Median registered annual rent in MBR City District 11 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 105,000 a year across 30 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Villas: median AED 170,000 a year across 371 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

3 bed

AED 160,000

new AED 154,844 · renewal AED 165,000

−3.0% vs a year ago · new lettings −6.2%

AED 150,000 – AED 165,000

middle half · 58 contracts

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4+ bed

AED 178,500

new AED 170,000 · renewal AED 186,938

−6.1% vs a year ago · new lettings −10.5%

AED 160,000 – AED 195,000

middle half · 313 contracts

4.6%

23% of these contracts are renewals; 92% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 4+-bed villas: the median registered sale price is AED 3,900,000, which is 21.8 years of the median registered rent (AED 178,500 a year). Buying needs about AED 936,000 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 5.2 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 MBR City District 11

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

Business Bay

Red Line · 4.7 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Bay Avenue Mall

4.3 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Meydan Racecourse

2.0 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

36%

of 304 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

Median off-plan launch price vs ready resale price in MBR City District 11, per bedroom - two different kinds of registered price, kept entirely separate from the sale-price stats above.

3 bed: launch AED 2,934/sqft vs resale AED 1,601/sqft (+83%)
4+ bed: launch AED 2,562/sqft vs resale AED 1,687/sqft (+52%)

All off-plan projects in MBR City District 11 →

All 2 buildings in MBR City District 11 with registered sales

Grenland The Fields at D11 - Mbrmc

Compare them by price per sqft →