Median registered annual rent in Dubai Studio City 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 60,000 a year across 2,112 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 46,000

new AED 46,000 · renewal AED 47,000

−2.1% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 43,000 – AED 50,000

middle half · 978 contracts

8.5%

1 bed

AED 65,000

new AED 65,000 · renewal AED 66,150

−4.4% vs a year ago · new lettings −7.1%

AED 60,000 – AED 73,000

middle half · 822 contracts

7.9%

2 bed

AED 90,000

new AED 88,000 · renewal AED 90,000

−2.2% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 81,000 – AED 105,000

middle half · 276 contracts

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3 bed

AED 110,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 112,000

AED 102,210 – AED 119,000

middle half · 35 contracts

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30% of these contracts are renewals; 96% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For studio apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 540,000, which is 11.7 years of the median registered rent (AED 46,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 129,600 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 2.8 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 Studio City

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

Jumeirah Golf Estates

Red Line · 8.7 km straight-line (median) · nearest for 100% of the mapped homes sold here

Nearest mall

Circle Mall

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

Nearest landmark

Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club

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

Parking

99%

of 711 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 1,500/sqft vs resale AED 1,452/sqft (+3%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,417/sqft vs resale AED 1,231/sqft (+15%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,274/sqft vs resale AED 957/sqft (+33%)

All off-plan projects in Dubai Studio City →

All 12 buildings in Dubai Studio City with registered sales

Azizi Mirage 1 AZIZI Mirage 1 - TOWER 2 Azizi Vista Celia Residence Ghaph Studio Glitz Residence 1 Glitz Residence 2 Glitz Residence 3 -Tower 1 Glitz Residence 3 -Tower 2 Laya Heights Samana Golf Avenue Samana Santorini

Compare them by price per sqft →