The reference index for Dubai property returns.
Registered sale prices, Ejari rents and forward Airbnb rates for 4,774 apartment buildings — measured, not marketed.
Data to · Sources and methodology
Dubai apartment market
- Market median price
- 1,697AED / sqft
- Smoothed monthly median, all apartments
- 12 month change
- -2.1%
- Against the same month a year earlier
- Median gross yield
- 6.94%
- Median across eligible building yields
- Median turnover upside
- +3.6%
- New versus renewed registered rents
976,831 registered recordsMethodology
Dubai, ten years
Monthly median sale price per square foot, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly transaction volume.
Where sitting tenants pay least
Across Dubai a new tenant pays +3.6% more than a renewing one. These buildings are furthest above that.
- 1Majestique Residence 1Dubai South · AED 75,000/yr new+78.6%
- 2Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, District One Phase III, Residences 6Mohammed Bin Rashid City District One · AED 155,000/yr new+55.0%
- 3The 50Majan · AED 75,000/yr new+50.0%
- 4GrandeDowntown Dubai · AED 205,000/yr new+46.4%
- 5Suncity HomesInternational City Phase 3 · AED 65,000/yr new+44.4%
- 6Zenith Tower A2Dubai Sports City · AED 76,500/yr new+43.0%
Every ranking
Five ways to order every apartment building. Each list is one published number, not a composite score; the median of the list is shown, never the outlier at the top.
Biggest turnover upside
1 · Majestique Residence 1, Dubai South · 7 under 5 sales
+25.0%
median of 50
Highest rental yields
1 · Zenith Tower A2, Dubai Sports City · 2 under 5 sales
9.97%
median of 50
Best short-term yields
1 · Dune Residency Dubai, Jumeirah Village Circle
17.57%
median of 50
Best off-plan returns
1 · Azizi Vista, Dubai Studio City · 50 under 5 sales · resold stock only
+28.4%/yr
median of 50
Fastest price growth
1 · Shakespare, Living Legends
+29.0%
median of 50
The most active areas
The twelve areas with the most registered sales in the last 12 months, with the buildings tracked and the median gross yield in each.
Jumeirah Village Circle
353 buildings
7.51%
median yield
International City
200 buildings
8.67%
median yield
Dubai South
156 buildings
7.08%
median yield
Business Bay
150 buildings
6.90%
median yield
Dubai Marina
136 buildings
5.61%
median yield
Dubai Islands
127 buildings
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median yield
Downtown Dubai
117 buildings
5.39%
median yield
Dubailand Residence Complex
113 buildings
8.27%
median yield
Dubai Creek Harbour
100 buildings
5.31%
median yield
Arjan
99 buildings
7.92%
median yield
Palm Jumeirah
92 buildings
5.34%
median yield
Al Furjan
89 buildings
6.72%
median yield
Browse by size
The same index, cut to one unit type.