68% of these contracts are renewals; 91% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For studio apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 515,000, which is 12.3 years of the median registered rent (AED 42,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 123,600 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.9 years of that rent.

Medians of different homes, not one flat priced both ways. Leaves out mortgage interest, service charges, agency fees and price changes. Run your own numbers →

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 →

Getting around

Stations and malls around homes in Discovery Gardens

The nearest open Metro station (and Tram stop, where one is close), shopping mall and landmark, under their current names, measured on the map as a straight line; the route on foot or by road is longer. The parking share is the Dubai Land Department's own record.

Nearest Metro

Discovery Gardens

Red Line · 0.4 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Ibn Battuta Mall

2.5 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

The Beach, JBR

4.4 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

of 11,453 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 1,630/sqft vs resale AED 1,041/sqft (+57%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,247/sqft vs resale AED 812/sqft (+54%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,221/sqft vs resale AED 860/sqft (+42%)

All off-plan projects in Discovery Gardens →