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Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026

Ahad Residences rents

  • 119 new leases and 62 renewals in 12 months
  • 346 units
  • Business Bay
  • near Business Bay Metro Station

A one-bed here leases for about AED 120,000 a year, 24% above the typical Business Bay one-bed. New tenants pay more than renewing ones, who pay AED 116,881.

1 bed · typical new lease

120,000AEDa year

AED 147/sqft · -0.3% on a year

A month, roughly
AED 10,000
Renewal
AED 116,881
vs Business Bay 1 bed
24% above the median
New leases, 12 months
74
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What should a lease in Ahad Residences cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 120,000 a year; new tenants pay 2.7% more than renewing ones

TypeNew leaseRenewalvs Business BayLeases
Studio76,500171/sqft85,6199 renewals11% moretypical 69,00032
1 bedmost leased120,000147/sqft116,88146 renewals24% moretypical 96,50074
2 bed215,000129/sqft197,5006 renewals54% moretypical 140,00013

Median annual rent, AED a year, on Ejari leases starting in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026. Renewal is blank where too few were registered; “typical” is the Business Bay median for the type.

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Rent history and contracts

Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.

A one-bed here now costs about the same as a year earlier: AED 120,000 against 120,323.

Median annual rent, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Chart data, 1 bed: Dec 2023, AED 115,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 103,750; peak, Dec 2024, AED 140,000.

StartTypeSqftAnnual rentAED/sqftContract
10 Oct 20261 bed682AED 110,000161New
9 Oct 20261 bed781AED 100,000128New
3 Oct 20261 bed894AED 105,000117New
3 Oct 20261 bed781AED 110,000141New
1 Oct 20261 bed780AED 105,000135Renewal
1 Oct 20262 bed1,948AED 200,000103Renewal
1 Oct 20261 bed987AED 119,000121New
1 Oct 20261 bed682AED 100,000147New
29 Sept 2026Studio457AED 70,000153New
25 Sept 2026Studio456AED 72,000158New

Showing the 60 most recent of 181 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.

About Ahad ResidencesA 35-floor tower in Business Bay, a 9-minute drive from DIFC

Ahad Residences is an apartment building completed in 2023 in Business Bay. 181 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.

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The building, as registered

Service charge
Paid by the landlord · AED 20.26/sqft a year
Floors
35
Lifts
7
Parking bays
482
Pools
1

Drive times · typical

Downtown
10 min · 3.1 km
DXB Airport
16 min · 15 km
DIFC
9 min · 6.0 km
Dubai Marina
21 min · 21 km
Palm Jumeirah
27 min · 26 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Business Bay Metro Station
Mall
Dubai Mall
Landmark
Downtown Dubai

Letting a unit in Ahad Residences?52% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, above the Business Bay median; new tenants pay less than renewing ones

Units on a yearly lease
52%Fair
Business Bay median 41%; top tenth from 69%
New tenant vs renewal
-3.4%
New leases AED 115,000, renewals 119,000, all types
Short-let instead, one-bed
AED 706
a night on Airbnb; nets 1.2× the yearly rent at 70% occupancy, after fees, cleaning and utilities

Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026 · Airbnb asking rates for the next 12 months; occupancy is an assumption, not a measurement

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Comparables in Business Bay

Every Business Bay building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Ahad Residences places 17th of 100; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian rentAED/yr/sqft12-month changeContracts
13–1415 Northside - Tower 1, 2one project rent, 2 towersAED 90,000157+4.6%-10.0%151
15Peninsula FourAED 130,000154+2.7%—115
16Peninsula TwoAED 90,000153+2.3%—121
17Ahad Residences · this buildingAED 115,000150-4.2%119
18Zada TowerAED 71,000149-0.3%-11.3%391
19–20Prive by DAMAC (A), (B)one project rent, 2 towersAED 75,000147-1.9%-6.3%438
21Binghatti CanalAED 105,000146-2.8%-6.3%97

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Ahad Residences.

At 1 bed, Ahad Residences ranks 18th of 91 by rent per square foot and 50th of 76 by gross yield in Business Bay.

Market context in Business Bay

Registered sales activity

2,705 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+5.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,705 current and 3,581 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

10,312 known registered units across 12 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

10 projects had already passed their planned date; 6 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

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%.

How these are counted
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Direct locality, all apartment bedroom types. Area context is not building performance. Planned dates are relative to the register date, not a delivery forecast; project unit counts can include mixed uses. Sales activity is not time on market or occupancy.

Prices per sq ft around Ahad Residences, on the map
Pills show median annual rent, AED. 85 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Ahad Residences is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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Common questions

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Ahad Residences?
The median new annual rent is AED 120,000, from 74 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. The evidence is recorded for this building. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
Have registered rents in Ahad Residences risen or fallen?
The median new annual rent changed -0.3% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 74 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.
Do new tenants in Ahad Residences pay more than sitting ones?
A new tenant pays +2.7% against a renewing one, across 46 renewal contracts in the last 12 months. This compares different new and renewal contract groups, not the same tenancy before and after a move. It is not a permitted rent increase or a guaranteed gain.
How many apartments change hands in Ahad Residences?
15 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 74 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
Which metro station is closest to Ahad Residences?
Business Bay Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.

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Ahad Residences rental record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
74 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record
/rent/apartments/dubai/business-bay/ahad-residences
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Ahad Residences rents and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/business-bay/ahad-residences

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