Median registered annual rent in Za'abeel / Downtown Views 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 1,068 registered contracts.

Type

Median rent / yr

Typical range

Gross yield

1 bed

AED 115,000

new AED 110,000 · renewal AED 120,000

−4.2% vs a year ago · new lettings −12.0%

AED 105,000 – AED 125,000

middle half · 365 contracts

5.3%

2 bed

AED 170,000

new AED 165,000 · renewal AED 170,000

−3.8% vs a year ago · new lettings −8.3%

AED 155,000 – AED 185,000

middle half · 491 contracts

5.5%

3 bed

AED 260,000

new AED 248,750 · renewal AED 270,000

−7.1% vs a year ago · new lettings −12.7%

AED 230,000 – AED 290,000

middle half · 202 contracts

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43% of these contracts are renewals; 91% run the standard 12 months.

Rent or buy? The arithmetic

For 2-bed apartments: the median registered sale price is AED 3,082,500, which is 18.1 years of the median registered rent (AED 170,000 a year). Buying needs about AED 739,800 in cash up front (a 20% deposit plus the 4% DLD transfer fee), which is 4.4 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 Za'abeel / Downtown Views

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

Financial Centre

Red Line · 1.1 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest mall

The Dubai Mall

0.6 km straight-line from the community's centre

Nearest landmark

Burj Khalifa

0.9 km straight-line from the community's centre

Parking

100%

of 616 registered sales came with parking

All 4 buildings in Za'abeel / Downtown Views with registered sales

Downtown Views Downtown Views II T1 Downtown Views II T2 Downtown Views II T3

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