Median registered annual rent in Festival 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 160,000 a year across 537 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 97,000

new AED 100,000 · renewal AED 95,000

+5.3% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 92,000 – AED 102,000

middle half · 129 contracts

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2 bed

AED 157,000

new AED 160,000 · renewal AED 152,125

+3.2% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 145,000 – AED 171,000

middle half · 225 contracts

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3 bed

AED 203,500

new AED 211,500 · renewal AED 197,725

−17.5% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 185,000 – AED 247,500

middle half · 168 contracts

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62% of these contracts are renewals; 88% run the standard 12 months.

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 Festival 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

Emirates

Red Line · 2.5 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Dubai Festival City Mall

1.2 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Mohammed Bin Rashid Library

2.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

93%

of 571 registered sales came with parking

All 13 buildings in Festival City with registered sales

Al Badia Hillside 1 Al Badia Hillside 2 Al Badia Hillside 3 Al Badia Hillside 4 Al Badia Hillside 5 Al Badia Hillside 6 Al Badia Hillside 7 Al Badia Residences Buildings 10 Al Badia Residences Buildings 11 Al Badia Residences Buildings 3 Al Badia Residences Buildings 8 Marsa Plaza - Core 1 Marsa Plaza - Core 2

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