Median registered annual rent in Rukan 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 50,000 a year across 419 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

Studio

AED 40,000

new AED 40,000 · renewal AED 40,000

±0.0% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 38,000 – AED 44,000

middle half · 149 contracts

1 bed

AED 55,000

new AED 55,000 · renewal AED 53,500

±0.0% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 50,000 – AED 60,000

middle half · 207 contracts

7.6%

2 bed

AED 78,000

new AED 78,000 · renewal AED 76,500

+4.0% vs a year ago (new lettings)

AED 70,000 – AED 85,000

middle half · 59 contracts

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43% of these contracts are renewals; 96% run the standard 12 months.

Villas: median AED 76,000 a year across 586 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 70,000

new AED 70,000 · renewal AED 70,000

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

AED 67,000 – AED 75,000

middle half · 380 contracts

2 bed

AED 110,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 110,000

+3.8% vs a year ago · new lettings ±0.0%

AED 102,000 – AED 115,000

middle half · 158 contracts

6.5%

3 bed

AED 130,000

new AED 128,500 · renewal AED 145,000

−7.1% vs a year ago

AED 125,000 – AED 140,000

middle half · 45 contracts

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25% of these contracts are renewals; 97% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 1-bed villas: the median registered sale price is AED 1,000,000, which is 14.3 years of the median registered rent (AED 70,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 240,000 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 Rukan

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

Equiti

Red Line · formerly First Abu Dhabi Bank · 12.4 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

Cityland Mall

3.1 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Arabian Ranches Golf Club

1.7 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

39%

of 556 registered sales came with parking

Two different markets

Off-plan vs ready

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

Studio: launch AED 998/sqft vs resale AED 1,177/sqft (-15%)
1 bed: launch AED 1,018/sqft vs resale AED 1,233/sqft (-17%)
2 bed: launch AED 1,054/sqft vs resale AED 1,394/sqft (-24%)
3 bed: launch AED 965/sqft vs resale AED 1,491/sqft (-35%)

All off-plan projects in Rukan →

All 6 buildings in Rukan with registered sales

Rukan - Building A Rukan - Building B Rukan - Building C Rukan 3 Rukan Residences Rukan2

Compare them by price per sqft →