What is the rental yield in The Cosmopolitan?

The Cosmopolitan returns 8.13% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 163 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.

How much does a studio in The Cosmopolitan cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 780,000 (1,690 AED/sqft), from 46 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in The Cosmopolitan selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in The Cosmopolitan over the last 6 months have a median of 1,612 AED/sqft, across 6 sales. That is the freshest window holding at least five, and it excludes off-plan. It is a median of what traded, not a valuation of a specific unit — floor, view and condition all move a real price and none of them is in it.

Have prices in The Cosmopolitan risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +3.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 46 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does The Cosmopolitan compare with Business Bay?

Its 8.13% gross yield sits +0.5 pts against the Business Bay median of 7.62%, computed at the same bedroom grain over the same 24-month window.

The Cosmopolitan — rental prices & yield

Buy: 780,000AED; AED 1,612/sqft
Long-let: 65,000AED; AED 135/sqft · 8.13%

Price per sqft: Median of 6 registered sales of ready units in the last 6 months, most recent August 2026.

Priced off the last 5 sales — most recent August 2026.

Yield spread: +0.5 pts; vs the Business Bay median for this unit type
Turnover upside: +3.2%; new tenants pay more than sitting ones — 92 renewals
AED/yr/sqft: AED 135
Sales: 46
Rental contracts: 163
Renewal rent: AED 63,000/yr

12 months: +0.0%
3 years: +8.3%+2.7%/yr

Based on 46 sales and 163 rental contracts in the last 24 months.

The Cosmopolitan is an apartment building in Business Bay, Dubai. The closest metro station is Business Bay Metro Station, the nearest mall Dubai Mall and the nearest landmark Downtown Dubai. Land Department records for it run from 2015 to 2026, 1,004 registered sales in all — the 46 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Rent history

Median annual rent per sqft registered in The Cosmopolitan, by year.

Monthly median AED per sqft per year, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Rents by bedroom type

Type	Median rent	AED/yr/sqft	Yield	Contracts
Studio	AED 65,000	135	8.13% +0.5 pts	163
1 bed	AED 85,000	103	7.73% +0.6 pts	85
2 bed	AED 120,500	91	7.09% +0.4 pts	20
3 bed	AED 160,000	90	6.96% +0.2 pts	10

Deltas compare each yield with the Business Bay median for the same unit type. How these yields are computed

How these yields are computed

Each yield divides the median rent by the median of the last 3 months of sales — or of the last 5 sales where the last 3 months hold fewer than three. Off-plan and ready sales count alike, and each bedroom type is priced off its own sales.

Recent transactions

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-08-26.

32 resales in the last 12 months, against 38 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Sales

Date	Type	Sqft	Price	AED/sqft
26 Aug 2026	Studio	409	AED 600,000	1,467
29 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,242	AED 1,668,888	1,343
8 Jun 2026	Studio	508	AED 800,000	1,576

3 resales in the last 3 months.

Rental contracts

Start	Type	Sqft	Annual rent	AED/sqft	Contract
15 Nov 2026	1 bed	818	AED 72,000	88	Renewal
6 Sept 2026	1 bed	945	AED 92,528	98	Renewal
1 Sept 2026	1 bed	840	AED 75,000	89	New
23 Aug 2026	Studio	360	AED 52,000	145	New
21 Aug 2026	1 bed	829	AED 72,760	88	Renewal
19 Aug 2026	Studio	513	AED 50,000	97	New
19 Aug 2026	Studio	482	AED 54,000	112	New
16 Aug 2026	Studio	482	AED 53,000	110	New
15 Aug 2026	Studio	507	AED 50,000	99	New
9 Aug 2026	Studio	361	AED 57,000	158	New
6 Aug 2026	Studio	508	AED 55,000	108	New
3 Aug 2026	Studio	482	AED 54,000	112	New
1 Aug 2026	Studio	545	AED 62,400	115	New
1 Aug 2026	Studio	409	AED 45,000	110	New
1 Aug 2026	1 bed	915	AED 85,000	93	New
1 Aug 2026	1 bed	863	AED 76,000	88	New
1 Aug 2026	Studio	635	AED 60,000	94	Renewal
26 Jul 2026	1 bed	945	AED 75,000	79	Renewal
25 Jul 2026	Studio	508	AED 50,000	98	New
20 Jul 2026	Studio	428	AED 55,000	128	Renewal
19 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,619	AED 60,000	37	New
18 Jul 2026	1 bed	1,323	AED 65,000	49	New
17 Jul 2026	1 bed	1,323	AED 118,000	89	New
16 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,619	AED 145,000	90	New
15 Jul 2026	1 bed	818	AED 70,000	86	New
15 Jul 2026	Studio	588	AED 65,000	111	Renewal
15 Jul 2026	1 bed	785	AED 60,000	76	New
13 Jul 2026	Studio	541	AED 68,000	126	New
10 Jul 2026	Studio	795	AED 58,000	73	New
7 Jul 2026	2 bed	1,290	AED 130,000	101	Renewal
5 Jul 2026	1 bed	711	AED 80,000	113	New
1 Jul 2026	1 bed	817	AED 63,333	78	New
1 Jul 2026	1 bed	711	AED 80,000	113	New
1 Jul 2026	Studio	641	AED 50,000	78	New
1 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,817	AED 140,000	77	Renewal
1 Jul 2026	Studio	488	AED 56,000	115	Renewal
30 Jun 2026	1 bed	945	AED 88,753	94	Renewal
30 Jun 2026	Studio	492	AED 55,000	112	New
28 Jun 2026	Studio	545	AED 57,000	105	New
27 Jun 2026	1 bed	840	AED 65,000	77	New
26 Jun 2026	3 bed	1,861	AED 150,300	81	Renewal
20 Jun 2026	Studio	507	AED 50,000	99	New
16 Jun 2026	Studio	513	AED 50,000	97	New
12 Jun 2026	3 bed	2,709	AED 200,000	74	New
10 Jun 2026	Studio	482	AED 46,000	95	New
10 Jun 2026	Studio	428	AED 66,000	154	Renewal
8 Jun 2026	Studio	507	AED 56,000	110	New
7 Jun 2026	Studio	478	AED 60,000	125	New
7 Jun 2026	Studio	478	AED 60,000	125	New
6 Jun 2026	Studio	360	AED 56,000	156	Renewal
6 Jun 2026	Studio	513	AED 50,000	97	New
5 Jun 2026	Studio	492	AED 55,650	113	New
1 Jun 2026	3 bed	1,619	AED 150,000	93	Renewal
1 Jun 2026	Studio	414	AED 60,000	145	Renewal
29 May 2026	Studio	513	AED 65,000	127	Renewal

55 contracts starting on or after 26 May 2026.

Start dates after 26 Aug 2026 are contracts already filed for a later move-in. They count towards the rent medians above for the same reason they appear here.

As registered

The building's record in the Dubai Land Department register, as of September 2026. Counts are as registered, not as built or as operated.

Floors: 22
Flats: 355

Nearby

Metro: Business Bay Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Downtown Dubai

Compare with nearby buildings

The most-traded buildings in Business Bay, on the same figures over the same window.

Highest rental yields in Business Bay · The Cosmopolitan places 8th of 84

Common questions

What is the rental yield in The Cosmopolitan?: The Cosmopolitan returns 8.13% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 163 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.
How much does a studio in The Cosmopolitan cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 780,000 (1,690 AED/sqft), from 46 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in The Cosmopolitan selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in The Cosmopolitan over the last 6 months have a median of 1,612 AED/sqft, across 6 sales. That is the freshest window holding at least five, and it excludes off-plan. It is a median of what traded, not a valuation of a specific unit — floor, view and condition all move a real price and none of them is in it.
Have prices in The Cosmopolitan risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +3.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 46 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does The Cosmopolitan compare with Business Bay?: Its 8.13% gross yield sits +0.5 pts against the Business Bay median of 7.62%, computed at the same bedroom grain over the same 24-month window.

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