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Dubai Wealth Index

4+ bedroom apartments for rent in Dubai

Registered Ejari rents for every apartment building with enough contracts to report — new leases against renewals.

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The typical Dubai apartment building returns 6.00% gross to its owner — medians across 92 buildings in 18 areas, from registered contracts over the last 24 months. Every figure is a median of 1,152 registered rental contracts — not an asking price. View sales

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Median rent
500,000AED / yr
Median rent per sqft
141AED / sqft
Median gross yield
6.00%
≈ 17 yrs gross payback
Median rent change, 12mo
+1.5%

1,152 registered rental contracts, last 24 months92 buildings in 18 areas

Rents in Dubai

Median rent per square foot, every registered new rental contract.

87AED-4.8% past 12 months

Monthly median across every registered new rental contract, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

The most active areas

The areas with the most registered rental contracts in the last 24 months, with the buildings tracked and the median gross yield in each.

All 18 areas

Palm Jumeirah

23 buildings

5.74%

median yield

Bluewaters Island

10 buildings

5.20%

median yield

Every area

Ordered by registered rental contracts in the last 24 months. Yield is shown but does not set the order.

AreaBuildingsMedian yieldRent/sqft12moRentals
Palm Jumeirah235.74%-0.3 pts110-6.3%265
Bluewaters Island105.20%-0.8 pts323-12.1%190
Dubai Creek Harbour95.81%-0.2 pts132+14.3%72
Dubai Marina86.50%+0.5 pts90-25.0%72
Downtown Dubai75.83%-0.2 pts326+4.0%86
Umm Suqeim76.49%+0.5 pts176+2.5%55
Business Bay45.55%-0.5 pts104-5.9%87
City Walk413.38%+7.4 pts194+23.9%20
Al Kifaf47.80%+1.8 pts124+300.0%40
Zabeel37.59%+1.6 pts207+13.2%18
Jumeirah Lake Towers37.41%+1.4 pts93+19.4%15
Sobha Hartland26.25%+0.3 pts135+7.3%43
Mirdif25.52%-0.5 pts60+2.7%27
Al Quoz27.95%+1.9 pts52+13.3%106
Jumeirah Beach Residence17.41%+1.4 pts328+42.9%7
Jaddaf Waterfront14.62%-1.4 pts122+95.3%9
Jumeirah Village Circle16.62%+0.6 pts47-6.3%22
Al Sufouh14.70%-1.3 pts161—18

Deltas are vs the Dubai median (6.00%).

Highest-yielding buildings with 4+ bedroom apartments

Across all of Dubai, from buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

  1. 1
    GrandeDowntown Dubai · AED 1.55M/yr
    19.38%
  2. 2
    Jumeirah Living Marina GateDubai Marina · AED 1.82M/yr
    11.41%
  3. 3
    Global Lake ViewJumeirah Lake Towers · AED 270,000/yr
    10.37%
  4. 4
    Ocean HeightsDubai Marina · AED 390,000/yr
    9.29%
  5. 5
    Elite ResidenceDubai Marina · AED 300,000/yr
    8.11%
  6. 6
    La VieJumeirah Beach Residence · AED 1.00M/yr
    7.41%
  7. 7
    Sobha Hartland Waves GrandeSobha Hartland · AED 440,000/yr
    7.21%
  8. 8
    The Residences at Marina Gate 1Dubai Marina · AED 820,000/yr
    7.13%
  9. 9
    Elite Business Bay ResidenceBusiness Bay · AED 185,000/yr
    7.12%
  10. 10
    W Residences Dubai - The PalmPalm Jumeirah · AED 2.71M/yr
    6.77%

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Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-08-26.