The Sterling West House rents
- 48 new leases and 17 renewals in 12 months
- 186 units
- Business Bay
- near Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
A one-bed here leases for about AED 132,500 a year, 37% above the typical Business Bay one-bed. Renewing tenants pay more than new ones: AED 145,000.
1 bed · typical new lease
132,500AEDa year
AED 127/sqft · -8.6% on a year
- A month, roughly
- AED 11,042
- Renewal
- AED 145,000
- vs Business Bay 1 bed
- 37% above the median
- New leases, 12 months
- 29
What should a lease in The Sterling West House cost?A one-bed leases for about AED 132,500 a year; renewing tenants pay 9.4% more than new ones
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.
Ask an agent about this rent →Rent history and contracts
Every contract registered with Ejari — data to 2026-10-12.
A one-bed here now costs 8.6% less than a year earlier: AED 132,500 against 145,000.
Chart data, 1 bed: Sep 2023, AED 156,000; latest, Oct 2026, AED 126,250; peak, Oct 2023, AED 160,000.
Showing the 60 most recent of 65 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.
About The Sterling West HouseA 28-floor tower in Business Bay, an 8-minute drive from DIFC
The Sterling West House is an apartment building completed in 2023 in Business Bay. 65 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 28
- Lifts
- 4
- Parking bays
- 255
- Pools
- 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 11 min · 3.7 km
- DXB Airport
- 13 min · 13 km
- DIFC
- 8 min · 6.4 km
- Dubai Marina
- 19 min · 22 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 26 min · 26 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Downtown Dubai
Letting a unit in The Sterling West House?35% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, below the Business Bay median; new tenants pay less than renewing ones
- Units on a yearly lease
- 35%Watch
- Business Bay median 41%; top tenth from 69%
- New tenant vs renewal
- -3.6%
- New leases AED 135,000, renewals 140,000, all types
- Short-let instead, one-bed
- AED 733
- a night on Airbnb; nets 1.1× 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
Thinking of selling? The Sterling West House sale prices →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. The Sterling West House places 31st of 100; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Sterling West House.
At 1 bed, The Sterling West House ranks 26th of 91 by rent per square foot and 44th 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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.
Explore planned supplySupply 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 countedDirect 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.
Nearby in Business Bay
Prices per sq ft around The Sterling West House, on the mapPrices per sq ft around The Sterling West House, on the map
Peninsula Three
Business Bay · 441 contracts, 12 months
100,000
AED a year median · 162/sqft
Prive by DAMAC (B)
Business Bay · 438 contracts, 12 months
75,000
AED a year median · 147/sqft
Prive by DAMAC (A)
Business Bay · 438 contracts, 12 months
75,000
AED a year median · 147/sqft
Amna Tower
Business Bay · 406 contracts, 12 months
135,000
AED a year median · 106/sqft
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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a 1 bedroom in The Sterling West House?
- The median new annual rent is AED 132,500, from 29 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 The Sterling West House risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed -8.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 29 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 The Sterling West House pay more than sitting ones?
- A new tenant pays -8.6% against a renewing one, across 6 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 The Sterling West House?
- 19 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 29 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- Which metro station is closest to The Sterling West House?
- Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station, per the Dubai Land Department's own nearest-landmark fields. The nearest mall is Dubai Mall.
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The Sterling West House rental record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 29 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/the-sterling-west-house
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Sterling West House rents and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/business-bay/the-sterling-west-house
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