Median registered annual rent in Dubai South 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 53,050 a year across 6,222 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 39,000

new AED 40,000 · renewal AED 38,000

+2.6% vs a year ago · new lettings +1.0%

AED 36,000 – AED 42,000

middle half · 1,808 contracts

8.2%

1 bed

AED 52,000

new AED 55,000 · renewal AED 49,000

+8.3% vs a year ago · new lettings +5.8%

AED 46,200 – AED 59,000

middle half · 2,254 contracts

2 bed

AED 78,000

new AED 80,000 · renewal AED 72,000

+11.4% vs a year ago · new lettings +5.3%

AED 65,625 – AED 85,459

middle half · 1,878 contracts

3 bed

AED 107,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 100,000

+7.0% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 91,476 – AED 117,500

middle half · 281 contracts

47% of these contracts are renewals; 93% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 123,000 a year across 2,127 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 45,000

new AED 47,000 · renewal AED 43,000

+12.5% vs a year ago

AED 38,500 – AED 50,000

middle half · 26 contracts

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2 bed

AED 125,000

new AED 125,000 · renewal AED 123,000

+8.2% vs a year ago · new lettings +4.2%

AED 115,000 – AED 130,000

middle half · 114 contracts

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3 bed

AED 110,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 105,000

±0.0% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 98,000 – AED 120,000

middle half · 1,241 contracts

4.9%

4+ bed

AED 160,000

new AED 180,000 · renewal AED 147,000

+6.7% vs a year ago · new lettings +12.5%

AED 140,000 – AED 192,500

middle half · 745 contracts

4.6%

44% of these contracts are renewals; 94% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 2-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 1,120,000, which is 14.4 years of the median registered rent (AED 78,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 268,800 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 3.4 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 South

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

Expo 2020

Red Line · 7.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

City Centre Me'aisem

10.5 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC)

6.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

83%

of 4,326 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 1,724/sqft vs resale AED 1,111/sqft (+55%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,515/sqft vs resale AED 1,000/sqft (+52%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,466/sqft vs resale AED 988/sqft (+48%)
3 bed: launch AED 1,635/sqft vs resale AED 1,391/sqft (+18%)
4+ bed: launch AED 1,246/sqft vs resale AED 1,103/sqft (+13%)

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All 108 buildings in Dubai South with registered sales

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