What does a villa in District One rent for?

The median registered rent is AED 900,000 a year, across 169 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.

What is the rental yield in District One?

As of 2026-10-12, villas in District One return 4.1% gross, -0.7 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 169 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.

What does a villa in District One cost per square foot?

The median is 124 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.

Are villa rents in District One rising?

The median moved -10.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.

Why is there no page for a specific villa in District One?

The Land Department records no building for a villa — every villa sale and lease is filed against the community, so the community is the finest grain any registered figure can carry. Data to 2026-10-12.

Villas for rent in District One

A villa in District One rents for a median AED 900,000 a year and yields 4.1% gross — -0.7 pts vs the Dubai villa median, across 169 registered contracts in the last 12 months.

Median rent: AED 900,000
Median AED/yr/sqft: 124AED/yr/sqft
Gross yield: 4.1%; ≈ 24 yrs gross payback
12-month rent change: -10.0%; Median building

169 registered rental contracts, last 12 monthsRent is from 169 registered contracts matched to District One by project name — the Land Department left the community blank on them.

Registered by the Land Department as Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum City -District -1 Community, inside Mohammed Bin Rashid City. A villa has no building record, so this page reports the community as a whole; the bedroom table below is the finest grain the registry supports.

Villa rents in District One

AED/yr/sqft, monthly median

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new villa rental contract in District One, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Where District One is

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As registered in District One

What the Land Department’s building register holds for District One: 850 villa plots, of which 850 carry a registered title. Counts are plots as registered, not houses as built. Register edition 2026-10-13.

Bedroom mix, as registered

Bedrooms	Plots	Share
4 bed	395	46%
5 bed	280	33%
6+ bed	175	21%

Built-up area, sqft

Smaller quarter: 6,433
Median: 6,859
Larger quarter: 7,897

850 of 850 plots carry a built-up area.

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Common questions

What does a villa in District One rent for?: The median registered rent is AED 900,000 a year, across 169 new Ejari contracts in the last 12 months, to 2026-10-12.
What is the rental yield in District One?: As of 2026-10-12, villas in District One return 4.1% gross, -0.7 pts against the Dubai villa median of 4.8%, on 169 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months. Gross means before service charge, maintenance and vacancy.
What does a villa in District One cost per square foot?: The median is 124 AED/sqft a year, over registered records to 2026-10-12.
Are villa rents in District One rising?: The median moved -10.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, per square foot.
Why is there no page for a specific villa in District One?: The Land Department records no building for a villa — every villa sale and lease is filed against the community, so the community is the finest grain any registered figure can carry. Data to 2026-10-12.

Villa rental record for District One

Record type: Community-level villa market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 169 registered rental contracts in the last 12 months
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/villas/dubai/mbr-city-district-one
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Villas for rent in District One.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/villas/dubai/mbr-city-district-one

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data as of 2026-10-12. Villa figures are medians over the community’s registered rental contracts; the Land Department records no building for a villa, so no finer grain exists.