What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in Business Bay?

As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Business Bay returns 6.6% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, -0.4 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 91 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (5,848 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.

What do apartments in Business Bay rent for per square foot?

The median is 106 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

Are rents in Business Bay rising?

The median building moved -4.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 91 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.

Which building in Business Bay yields most?

Court, at 8.5% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.

How many buildings in Business Bay does this record cover?

91. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

1 bedroom apartments for rent · DLD + Ejari data to 12 Oct 2026

Business Bay

91 buildings · 5,848 contracts in 12 months

Last 12 months of rental activity across 91 eligible buildings.

As of 2026-10-12, Business Bay's median gross yield for 1 bedroom apartments is 6.6% across 91 buildings (DLD + Ejari).

1 bedroom apartments · typical rent a year

96,500AEDa year

AED 106/sqft a year · -4.2% on a year

Contracts, 12 months: 5,848

Leaders

Highest yield: Court· 8.5%
Lowest AED/yr/sqft: Windsor Manor· 74
Most traded: Zada Tower· 391

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Mayfair Tower	6.6%+0.0 pts	AED 66,000	105	69	-5.7%
Mayfair Residency	6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 68,000	105	65	-5.4%
Reva Residences	7.0%+0.4 pts	AED 70,000	149	224	-6.7%
Vera Tower	6.4%-0.2 pts	AED 70,000	146	152	-6.7%
Hamilton Residency	7.2%+0.6 pts	AED 70,500	102	52	-10.2%
Zada Tower	7.1%+0.5 pts	AED 71,000	149	391	-11.3%
Park Central	8.2%+1.6 pts	AED 72,000	104	17	-3.7%
Clayton Residency	7.2%+0.6 pts	AED 72,000	89	40	-10.0%
Ontario Tower	7.3%+0.7 pts	AED 74,159	93	40	-1.1%
Executive Bay-ARent from the wider project	7.5%+0.9 pts	AED 75,000	109	17	+1.4%
Aykon City (2) -Tower CRent from the wider project	7.5%+0.9 pts	AED 75,000	138	63	-6.3%
MeranoRent from the wider project	7.1%+0.5 pts	AED 75,000	112	197	-6.3%
FairviewRent from the wider project	6.8%+0.2 pts	AED 75,750	93	48	-5.3%
Safeer Tower 1	7.3%+0.7 pts	AED 78,000	83	13	+4.0%
The Residences at Business CentralRent from the wider project	6.6%-0.0 pts	AED 79,000	96	37	-1.3%
The Cosmopolitan	6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 80,000	100	40	-5.9%
The Scala TowerRent from the wider project	6.6%-0.0 pts	AED 80,000	88	38	-2.7%
Elite Business Bay Residence	6.5%-0.1 pts	AED 80,000	88	43	-2.6%
Bayz Tower	6.3%-0.3 pts	AED 80,000	103	46	-6.8%
Churchill Tower 2-ResidentialRent from the wider project	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 80,000	92	51	-5.9%
Century	5.5%-1.1 pts	AED 80,000	107	26	under 5 sales in a year
Safeer Tower 2	under 3 sales	AED 80,000	86	7	+9.6%
Ag Tower	6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 82,000	90	60	-3.5%
Windsor Manor	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 82,000	74	39	-3.5%
Avanti Tower	6.6%+0.0 pts	AED 83,000	92	23	-1.2%
Bays Edge	6.2%-0.4 pts	AED 83,000	108	22	-12.6%
Damac Maison The Vogue	8.0%+1.4 pts	AED 84,500	106	12	-0.6%
West WharfRent from the wider project	5.7%-0.9 pts	AED 84,500	100	6	-3.4%
Capital Bay B	7.5%+0.9 pts	AED 85,000	84	9	+1.3%
Water'S Edge	6.5%-0.1 pts	AED 85,000	98	23	-5.6%
Regalia By Deyaar	6.4%-0.2 pts	AED 85,000	117	85	no prior year
U-Bora Tower 1Rent from the wider project	7.0%+0.4 pts	AED 87,000	92	43	-3.3%
Capital Bay A	under 3 sales	AED 87,000	89	7	+2.4%
Majestine	6.8%+0.2 pts	AED 90,000	99	63	-5.3%
The Pad	5.8%-0.8 pts	AED 90,000	144	75	-14.3%
Atria RaRent from the wider project	6.4%-0.2 pts	AED 93,000	104	26	-2.3%
Atria SaRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 93,000	104	26	-2.3%
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business Bay	7.3%+0.7 pts	AED 95,000	81	35	-5.0%
Vyb	7.2%+0.6 pts	AED 95,000	130	5	no prior year
Luxury Family Residence II	6.8%+0.2 pts	AED 95,000	152	55	-20.8%
The Paragon by IGO	6.7%+0.1 pts	AED 95,000	126	136	-13.5%
Peninsula Two	5.7%-0.9 pts	AED 95,000	149	57	no prior year
West Five Businessbay ResidenceRent from the wider project	5.4%-1.2 pts	AED 95,000	122	61	no prior year
Sol Bay	4.8%-1.8 pts	AED 95,000	106	57	+3.3%
Royal Regency	4.6%-2.0 pts	AED 95,000	103	55	no prior year
15 Northside - Tower 2Rent from the wider project	6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 96,500	155	64	-12.3%
15 Northside - Tower 1Rent from the wider project	6.0%-0.6 pts	AED 96,500	155	64	-12.3%
MAG 318	5.6%-1.0 pts	AED 97,500	119	28	-18.8%
CourtRent from the wider project	8.5%+1.9 pts	AED 98,925	114	21	+7.3%
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (D)Rent from the wider project	7.4%+0.8 pts	AED 100,000	101	171	-9.1%
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (B)Rent from the wider project	7.0%+0.4 pts	AED 100,000	101	171	-9.1%
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (A)Rent from the wider project	6.7%+0.1 pts	AED 100,000	101	171	-9.1%
Urban Oasis	6.3%-0.3 pts	AED 100,000	139	66	-4.8%
Peninsula Three	5.7%-0.9 pts	AED 100,000	151	264	no prior year
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (C)Rent from the wider project	5.0%-1.6 pts	AED 100,000	101	171	-9.1%
Prive by DAMAC (B)Rent from the wider project	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 103,500	116	80	-13.8%
Prive by DAMAC (A)Rent from the wider project	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 103,500	116	80	-13.8%
Nobles	7.3%+0.7 pts	AED 105,000	124	120	-8.7%
J One - 1Rent from the wider project	6.7%+0.1 pts	AED 105,000	119	14	0.0%
Noura TowerRent from the wider project	6.7%+0.1 pts	AED 105,000	114	139	-8.7%
Meera TowerRent from the wider project	5.8%-0.8 pts	AED 105,000	114	139	-8.7%
Amna TowerRent from the wider project	5.8%-0.8 pts	AED 105,000	114	139	-8.7%
J One - 2Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 105,000	119	14	0.0%
Binghatti Canal	7.3%+0.7 pts	AED 109,412	153	45	-4.9%
Paramount Tower Hotel & Residences	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 110,000	143	43	-8.3%
Upside Living	5.6%-1.0 pts	AED 110,000	170	56	-13.4%
Trillionaire Residences by Binghatti	6.4%-0.2 pts	AED 113,642	177	22	-15.8%
Marquise Square Tower	under 3 sales	AED 115,000	125	31	+2.7%
Bay Square - 08Rent from the wider project	7.9%+1.3 pts	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 09Rent from the wider project	7.1%+0.5 pts	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 13Rent from the wider project	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 03Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 10Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 01Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 07Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 02Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 11Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 12Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Bay Square - 06Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 117,500	95	44	-2.1%
Peninsula One	6.6%+0.0 pts	AED 120,000	185	118	+2.1%
Ahad Residences	6.3%-0.3 pts	AED 120,000	147	74	-0.3%
Peninsula Four	6.0%-0.6 pts	AED 130,000	150	67	no prior year
The Sterling West House	6.5%-0.1 pts	AED 132,500	127	29	-8.6%
Peninsula Five - 3Rent from the wider project	6.2%-0.4 pts	AED 134,000	165	48	-0.7%
Peninsula Five - 1Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 134,000	165	48	-0.7%
Peninsula Five - 2Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 134,000	165	48	-0.7%
Terraces Marasi Drive	6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 135,000	100	24	-3.6%
The Sterling East House	6.4%-0.2 pts	AED 140,000	126	31	-6.7%
SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences	6.8%+0.2 pts	AED 150,000	134	90	-6.3%
Canal Heights 2	6.6%+0.0 pts	AED 165,000	164	7	no prior year
The Opus By Omniyat	6.1%-0.5 pts	AED 190,000	182	11	+11.8%

Showing 25 of 91 · 5+ contracts

Yield deltas are vs the Business Bay median (6.6%).

Developments compared

What a unit rents for in each Business Bay development, pooled across its towers. Pick a bedroom type to compare like with like.

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
15 Northside2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 96,50064 contracts	AED 1.50M14 sales	2,405	6.5%
Al Habtoor City3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 105,000139 contracts	AED 1.70M27 sales	1,914	6.2%
Aykon City 32 towers	—none	AED 1.86M22 sales	2,371	—
Bay Square11 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 117,50044 contracts	AED 1.70M26 sales	1,268	6.9%
Binghatti Aquarise5 towers	—none	AED 2.21M268 sales	2,630	—
Binghatti Skyrise3 towers	—none	AED 2.54M101 sales	2,894	—
DAMAC Towers by Paramount4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 100,000171 contracts	AED 1.44M72 sales	1,485	6.9%
J One2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 105,00014 contracts	AED 1.57M7 sales	1,770	6.7%
Peninsula Five3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 134,00048 contracts	AED 2.17M25 sales	2,594	6.2%
Prive by DAMAC2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 103,50080 contracts	AED 1.70M10 sales	1,838	6.1%
Royal Regency Suites2 towers	—none	AED 1.54M40 sales	2,203	—
The Atria2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 93,00026 contracts	AED 1.45M7 sales	1,551	6.4%
All of Business Bayevery building, in a project or not	AED 90,0004,338 contracts	AED 2.00M2,774 sales	2,424	4.5%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at 1 bed. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

Latest in Business Bay, 1 bed

Latest new leases

Regalia By Deyaar12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 733 sqftAED 78,000 /yr106/sqft
15 NorthsideFiled for the development · 12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 661 sqftAED 92,000 /yr139/sqft
Vyb12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 731 sqftAED 95,000 /yr130/sqft
Ag Tower12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 884 sqftAED 75,000 /yr85/sqft
Vyb12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 731 sqftAED 95,000 /yr130/sqft
Al Habtoor CityFiled for the development · 12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 883 sqftAED 95,000 /yr108/sqft
Peninsula Four12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 859 sqftAED 120,000 /yr140/sqft
Reva Residences12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 471 sqftAED 68,000 /yr144/sqft

Latest sales

Regalia By Deyaar12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 712 sqftAED 1.24M1,736/sqft
Amna Tower12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 872 sqftAED 1.75M2,006/sqft
Peninsula Three12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 639 sqftAED 1.80M2,816/sqft
Peninsula Five - 312 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 816 sqftAED 2.05M2,513/sqft
The Paragon by IGO12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 655 sqftAED 1.05M1,601/sqft
SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,163 sqftAED 1.90M1,634/sqft
Ahad Residences12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 908 sqftAED 2.10M2,313/sqft
Aykon City-Tower B12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 873 sqftAED 1.13M1,295/sqft

Rents by bedroom type in Business Bay

Medians across the buildings above. Open a type to rank those buildings on their own.

Type	Median rent	Gross yield	12-month change	Rentals
Studio	AED 69,000	131	6.8%+0.2 pts	-8.4%	3,507
1 bed	AED 96,500	106	6.6%+0.0 pts	-4.2%	5,848
2 bed	AED 140,000	105	6.3%-0.3 pts	-4.1%	2,638
3 bed	AED 200,000	104	6.5%-0.1 pts	-5.8%	655
4+ bed	AED 330,000	103	6.0%-0.6 pts	-2.9%	50

Yield deltas are vs the Business Bay median (6.6%).

What is coming, and what is movingStudios face the most new supply: 4,324 planned against 4,198 let today

Type	Planned 2026–28 against homes let	Rents fell in
Studio	103% · 4,324	51% of 35 · over half	81% of 31 · over half
1 bed	61% · 4,672	52% of 58 · over half	81% of 43 · over half
2 bed	40% · 1,930	41% of 29	76% of 38 · over half
3 bed	41% · 569	–	73% of 11 · over half

DLD project register as of 6 Jul 2026 · a planned date is not a delivery forecast

Business Bay supply by year →

How these are counted

11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 131 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Business Bay with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.1%.

The pooled median moved +5.4%: 5.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 79% of 124 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.6%.

Planned completions are apartment units in projects the Land Department register lists as neither complete nor cancelled, by the year of the registered completion date. Projects already past that date and projects without one are counted separately, not spread over future years. Leases are every registered new and renewed apartment lease in the area in the last 12 months. A planned date is not a delivery forecast.

Each building counts once per bedroom type when it has at least five ready sales (or five new leases) in both the last 12 months and the 12 before. Its change is its own median price per sqft (or annual rent) now against then, so the mix of buildings that happened to trade cannot move it. Off-plan sales are left out.

Sales and leases to 12 Oct 2026. Neither figure is a forecast, a vacancy rate or a price index. Methodology

Rents from every lease, yields building by buildingNew-lease rents −8.5% per sq ft on a year; studio homes yield 6.8% gross at the median building

New-lease rents, month by month

Median rent of new leases, AED per sq ft per year

All bedroom types; months with fewer than 20 new leases are left off. Source: Ejari.

Gross yield, building by building

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Median building

Studio6.8% (5.9–7.6)
1 bed6.6% (5.7–7.4)
2 bed6.3% (5.2–7.5)
3 bed6.5% (4.6–7.6)

Dot: the median building. Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Rents in Business Bay, month by month · all apartmentsMonthly median rent per sqft

AED/yr/sqft, rolling 3-month median

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in Business Bay, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

The records behind these figures

The latest registered sales and rental contracts in Business Bay, as filed. Off-plan sales are flagged.

Latest registered sales

Date	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Price, AED
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	1 bed	712	AED 1.24M	1,736
12 Oct 2026	Amna Tower	1 bed	872	AED 1.75M	2,006
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Three	1 bed	639	AED 1.80M	2,816
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Five - 3	1 bed	816	AED 2.05M	2,513
12 Oct 2026	The Paragon by IGO	1 bed	655	AED 1.05M	1,601

Latest registered rental contracts

Starts	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Rent, AED/yr
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Two	2 bed	920	AED 140,000	152
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	3 bed	1,816	AED 200,000	110
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	1 bed	733	AED 78,000	106
12 Oct 2026	Elite Business Bay Residence	2 bed	1,309	AED 130,000	99
12 Oct 2026	Vyb	2 bed	918	AED 110,000	120

New contracts only, so a renewal capped by RERA is not read as the market rate. Sales exclude the outliers the methodology names. A size or a per-square-foot figure the recorded area cannot support is left blank rather than guessed.

About the Business Bay figures

This record covers the 91 Business Bay buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything; 6 more have recorded activity but too little to report. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.6% to 8.5%, so the 6.6% median says much less about any one building than the building table does. The Dubai median for comparison is 7.0%, over the same 12-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

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Projects with at least two buildings that meet this record’s publication criteria. Each comparison uses the same locality and sale or rental evidence as this page.

15 Northside · 2 towers
Al Habtoor City · 3 towers
Bay Square · 11 towers
DAMAC Towers by Paramount · 4 towers
J One · 2 towers
Peninsula Five · 3 towers
Prive by DAMAC · 2 towers
The Atria · 2 towers

Every building in Business Bay106 buildings with a rental contract, A to Z

106 buildings

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B

Bay Square - 0190k
Bay Square - 0290k
Bay Square - 0390k
Bay Square - 0690k
Bay Square - 0790k
Bay Square - 0890k
Bay Square - 0990k
Bay Square - 1090k
Bay Square - 1190k
Bay Square - 1290k
Bay Square - 1390k
Bays Edge77k
Bayz 102 By Danube2 rental contracts · no page—
Bayz Tower64k
Binghatti Canal105k
Burj Pacific150k

C

D

Damac Maison The Vogue70k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (A)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (B)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (C)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (D)120k
Dorchester Collection Dubai2 rental contracts · no page—
Downtown Residences1 rental contract · no page—

E

Elite Business Bay Residence63k
Executive Bay-A76k
Eywa The Way Of Water2 rental contracts · no page—

F

Fairview76k

H

Hamilton Residency70k

J

L

Luxury Family Residence II88k
Luxury Family Residence III1 rental contract · no page—

M

MAG 31878k
Majestine70k
Marquise Square Tower87k
Mayfair Residency69k
Mayfair Tower68k
Meera Tower135k
Merano75k
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business Bay89k

N

Nobles120k
Noura Tower135k

O

P

R

S

T

Terraces Marasi Drive154k
The Cosmopolitan66k
The Opus By Omniyat200k
The Pad95k
The Paragon by IGO90k
The Residences at Business Central85k
The Scala Tower84k
The Sterling East House139k
The Sterling West House135k
Tiger Sky Tower220k
Trillionaire Residences by Binghatti100k

U

V

Vera Tower82k
Volante1.02M
Volante 22 rental contracts · no page—
Vyb99k

W

Z

Zada Tower71k

0–9

Typical rent a year, AED, 12-month median; AED per sqft where a building has no unit figure · “no page”: too few rental contracts for a median that means anything

Common questions

What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in Business Bay?: As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Business Bay returns 6.6% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, -0.4 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 91 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (5,848 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.
What do apartments in Business Bay rent for per square foot?: The median is 106 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.
Are rents in Business Bay rising?: The median building moved -4.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 91 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Business Bay yields most?: Court, at 8.5% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Business Bay does this record cover?: 91. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

1 bedroom apartments rental record for Business Bay

Record type: Area-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 5,848 registered rental contracts represented across 91 directly located eligible buildings; headline scope 91 buildings including child localities
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/business-bay
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “1 bedroom apartments for rent in Business Bay.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/business-bay

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 12 Oct 2026. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above, not a separate calculation.