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Ejari leases to 12 Oct 2026

Bays Edge rents

  • 48 new leases and 32 renewals in 12 months
  • 81 units
  • Business Bay
  • near Business Bay Metro Station

A one-bed here leases for about AED 83,000 a year, 14% below the typical Business Bay one-bed. Renewing tenants pay more than new ones: AED 92,500.

1 bed · typical new lease

83,000AEDa year

AED 108/sqft · -12.6% on a year

A month, roughly
AED 6,917
Renewal
AED 92,500
vs Business Bay 1 bed
14% below the median
New leases, 12 months
22
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What should a lease in Bays Edge cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 83,000 a year; renewing tenants pay 11.4% more than new ones

TypeNew leaseRenewalvs Business BayLeases
Studio55,000129/sqft56,84911 renewals20% lesstypical 69,00015
1 bedmost leased83,000108/sqft92,50012 renewals14% lesstypical 96,50022
2 bed134,125100/sqft135,0009 renewals4% lesstypical 140,00010
3 bed205,00091/sqft—2% moretypical 200,0001

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 12.6% less than a year earlier: AED 83,000 against 95,000.

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: Feb 2017, AED 102,500; latest, Oct 2026, AED 76,500; peak, Jan 2025, AED 110,500.

StartTypeSqftAnnual rentAED/sqftContract
10 Oct 20262 bed1,254AED 118,85095New
9 Oct 20262 bed1,254AED 110,00088New
7 Oct 2026Studio426AED 54,000127New
1 Oct 20261 bed860AED 78,00091New
29 Sept 20262 bed1,255AED 150,000120Renewal
28 Sept 20262 bed1,254AED 100,00080New
26 Sept 20261 bed845AED 75,00089New
25 Sept 20261 bed874AED 72,00082New
25 Sept 2026Studio426AED 55,000129New
24 Sept 20261 bed873AED 105,000120Renewal

Showing the 60 most recent of 80 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.

About Bays EdgeA 20-floor tower in Business Bay, a 10-minute drive from DIFC

Bays Edge is an apartment building completed in 2016 in Business Bay. 80 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 27.93/sqft a year
Floors
20
Lifts
5
Parking bays
278
Pools
1

Drive times · typical

Downtown
11 min · 3.5 km
DXB Airport
16 min · 15 km
DIFC
10 min · 6.4 km
Dubai Marina
22 min · 23 km
Palm Jumeirah
29 min · 28 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Business Bay Metro Station
Mall
Dubai Mall
Landmark
Downtown Dubai

Letting a unit in Bays Edge?99% 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
99%Strength
Business Bay median 41%; top tenth from 69%
New tenant vs renewal
-15.0%
New leases AED 76,500, renewals 90,000, all types
Short-let instead, one-bed
AED 688
a night on Airbnb; nets 1.6× 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. Bays Edge places 48th of 100; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian rentAED/yr/sqft12-month changeContracts
44Safeer Tower 1AED 65,000117+4.2%-9.1%66
45Terraces Marasi DriveAED 153,500116+3.0%-7.0%36
46Oqood-Crystal TowerAED 42,000115+2.2%—10
47MeranoAED 75,000114+1.1%-5.1%288
48Bays Edge · this buildingAED 76,500112-23.5%48
49The CosmopolitanAED 66,000112-0.4%-12.0%145
50MajestineAED 70,000112-0.8%0.0%225
51Sol BayAED 90,000111-1.6%0.0%94
52Park CentralAED 71,380108-3.7%-4.8%38

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Bays Edge.

At 1 bed, Bays Edge ranks 44th of 91 by rent per square foot and 53rd 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 Bays Edge, on the map
Pills show median annual rent, AED. 85 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Bays Edge is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

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Common questions

What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in Bays Edge?
The median new annual rent is AED 83,000, from 22 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 Bays Edge risen or fallen?
The median new annual rent changed -12.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 22 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 Bays Edge pay more than sitting ones?
A new tenant pays -10.3% against a renewing one, across 12 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 Bays Edge?
8 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 22 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
Which metro station is closest to Bays Edge?
Business Bay Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.

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Bays Edge rental record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
22 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/bays-edge
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Bays Edge rents and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/business-bay/bays-edge

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