What is the rental yield for 1 bedroom apartments in Downtown Dubai?

As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Downtown Dubai returns 5.5% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, -1.5 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 59 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (3,420 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.

What do apartments in Downtown Dubai rent for per square foot?

The median is 131 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

Are rents in Downtown Dubai rising?

The median building moved -6.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 59 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.

Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?

Al NOUJOUM TOWER, at 7.8% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.

How many buildings in Downtown Dubai does this record cover?

59. 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

Downtown Dubai

59 buildings · 3,420 contracts in 12 months

Last 12 months of rental activity across 59 eligible buildings.

As of 2026-10-12, Downtown Dubai's median gross yield for 1 bedroom apartments is 5.5% across 59 buildings (DLD + Ejari).

1 bedroom apartments · typical rent a year

115,000AEDa year

AED 131/sqft a year · -6.8% on a year

Contracts, 12 months: 3,420

Leaders

Highest yield: Al NOUJOUM TOWER· 7.8%
Lowest AED/yr/sqft: Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)· 102
Most traded: Burj Views Tower B· 139

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Developments compared

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

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
29 Boulevard3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 108,000119 contracts	AED 2.00M30 sales	2,275	5.4%
Act One \| Act Two2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 120,00093 contracts	AED 2.15M24 sales	3,246	5.6%
Bellevue Towers2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 102,50080 contracts	AED 1.58M16 sales	2,028	6.5%
Blvd Crescent3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 128,00037 contracts	AED 2.38M6 sales	2,494	5.4%
Blvd Heights3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 120,00049 contracts	AED 2.36M10 sales	2,598	5.1%
Burj Views4 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 100,000139 contracts	AED 1.65M23 sales	1,821	6.1%
Burj Vista2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 126,25048 contracts	AED 2.38M5 sales	2,621	5.3%
Claren 13 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 110,00054 contracts	AED 1.88M12 sales	2,217	5.9%
DD Boulevard Central3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 108,70662 contracts	AED 1.98M18 sales	2,128	5.5%
DD Stand Point2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 105,000105 contracts	AED 1.80M14 sales	2,230	5.8%
Forte2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 115,00067 contracts	AED 2.13M4 sales	3,004	5.4%
The Address Dubai Opera2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 170,00063 contracts	AED 3.05M9 sales	3,705	5.6%
The Address Residence - Sky View3 towers	—none	AED 4.00M4 sales	3,501	—
The St. Regis Residences, Downtown Dubai2 towers	—none	AED 2.66M38 sales	3,096	—
Vida Dubai Mall2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 130,00021 contracts	AED 2.60M17 sales	3,213	5.0%
All of Downtown Dubaievery building, in a project or not	AED 115,0001,886 contracts	AED 2.35M884 sales	2,721	4.9%

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 Downtown Dubai, 1 bed

Latest new leases

Imperial Avenue12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 867 sqftAED 100,000 /yr115/sqft
Burj ViewsFiled for the development · 11 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,083 sqftAED 120,000 /yr111/sqft
Grande10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 783 sqftAED 110,000 /yr140/sqft
Society House Downtown DubaiFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 749 sqftAED 135,000 /yr180/sqft
Rp Heights10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,018 sqftAED 127,500 /yr125/sqft
Burj VistaFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 881 sqftAED 140,000 /yr159/sqft
DD Boulevard CentralFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 767 sqftAED 125,000 /yr163/sqft
Burj ViewsFiled for the development · 10 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 910 sqftAED 80,000 /yr88/sqft

Latest sales

Burj Crown12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 638 sqftAED 2.00M3,137/sqft
Dunya Tower12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 823 sqftAED 1.63M1,980/sqft
Residences_W112 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,023 sqftAED 2.43M2,375/sqft
Burj Lake Hotel - The Address DownTown12 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 935 sqftAED 3.40M3,637/sqft
Bd 29 Blvd T28 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 1,044 sqftAED 2.00M1,916/sqft
Elite Downtown Residence7 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 807 sqftAED 1.60M1,982/sqft
Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)6 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 877 sqftAED 1.49M1,699/sqft
Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)6 Oct 2026 · 1 bed · 844 sqftAED 1.30M1,540/sqft

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Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)	6.5%+1.0 pts	AED 85,000	102	61	-15.0%
Al NOUJOUM TOWERRent from the wider project	7.8%+2.3 pts	AED 90,000	109	19	0.0%
Upper Crest	6.1%+0.6 pts	AED 90,000	105	49	-10.0%
Mon Reve	under 3 sales	AED 95,000	109	23	-13.6%
Burj Views Tower BRent from the wider project	7.1%+1.6 pts	AED 100,000	116	139	-2.6%
Burj ViewsTower ARent from the wider project	6.6%+1.0 pts	AED 100,000	116	139	-2.6%
Damac Maison The Distinction	6.5%+0.9 pts	AED 100,000	112	13	-4.8%
Burj Views PodiumRent from the wider project	6.0%+0.5 pts	AED 100,000	116	139	-2.6%
Burj Views Tower CRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 100,000	116	139	-2.6%
Elite Downtown Residence	5.0%-0.5 pts	AED 102,000	121	52	-7.3%
Bellevue Towers-1Rent from the wider project	6.6%+1.1 pts	AED 102,500	137	80	-6.8%
Bellevue Towers-2Rent from the wider project	6.4%+0.8 pts	AED 102,500	137	80	-6.8%
Volta Tower	5.1%-0.5 pts	AED 102,500	148	10	+2.5%
BD Standpoint BRent from the wider project	5.9%+0.4 pts	AED 105,000	130	105	-8.6%
BD Standpoint ARent from the wider project	5.8%+0.2 pts	AED 105,000	130	105	-8.6%
Burj Royale	5.2%-0.4 pts	AED 105,000	166	105	-12.5%
29 Blvd T1Rent from the wider project	5.5%+0.0 pts	AED 108,000	122	119	-8.5%
Bd 29 Blvd T2Rent from the wider project	5.3%-0.2 pts	AED 108,000	122	119	-8.5%
Bd 29 Blvd PodiumRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 108,000	122	119	-8.5%
Blvd Central 2Rent from the wider project	5.6%+0.1 pts	AED 108,706	123	62	-5.5%
Blvd Central 1Rent from the wider project	5.2%-0.3 pts	AED 108,706	123	62	-5.5%
Blvd Central PodiumRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 108,706	123	62	-5.5%
Claren Tower 2Rent from the wider project	6.9%+1.3 pts	AED 110,000	129	54	+4.8%
Bahwan Tower	6.7%+1.1 pts	AED 110,000	103	13	+3.3%
Claren Tower 1Rent from the wider project	5.5%-0.0 pts	AED 110,000	129	54	+4.8%
Burj Crown	5.5%-0.0 pts	AED 110,000	182	53	-8.3%
Binghatti Skyblade	3.0%-2.6 pts	AED 110,000	114	8	0.0%
Claren PDRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 110,000	129	54	+4.8%
Rp Heights	5.4%-0.2 pts	AED 111,000	107	72	-7.5%
Forte T2Rent from the wider project	5.6%+0.1 pts	AED 115,000	163	67	-10.8%
Forte T1Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 115,000	163	67	-10.8%
Act One Act Two Tower 2Rent from the wider project	5.7%+0.1 pts	AED 120,000	165	93	-4.0%
Act One Act Two Tower 1Rent from the wider project	5.4%-0.1 pts	AED 120,000	165	93	-4.0%
Boulevard Point	5.3%-0.2 pts	AED 120,000	136	62	-11.1%
Blvd Heights T1Rent from the wider project	4.9%-0.6 pts	AED 120,000	135	49	-11.1%
Blvd Heights T2Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 120,000	135	49	-11.1%
Blvd Heights PodiumRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 120,000	135	49	-11.1%
MADA Residences Tower	under 3 sales	AED 120,000	115	15	0.0%
Grande	4.9%-0.6 pts	AED 122,500	156	112	-5.8%
Vida Residence DowntownRent from the wider project	5.1%-0.4 pts	AED 122,571	163	6	-19.0%
Society House	5.8%+0.3 pts	AED 125,000	130	25	+4.2%
Elegance Tower	5.5%-0.1 pts	AED 125,000	114	15	-3.9%
Opera Grand	under 3 sales	AED 125,000	169	15	-10.7%
BURJ VISTA Tower 1Rent from the wider project	5.3%-0.2 pts	AED 126,250	143	48	-9.8%
BURJ VISTA Tower 2Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 126,250	143	48	-9.8%
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 1Rent from the wider project	5.5%-0.0 pts	AED 128,000	131	37	-5.2%
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 2Rent from the wider project	5.0%-0.5 pts	AED 128,000	131	37	-5.2%
BLVD CRESCENT PodiumRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 128,000	131	37	-5.2%
Imperial Avenue	6.3%+0.8 pts	AED 130,000	141	60	-13.3%
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1Rent from the wider project	5.0%-0.5 pts	AED 130,000	166	21	0.0%
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 2Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 130,000	166	21	0.0%
The Dubai Mall ResidencesRent from the wider project	5.5%-0.0 pts	AED 139,286	161	31	-19.9%
DT1Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 150,000	145	15	+4.0%
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2Rent from the wider project	5.7%+0.1 pts	AED 170,000	213	63	-10.5%
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T1Rent from the wider project	5.5%-0.1 pts	AED 170,000	213	63	-10.5%
Burj KhalifaRent from the wider project	6.2%+0.6 pts	AED 185,000	167	88	-7.5%
The Address - The BLVD	6.6%+1.0 pts	AED 195,000	215	19	-1.8%

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Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (5.5%).

Rents by bedroom type in Downtown Dubai

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 71,500	155	6.0%+0.5 pts	-7.7%	500
1 bed	AED 115,000	131	5.5%+0.0 pts	-6.8%	3,420
2 bed	AED 168,862	125	5.5%-0.0 pts	-5.7%	2,938
3 bed	AED 285,000	145	4.9%-0.6 pts	-3.3%	872
4+ bed	AED 1.27M	280	4.9%-0.7 pts	+5.1%	33

Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (5.5%).

What is coming, and what is movingStudios face the most new supply: 549 planned against 621 let today

Type	Planned 2026–28 against homes let	Rents fell in
Studio	88% · 549	–	–
1 bed	28% · 1,162	48% of 40	79% of 19 · over half
2 bed	36% · 1,314	49% of 43	75% of 16 · over half
3 bed	39% · 458	39% of 18	69% of 13 · over half

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

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How these are counted

3,663 apartments are planned in Downtown Dubai from 2026 to 2028, equal to 38% of the 9,689 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 49% of 109 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Downtown Dubai with sales in both years; the typical one moved +0.1%.

New-lease rents fell in 76% of 54 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.7%.

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 −13.0% per sq ft on a year; studio homes yield 6.0% 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

Studio6.0% (5.6–7.0)
1 bed5.5% (5.0–6.6)
2 bed5.5% (4.8–6.3)
3 bed4.9% (4.3–6.5)

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

Rents in Downtown Dubai, 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 Downtown Dubai, 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 Downtown Dubai, as filed. Off-plan sales are flagged.

Latest registered sales

Date	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Price, AED
12 Oct 2026	Reehan 7	2 bed	1,354	AED 3.19M	2,352
12 Oct 2026	Burj Crown	1 bed	638	AED 2.00M	3,137
12 Oct 2026	Dunya Tower	1 bed	823	AED 1.63M	1,980
12 Oct 2026	Residences_W1	1 bed	1,023	AED 2.43M	2,375
12 Oct 2026	South Ridge 1	3 bed	2,102	AED 6.13M	2,916

Latest registered rental contracts

Starts	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Rent, AED/yr
12 Oct 2026	Imperial Avenue	1 bed	867	AED 100,000	115
12 Oct 2026	Opera Grand	2 bed	1,717	AED 245,000	143
12 Oct 2026	Grande	2 bed	1,334	AED 200,000	150
11 Oct 2026	Burj Crown	2 bed	1,072	AED 130,000	121
10 Oct 2026	Burj Royale	2 bed	936	AED 170,000	182

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 Downtown Dubai figures

This record covers the 59 Downtown Dubai buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything; 2 more have recorded activity but too little to report. Gross yields inside the area run from 3.0% to 7.8%, so the 5.5% median says much less about any one building than the building table does. The Dubai Land Department registers Downtown Dubai as Burj Khalifa. 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.

29 Boulevard · 3 towers
Act One | Act Two · 2 towers
Bellevue Towers · 2 towers
Blvd Crescent · 3 towers
Blvd Heights · 3 towers
Burj Views · 4 towers
Burj Vista · 2 towers
Claren 1 · 3 towers
DD Boulevard Central · 3 towers
DD Stand Point · 2 towers
Forte · 2 towers
The Address Dubai Opera · 2 towers
Vida Dubai Mall · 2 towers

Every building in Downtown Dubai65 buildings with a rental contract, A to Z

65 buildings

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Act One Act Two Tower 1150k
Act One Act Two Tower 2150k
Address Fountain Views Hotel1 rental contract · no page—
Al NOUJOUM TOWER65k
AZHA Downtown Residences145k

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25hours Heimat Dubai193k
29 Blvd T1116k

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 Downtown Dubai?: As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Downtown Dubai returns 5.5% gross on 1 bedroom apartments, -1.5 pts against the Dubai median of 7.0%, across 59 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (3,420 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.
What do apartments in Downtown Dubai rent for per square foot?: The median is 131 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.
Are rents in Downtown Dubai rising?: The median building moved -6.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 59 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?: Al NOUJOUM TOWER, at 7.8% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Downtown Dubai does this record cover?: 59. 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 Downtown Dubai

Record type: Area-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 3,420 registered rental contracts represented across 59 directly located eligible buildings; headline scope 59 buildings including child localities
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai/downtown-dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

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

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