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Ranking · Data to 12 Oct 2026

Highest rental yields in Downtown Dubai

21 Downtown Dubai apartment buildings · gross yield, all unit types pooled · last 12 months

The median building in this list yields 5.1% gross, against 6.8% across Dubai. The top, 7.5%, often rests on few sales: check the Sales column.

Median of the list

5.1%gross

Dubai median 6.8%

How this list is built

Registered new annual rent over the same-bedroom median sale price in the trailing twelve months, before costs.

Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. A high yield on few sales is often a cheap or unusual unit, not a rule.

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Highest rental yields in Downtown Dubai

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#	Building	Gross yield	Median price	AED/sqft	Sales
1	25hours Heimat DubaiDowntown Dubai	7.5%		2,568,728	3,240	5
2	Elite Downtown ResidenceDowntown Dubai	7.1%		1,200,000	2,203	29
3	Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)Downtown Dubai	6.8%		1,400,000	1,530	37
4	Damac Maison The DistinctionDowntown Dubai	6.7%		2,000,000	1,776	22
5	IL PrimoDowntown Dubai	6.4%		29,250,000	5,337	12
6	Rp HeightsDowntown Dubai	6.1%		2,125,000	1,894	12
7	Imperial AvenueDowntown Dubai	6.0%		3,182,000	2,385	65
8	Binghatti SkybladeDowntown Dubai	5.7%		1,969,999	3,909	472
9	Society HouseDowntown Dubai	5.5%		2,256,661	2,853	22
10	Elegance TowerDowntown Dubai	5.2%		2,438,000	2,465	9
11	Bahwan TowerDowntown Dubai	5.1%		2,600,000	1,606	8
12	Upper CrestDowntown Dubai	5.1%		1,925,000	1,714	26
13	Burj RoyaleDowntown Dubai	5.1%		2,955,000	3,393	30
14	Burj CrownDowntown Dubai	5.0%		2,600,000	2,761	51
15	Mon ReveDowntown Dubai	5.0%		2,729,966	1,750	6
16	Boulevard PointDowntown Dubai	4.9%		3,250,000	2,791	35
17	MADA Residences TowerDowntown Dubai	4.6%		3,658,500	1,822	17
18	Opera GrandDowntown Dubai	4.3%		5,100,000	2,977	25
19	Volta TowerDowntown Dubai	4.1%		2,925,880	2,390	28
20	The Address - The BLVDDowntown Dubai	3.9%		4,850,000	3,771	43
21	GrandeDowntown Dubai	3.5%		5,450,000	3,539	61

Faded bar: fewer than 10 sales behind the price · 11 more buildings

The same list, one area at a time23 areas rank enough buildings for a list of their own

How this list is builtOne published number, in the order the table shows

Ranked by gross yield: median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over last 12 months, divided by the median of the building's sales in the same 12 months (at least 3), with the same cutoff and no older-sale fallback. Ready and off-plan sales count alike. Buildings whose rent is pooled across a project, or whose price base is below AED 300,000, are excluded — both distort the ratio.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 2026-10-12.

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Highest rental yields in Downtown Dubai

Record type: Ranked building market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 21 eligible apartment buildings
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rankings/highest-yield-apartments-downtown-dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Highest rental yields in Downtown Dubai.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rankings/highest-yield-apartments-downtown-dubai