Desert Sun Tower rents
- 56 new leases and 47 renewals in 12 months
- 180 units
- Dubailand Residence Complex
A studio here leases for about AED 40,000 a year, 3% above the typical Dubailand Residence Complex studio. New tenants pay more than renewing ones, who pay AED 37,000.
Studio · typical new lease
40,000AEDa year
AED 80/sqft · +2.6% on a year
- A month, roughly
- AED 3,333
- Renewal
- AED 37,000
- vs Dubailand Residence Complex studio
- 3% above the median
- New leases, 12 months
- 42
What should a lease in Desert Sun Tower cost?A studio leases for about AED 40,000 a year; new tenants pay 8.1% more than renewing 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 Dubailand Residence Complex 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 studio here now costs 2.6% more than a year earlier: AED 40,000 against 39,000.
Chart data, Studio: Oct 2015, AED 46,250; latest, Oct 2026, AED 37,000; peak, Oct 2015, AED 46,250.
Showing the 60 most recent of 103 contracts starting on or after 12 Oct 2025.
About Desert Sun TowerA 10-floor tower in Dubailand Residence Complex, a 19-minute drive from DIFC
Desert Sun Tower is an apartment building completed in 2015 in Dubailand Residence Complex with 180 registered units. 103 yearly leases, new and renewed, were registered with Ejari in the last 12 months.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- Paid by the landlord · AED 19.20/sqft a year
- Floors
- 10
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 23 min · 20 km
- DXB Airport
- 21 min · 25 km
- DIFC
- 19 min · 22 km
- Dubai Marina
- 29 min · 35 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 35 min · 40 km
Nearest, as registered
- Landmark
- IMG World Adventures
Letting a unit in Desert Sun Tower?57% of units here signed a yearly lease in 12 months, above the Dubailand Residence Complex median; new tenants pay more than renewing ones
- Units on a yearly lease
- 57%Fair
- Dubailand Residence Complex median 2%; top tenth from 54%
- New tenant vs renewal
- +5.0%
- New leases AED 42,000, renewals 40,000, all types
- Short-let instead, one-bed
- AED 537
- a night on Airbnb; nets 1.8× 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? Desert Sun Tower sale prices →Comparables in Dubailand Residence Complex
Every Dubailand Residence Complex building with a page, ranked by annual rent per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Desert Sun Tower places 8th of 38; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Desert Sun Tower.
At studio, Desert Sun Tower ranks 13th of 17 by rent per square foot and 1st of 14 by gross yield in Dubailand Residence Complex.
Market context in Dubailand Residence Complex
Registered sales activity
633 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
+1.3% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 633 current and 1,336 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
4,146 known registered units across 22 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
2 projects had already passed their planned date; 4 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
14,309 apartments are planned in Dubailand Residence Complex from 2026 to 2028, equal to 190% of the 7,534 homes let there today.
Ready prices per sqft fell in 14% of 36 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Dubailand Residence Complex with sales in both years; the typical one moved +7.3%.
The pooled median moved +1.3%: 6.0 points less than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.
New-lease rents fell in 17% of 29 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved +0.9%.
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 Dubailand Residence Complex
Prices per sq ft around Desert Sun Tower, on the mapPrices per sq ft around Desert Sun Tower, on the map
Skycourts Tower B
Dubailand Residence Complex · 748 contracts, 12 months
52,000
AED a year median · 65/sqft
Skycourts Tower A
Dubailand Residence Complex · 748 contracts, 12 months
52,000
AED a year median · 65/sqft
Skycourts Tower D
Dubailand Residence Complex · 748 contracts, 12 months
52,000
AED a year median · 65/sqft
Skycourts Tower F
Dubailand Residence Complex · 748 contracts, 12 months
52,000
AED a year median · 65/sqft
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Common questions
- What is the registered annual rent for a studio in Desert Sun Tower?
- The median new annual rent is AED 40,000, from 42 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 Desert Sun Tower risen or fallen?
- The median new annual rent changed +2.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 42 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 Desert Sun Tower pay more than sitting ones?
- A new tenant pays +8.1% against a renewing one, across 32 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 Desert Sun Tower?
- 31 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 42 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
- What is the rental yield in Desert Sun Tower?
- Desert Sun Tower returns 10.4% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 40,000 a year (42 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 385,000 (median of 31 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
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Desert Sun Tower rental record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 42 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
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Desert Sun Tower rents and yield.” Dubailand Residence Complex, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/apartments/dubai/dubailand-residence-complex/desert-sun-tower
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