Median registered annual rent in Downtown Dubai 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 145,000 a year across 6,966 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 72,747

new AED 72,000 · renewal AED 73,206

AED 65,000 – AED 84,000

middle half · 473 contracts

6.3%

1 bed

AED 115,000

new AED 115,000 · renewal AED 115,000

AED 100,000 – AED 130,000

middle half · 3,023 contracts

5.6%

2 bed

AED 179,375

new AED 181,038 · renewal AED 170,050

AED 155,000 – AED 219,205

middle half · 2,611 contracts

5.3%

3 bed

AED 289,375

new AED 300,000 · renewal AED 275,000

AED 230,000 – AED 340,000

middle half · 802 contracts

4.9%

4+ bed

AED 1,000,000

new AED 1,025,000 · renewal AED 850,000

AED 540,000 – AED 1,600,000

middle half · 54 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 Downtown Dubai, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 3,512/sqft vs resale AED 2,333/sqft (+51%)
1 bed: launch AED 2,901/sqft vs resale AED 2,250/sqft (+29%)
2 bed: launch AED 2,828/sqft vs resale AED 2,509/sqft (+13%)
3 bed: launch AED 3,555/sqft vs resale AED 3,057/sqft (+16%)
4+ bed: launch AED 4,131/sqft vs resale AED 3,990/sqft (+4%)

All off-plan projects in Downtown Dubai →

All 7 buildings in Downtown Dubai with registered sales →