What rental yield do apartments in Downtown Dubai return?

The median building in Downtown Dubai returns 5.64% gross, -1.3 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 37 buildings with enough registered activity to report.

What does an apartment in Downtown Dubai cost per square foot?

The median is 150 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.

Are prices in Downtown Dubai rising?

The median building moved -2.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 37 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.

Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?

Claren Tower 2, at 9.07% 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?

37. 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 2026-08-26.

3 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai

Median rent: AED 300,000
Median AED/yr/sqft: 150AED/yr/sqft
Median gross yield: 5.64%; ≈ 18 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo: -2.7%

This record covers the 37 Downtown Dubai buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.29% to 9.07%, so the 5.64% median says much less about any one building than the table below does. The Dubai Land Department registers Downtown Dubai as Burj Khalifa. The Dubai median for comparison is 6.98%, over the same 24-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.

Rents in Downtown Dubai

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median

Monthly median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in Downtown Dubai, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Buildings with 3 bedroom apartments in Downtown Dubai

Sorted by gross yield. Click any column to re-sort.


Claren Tower 2	AED 209,619	131	9.07%+3.4 pts	+19.8%	8
Mon Reve	AED 195,000	97	7.33%+1.7 pts	-11.4%	10
The Signature	AED 180,000	119	7.20%+1.6 pts	-2.7%	17
Claren Tower 1	AED 209,619	131	6.99%+1.3 pts	+19.8%	8
Upper Crest	AED 177,500	99	6.87%+1.2 pts	-2.8%	22
The Distinction	AED 210,000	119	6.63%+1.0 pts	-5.6%	17
Act One Act Two Tower 1	AED 300,000	170	6.45%+0.8 pts	+0.0%	81
Burj Crown	AED 255,000	188	6.42%+0.8 pts	-17.6%	29
Al NOUJOUM TOWER	AED 220,000	74	6.29%+0.6 pts	+11.9%	5
Vida Residence Downtown	AED 400,000	199	6.20%+0.6 pts	-9.8%	11
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 1	AED 300,000	136	6.06%+0.4 pts	-9.8%	30
MADA Residences Tower	AED 240,000	109	5.93%+0.3 pts	-8.3%	14
BURJ VISTA Tower 2	AED 330,000	171	5.89%+0.2 pts	+1.5%	94
Forte T1	AED 270,000	164	5.87%+0.2 pts	-4.0%	184
Blvd Heights Podium	AED 320,000	127	5.77%+0.1 pts	+0.0%	44
BURJ VISTA Tower 1	AED 330,000	171	5.72%+0.1 pts	+1.5%	94
Bahwan Tower	AED 221,538	103	5.68%+0.0 pts	-17.0%	11
The Address - The BLVD	AED 532,500	244	5.66%+0.0 pts	+9.5%	8
BLVD CRESCENT Tower 2	AED 300,000	136	5.62%-0.0 pts	-9.8%	30
Grande	AED 390,000	206	5.53%-0.1 pts	-5.0%	87
Imperial Avenue	AED 300,000	150	5.45%-0.2 pts	—	43
DT1	AED 340,000	134	5.44%-0.2 pts	-21.8%	5
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T2	AED 400,000	234	5.33%-0.3 pts	-5.0%	126
Blvd Heights T2	AED 320,000	127	5.33%-0.3 pts	+0.0%	44
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 1	AED 345,000	182	5.31%-0.3 pts	+25.0%	12
Vida Dubai Mall Tower 2	AED 345,000	182	5.07%-0.6 pts	+25.0%	12
Burj Royale	AED 299,561	223	5.01%-0.6 pts	-10.8%	44
Forte T2	AED 270,000	164	4.91%-0.7 pts	-4.0%	184
Elite Downtown Residence	AED 220,000	136	4.78%-0.9 pts	+4.5%	13
Burj Khalifa	AED 450,000	180	4.74%-0.9 pts	+1.1%	27
The Address Residences Dubai Opera T1	AED 400,000	234	4.65%-1.0 pts	-5.0%	126
Blvd Heights T1	AED 320,000	127	4.61%-1.0 pts	+0.0%	44
Act One Act Two Tower 2	AED 300,000	170	4.55%-1.1 pts	+0.0%	81
Rp Heights	AED 266,250	106	4.44%-1.2 pts	-7.4%	6
Boulevard Point	AED 340,000	178	4.30%-1.3 pts	+8.3%	47
Opera Grand	AED 407,500	183	4.29%-1.4 pts	+0.6%	36
BLVD CRESCENT Podium	AED 300,000	136	—	-9.8%	30

Yield deltas are vs the Downtown Dubai median (5.64%).

Common questions

What rental yield do apartments in Downtown Dubai return?: The median building in Downtown Dubai returns 5.64% gross, -1.3 pts against the Dubai median of 6.98%, across 37 buildings with enough registered activity to report.
What does an apartment in Downtown Dubai cost per square foot?: The median is 150 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-08-26.
Are prices in Downtown Dubai rising?: The median building moved -2.7% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 37 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Downtown Dubai yields most?: Claren Tower 2, at 9.07% 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?: 37. 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 2026-08-26.

3 bedroom apartments for rent in Downtown Dubai

Rents in Downtown Dubai

Buildings with 3 bedroom apartments in Downtown Dubai

Common questions

3 bedroom apartments rental record for Downtown Dubai