What is the rental yield in Dunes 16?

Dunes 16 returns 11.43% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 129 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.

How much does a studio in Dunes 16 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 362,500 (763 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

Have prices in Dunes 16 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +11.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 4 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Dunes 16 compare with Dubai Investments Park 2?

Its 11.43% gross yield sits +1.2 pts against the Dubai Investments Park 2 median of 10.27%, computed at the same bedroom grain over the same 24-month window.

Do new tenants in Dunes 16 pay more than sitting ones?

A new tenant pays +26.2% against a renewing one, across 355 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.

Dunes 16 — rental prices & yield | Dubai Investments Park 2, Dubai

Buy: 362,500AED; AED 763/sqft
Long-let: 40,000AED; AED 83/sqft · 11.43%

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

Yield spread: +1.2 pts; vs the Dubai Investments Park 2 median for this unit type
Turnover upside: +26.2%; new tenants pay more than sitting ones — 355 renewals
AED/yr/sqft: AED 83
Sales: 4
Rental contracts: 129
Renewal rent: AED 31,698/yr

12 months: +7.7%
3 years: +50.0%+14.5%/yr

Based on 4 sales and 129 rental contracts in the last 24 months. Rental data covers the whole Dunes Village project, not this tower alone. Thin sample — treat these figures as indicative.

Dunes 16 is an apartment building in Dubai Investments Park 2, Dubai, one of the towers in the Dunes Village development. The nearest landmark Expo 2020 Site. Land Department records for it run from 2015 to 2026, 60 registered sales in all — the 4 in the last 24 months are what every median above is computed from.

Rent history

Median annual rent per sqft registered in Dunes 16, 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 40,000	83	11.43% +1.2 pts	129
1 bed	AED 52,000	56	9.45% -0.5 pts	145

Deltas compare each yield with the Dubai Investments Park 2 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.

Sales

Date	Type	Sqft	Price	AED/sqft
3 Aug 2026	Studio	475	AED 375,000	789
16 Jun 2026	1 bed	977	AED 530,000	543

2 resales in the last 3 months.

Rental contracts

The rent figures on this page are pooled from this building’s project, so no individual contract can be attributed to this tower.

Nearby

Landmark: Expo 2020 Site

Compare with nearby buildings

The most-traded buildings in Dunes Village, on the same figures over the same window.

Highest rental yields in Dubai Investments Park 2 · Dunes 16 places 2nd of 10

Dunes 10 · 8.97%
Dunes 13 · 6.15%
Ritaj G · 3.96%
Ritaj A · 11.14%
Ritaj E · 6.58%
Ritaj F · 6.64%
Ritaj K · 11.75%
Ritaj H · 4.33%

Common questions

What is the rental yield in Dunes 16?: Dunes 16 returns 11.43% gross — median annual rent from new Ejari contracts over the median resale price, before service charge, agency fees or vacant months. Measured across 129 rental contracts registered in the last 24 months.
How much does a studio in Dunes 16 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 362,500 (763 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 24 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
Have prices in Dunes 16 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +11.8% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 4 registered sales. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Dunes 16 compare with Dubai Investments Park 2?: Its 11.43% gross yield sits +1.2 pts against the Dubai Investments Park 2 median of 10.27%, computed at the same bedroom grain over the same 24-month window.
Do new tenants in Dunes 16 pay more than sitting ones?: A new tenant pays +26.2% against a renewing one, across 355 renewal contracts in the last 24 months. Renewals are capped by RERA and sit below market, so a wide gap means rent that is below market until the unit changes hands.

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