Median registered annual rent in Dubai Creek Harbour 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 11,471 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 47,500

new AED 50,000 · renewal AED 45,000

+3.3% vs a year ago · new lettings +4.2%

AED 41,000 – AED 58,000

middle half · 476 contracts

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1 bed

AED 80,000

new AED 87,000 · renewal AED 72,500

±0.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −5.4%

AED 66,000 – AED 99,750

middle half · 4,637 contracts

4.7%

2 bed

AED 110,000

new AED 130,000 · renewal AED 90,000

+10.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −7.1%

AED 83,000 – AED 145,000

middle half · 5,161 contracts

4.2%

3 bed

AED 200,000

new AED 210,000 · renewal AED 182,503

±0.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −4.4%

AED 170,000 – AED 249,332

middle half · 1,147 contracts

5.2%

4+ bed

AED 365,000

new AED 365,000 · renewal AED 336,499

−11.0% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 150,000 – AED 450,000

middle half · 49 contracts

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51% of these contracts are renewals; 93% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 2-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 2,627,500, which is 23.9 years of the median registered rent (AED 110,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 630,600 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 5.7 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 Dubai Creek Harbour

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

Creek

Green Line · 1.5 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest mall

Dubai Festival City Mall

1.8 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest landmark

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library

1.6 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Parking

99%

of 3,391 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

1 bed: launch AED 2,570/sqft vs resale AED 2,302/sqft (+12%)
2 bed: launch AED 2,416/sqft vs resale AED 2,307/sqft (+5%)
3 bed: launch AED 2,369/sqft vs resale AED 2,289/sqft (+3%)
4+ bed: launch AED 2,556/sqft vs resale AED 2,335/sqft (+9%)

All off-plan projects in Dubai Creek Harbour →

All 71 buildings in Dubai Creek Harbour with registered sales

Compare them by price per sqft →