Median registered annual rent in Dubai Hills Estate 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 115,000 a year across 3,480 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 74,799

new AED 75,000 · renewal AED 70,000

AED 68,000 – AED 80,000

middle half · 83 contracts

7.8%

1 bed

AED 90,000

new AED 95,000 · renewal AED 90,000

AED 82,000 – AED 110,000

middle half · 1,654 contracts

2 bed

AED 140,000

new AED 140,000 · renewal AED 140,000

AED 120,000 – AED 174,641

middle half · 1,431 contracts

5.8%

3 bed

AED 240,000

new AED 247,500 · renewal AED 235,000

AED 210,000 – AED 299,501

middle half · 308 contracts

6.1%

Villas: median AED 300,000 a year across 1,209 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 271,620

new AED 300,000 · renewal AED 262,500

AED 230,000 – AED 380,000

middle half · 412 contracts

5.5%

4+ bed

AED 310,000

new AED 315,000 · renewal AED 300,000

AED 270,000 – AED 487,529

middle half · 796 contracts

5.4%

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 Dubai Hills Estate, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 2,624/sqft vs resale AED 1,926/sqft (+36%)
1 bed: launch AED 2,215/sqft vs resale AED 2,235/sqft (-1%)
2 bed: launch AED 2,343/sqft vs resale AED 2,356/sqft (-1%)
3 bed: launch AED 2,405/sqft vs resale AED 2,276/sqft (+6%)
4+ bed: launch AED 1,393/sqft vs resale AED 1,860/sqft (-25%)

All off-plan projects in Dubai Hills Estate →

All 7 buildings in Dubai Hills Estate with registered sales →