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 1,446 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 47,000

new AED 47,000 · renewal AED 48,000

AED 44,620 – AED 50,000

middle half · 663 contracts

8.7%

1 bed

AED 66,000

new AED 66,000 · renewal AED 66,150

AED 60,000 – AED 75,000

middle half · 577 contracts

2 bed

AED 90,000

new AED 90,000 · renewal AED 92,300

AED 80,000 – AED 105,000

middle half · 182 contracts

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3 bed

AED 110,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 110,000

AED 101,250 – AED 119,000

middle half · 23 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 Dubai Studio City, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

Studio: launch AED 1,458/sqft vs resale AED 1,511/sqft (-4%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,397/sqft vs resale AED 1,239/sqft (+13%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,266/sqft vs resale AED 947/sqft (+34%)

All off-plan projects in Dubai Studio City →

All 7 buildings in Dubai Studio City with registered sales →