What rental yield do Dubai 1 bedroom apartments return?

The median building returns 7.0% gross, across 2,631 buildings in 88 areas with enough registered sales and Ejari contracts to report. Half of them yield more, half less. Data to 2026-10-12.

What do Dubai 1 bedroom apartments cost per square foot?

The median building sells at 1,519 AED/sqft, from registered Dubai Land Department sales over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.

What is the median rent for Dubai 1 bedroom apartments?

AED 75,000 a year for the median building, from registered new Ejari contracts — renewals are a separate contract group and are reported separately on each building. Data to 2026-10-12.

Are Dubai apartment prices rising?

The median building moved +2.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 2,631 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.

Which Dubai area yields most?

Dubai Investment Park 2, where the median building returns 10.9% gross. Every area's median, building count and evidence count is in the table on this page; a top row is an outlier by construction.

City index · Data to 12 Oct 2026

1 bedroom apartments for sale in Dubai

2,631 buildings · 88 areas · 57,453 registered sales, last 12 months

The typical eligible building yields 7.0% gross and sells at AED 1,519/sqft — medians across 2,631 buildings in 88 areas, last 12 months of registered records.

Median gross yield

7.0%gross

≈ 14 yrs gross payback

Price per sqft: AED 1,519
12-month change: +2.5%
Sales, 12 months: 57,453
Buildings · areas: 2,631 · 88

Medians of the median building; 12-month change is the median building’s.

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Every area, ordered by registered sales in the last 12 monthsOf the 9 busiest areas, Dubailand Residence Complex yields most (7.8%) and Dubai Creek Harbour least (5.6%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Sales, last 12 months
1	Jumeirah Village Circle	299	7.4%+0.4 pts	AED 1.04MAED 1,332/sqft	+0.6%	5,918
2	Dubai South	124	7.6%+0.6 pts	AED 1.03MAED 1,423/sqft	+4.1%	4,227
3	Dubailand Residence Complex	98	7.8%+0.8 pts	AED 996,500AED 1,223/sqft	+2.7%	2,917
4	Business Bay	121	6.6%-0.4 pts	AED 1.62MAED 1,985/sqft	+0.6%	2,750
5	Dubai Islands	94	—	AED 2.12MAED 2,430/sqft	+0.9%	2,139
6	Jumeirah Village Triangle	57	7.5%+0.5 pts	AED 1.06MAED 1,456/sqft	+3.0%	2,017
7	Motor City	48	6.6%-0.4 pts	AED 1.08MAED 1,221/sqft	+1.8%	1,810
8	Majan	42	6.8%-0.2 pts	AED 1.06MAED 1,309/sqft	+2.9%	1,781
9	Jumeirah Lake Towers	57	6.8%-0.2 pts	AED 1.35MAED 1,544/sqft	+2.6%	1,708
10	Dubai Creek Harbour	74	5.6%-1.4 pts	AED 1.76MAED 2,377/sqft	+3.0%	1,622
11	Bukadra	25	—	AED 1.86MAED 2,395/sqft	+0.6%	1,535
12	Maritime City	27	4.1%-2.9 pts	AED 2.34MAED 2,844/sqft	+2.5%	1,442
13	Dubai Investment Park 2	37	10.9%+3.9 pts	AED 1.21MAED 1,455/sqft	-0.7%	1,429
14	Arjan	75	7.5%+0.5 pts	AED 1.06MAED 1,390/sqft	+4.2%	1,417
15	Dubai Production City	51	7.9%+0.9 pts	AED 930,000AED 1,243/sqft	+3.0%	1,339
16	City of Arabia	33	7.6%+0.6 pts	AED 1.25MAED 1,629/sqft	0.0%	1,166
17	Dubai Hills Estate	66	6.2%-0.8 pts	AED 1.67MAED 2,362/sqft	+1.5%	1,034
18	Dubai Sports City	68	8.4%+1.4 pts	AED 748,625AED 920/sqft	+3.4%	1,003
19	Dubai Science Park	22	7.4%+0.4 pts	AED 1.29MAED 1,522/sqft	+3.6%	941
20	Dubai Silicon Oasis	62	8.3%+1.3 pts	AED 725,000AED 934/sqft	+7.4%	892
21	Downtown Jebel Ali	20	7.8%+0.8 pts	AED 914,900AED 1,373/sqft	+4.3%	887
22	Downtown Dubai	82	5.5%-1.5 pts	AED 2.14MAED 2,407/sqft	+0.3%	847
23	Dubai Marina	84	5.8%-1.2 pts	AED 1.52MAED 1,982/sqft	+0.5%	824
24	DAMAC Hills	28	7.2%+0.2 pts	AED 1.09MAED 1,327/sqft	+3.4%	807
25	International City Phase 2	41	7.6%+0.6 pts	AED 821,956AED 1,044/sqft	+3.5%	742
26	Wasl Gate	23	8.0%+1.0 pts	AED 1.19MAED 1,532/sqft	+4.6%	715
27	DAMAC Lagoons	12	—	AED 1.30MAED 1,708/sqft	+7.8%	700
28	Jumeirah Garden City	33	5.2%-1.8 pts	AED 1.61MAED 2,138/sqft	+2.3%	686
29	International City	83	8.1%+1.1 pts	AED 450,000AED 617/sqft	+7.6%	655
30	Expo City	9	—	AED 1.64MAED 2,115/sqft	+5.0%	643
31	Town Square	40	7.5%+0.5 pts	AED 900,000AED 1,419/sqft	+7.7%	641
32	Jumeirah Islands	7	—	AED 2.10MAED 2,440/sqft	-3.1%	626
33	Sobha Hartland	29	6.2%-0.8 pts	AED 1.52MAED 2,001/sqft	+2.3%	568
34	Al Furjan	56	7.4%+0.4 pts	AED 1.06MAED 1,328/sqft	+2.8%	548
35	Dubai Studio City	22	8.0%+1.0 pts	AED 1.01MAED 1,443/sqft	+2.1%	542
36	Meydan	25	6.5%-0.5 pts	AED 1.56MAED 2,190/sqft	+3.8%	511
37	Liwan	37	8.8%+1.8 pts	AED 582,500AED 819/sqft	+7.3%	493
38	Dubai Investment Park 1	14	9.8%+2.8 pts	AED 833,200AED 1,144/sqft	+7.2%	456
39	Discovery Gardens	55	7.2%+0.2 pts	AED 790,000AED 844/sqft	+6.9%	428
40	Al Jaddaf	5	—	AED 1.34MAED 2,104/sqft	—	403
41	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	17	6.4%-0.6 pts	AED 1.41MAED 1,900/sqft	+1.1%	389
42	Meydan One	44	6.6%-0.4 pts	AED 1.18MAED 1,969/sqft	-0.4%	341
43	Ras Al Khor	8	—	AED 1.78MAED 2,355/sqft	+2.4%	301
44	City Walk	22	5.6%-1.4 pts	AED 2.64MAED 2,906/sqft	+4.5%	292
45	Dubai Harbour	31	5.2%-1.8 pts	AED 3.18MAED 3,700/sqft	-1.3%	277
46	Jaddaf Waterfront	11	7.2%+0.2 pts	AED 1.26MAED 1,850/sqft	+0.8%	262
47	Mina Rashid	17	4.0%-3.0 pts	AED 1.77MAED 2,263/sqft	-2.4%	246
48	Dubai Industrial City	11	6.2%-0.8 pts	AED 918,000AED 1,433/sqft	+2.8%	235
49	Dubai Design District	7	—	AED 2.39MAED 2,778/sqft	+0.8%	225
50	Palm Jumeirah	27	5.2%-1.8 pts	AED 3.17MAED 2,802/sqft	+1.8%	223
51	Al Wasl	6	5.3%-1.8 pts	AED 2.82MAED 3,019/sqft	+3.4%	215
52	The Greens	33	6.0%-1.0 pts	AED 1.41MAED 1,838/sqft	+10.0%	208
53	Sobha Sanctuary	3	—	AED 1.04MAED 1,930/sqft	—	193
54	Falcon City of Wonders	6	—	AED 1.29MAED 1,601/sqft	-0.2%	170
55	Umm Suqeim	19	5.4%-1.6 pts	AED 2.13MAED 2,693/sqft	+7.3%	161
56	Palm Jebel Ali	3	—	AED 2.79MAED 3,385/sqft	—	161
57	District 11	13	5.3%-1.7 pts	AED 1.36MAED 1,824/sqft	-0.1%	158
58	Living Legends	8	6.9%-0.1 pts	AED 930,606AED 1,080/sqft	+5.5%	140
59	DIFC	5	2.3%-4.7 pts	AED 3.88MAED 3,720/sqft	-0.1%	126
60	Dubai Media City	5	3.5%-3.5 pts	AED 2.35MAED 2,555/sqft	+4.2%	107
61	Jumeirah Beach Residence	14	5.0%-2.0 pts	AED 1.73MAED 1,591/sqft	+0.9%	105
62	District One	14	6.0%-1.0 pts	AED 1.57MAED 2,014/sqft	-6.2%	95
63	Al Barari	5	8.3%+1.3 pts	AED 2.20MAED 2,081/sqft	—	87
64	Zabeel	10	5.2%-1.8 pts	AED 2.25MAED 2,875/sqft	+1.9%	84
65	Wadi Al Safa 3	4	—	AED 1.62MAED 1,980/sqft	—	80
66	Remraam	18	8.4%+1.4 pts	AED 690,000AED 929/sqft	—	72
67	DAMAC Hills 2	9	8.2%+1.2 pts	AED 683,000AED 1,264/sqft	+3.7%	70
68	Al Kifaf	9	5.8%-1.2 pts	AED 1.93MAED 1,978/sqft	+0.3%	63
69	Al Quoz	7	8.0%+1.0 pts	AED 950,000AED 857/sqft	+11.0%	56
70	Sufouh Gardens	5	7.7%+0.7 pts	AED 1.50MAED 1,606/sqft	+8.4%	50
71	Al Qusais Industrial Area	2	7.4%+0.4 pts	AED 493,800AED 684/sqft	—	49
72	La Mer	9	5.5%-1.5 pts	AED 2.25MAED 2,816/sqft	-0.9%	47
73	Nad Al Sheba Gardens	4	6.1%-0.9 pts	AED 1.48MAED 1,769/sqft	+3.9%	47
74	Jumeirah Golf Estates	4	7.4%+0.4 pts	AED 1.19MAED 1,474/sqft	+16.5%	44
75	Rukan	4	7.8%+0.8 pts	AED 712,500AED 1,127/sqft	+11.9%	42
76	Al Barsha	2	4.3%-2.7 pts	AED 1.45MAED 1,483/sqft	-6.9%	41
77	Barsha Heights	4	3.3%-3.7 pts	AED 1.15MAED 1,946/sqft	-15.3%	40
78	World Trade Centre	2	—	AED 4.22MAED 4,847/sqft	+4.4%	32
79	MAG City	6	5.9%-1.1 pts	AED 1.35MAED 1,647/sqft	+1.1%	26
80	Nad Al Hamar	2	—	AED 894,250AED 1,148/sqft	-9.2%	19
81	Mirdif	4	7.0%-0.0 pts	AED 1.19MAED 1,253/sqft	-18.4%	16
82	Muhaisnah	4	—	AED 1.20MAED 1,322/sqft	—	13
83	Bluewaters Island	2	5.6%-1.4 pts	AED 5.03MAED 4,408/sqft	—	10
84	Al Waha	1	—	AED 1.25MAED 1,455/sqft	—	10
85	Uptown Mirdif	2	—	AED 957,500AED 878/sqft	—	7
86	Dubai Waterfront	1	7.8%+0.8 pts	AED 580,000AED 799/sqft	—	3
87	Jumeirah	1	—	AED 4.45MAED 3,827/sqft	—	3
88	Oud Metha	1	—	AED 1.47MAED 1,367/sqft	—	3

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (7.0%) · Showing 20 of 88 areas

Price per sqft in Dubai, monthlyAED 1,673, -3.6% on a year

Monthly median across every registered apartment sale, smoothed over three months. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

Highest-yielding buildings with 1 bedroom apartments, all of DubaiHera Tower leads at 13.6% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield	Median rent
1	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	13.6%	AED 642,000	AED 87,000/yr
2	VERDANA 4 ResidenceDubai Investment Park 1	12.6%	AED 514,970	AED 65,000/yr
3	Regent CourtJumeirah Village Circle	12.4%	AED 565,000	AED 70,000/yr
4	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City, District One Phase III, Residences 4District One	11.2%	AED 1.12M	AED 125,000/yr
5	Dune Residency DubaiJumeirah Village Circle	10.3%	AED 629,666	AED 65,000/yr
6	Dana TowerJumeirah Village Circle	10.1%	AED 615,000	AED 62,000/yr
7	H Three by AuroraJumeirah Village Circle	10.0%	AED 950,000	AED 95,000/yr
8	Hanover SquareJumeirah Village Circle	10.0%	AED 600,000	AED 60,000/yr
9	Edmonton ElmJumeirah Village Triangle	9.8%	AED 715,000	AED 70,000/yr
10	VERDANA 3 ResidenceDubai Investment Park 1	9.8%	AED 665,672	AED 65,000/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai 1 bedroom apartments return?: The median building returns 7.0% gross, across 2,631 buildings in 88 areas with enough registered sales and Ejari contracts to report. Half of them yield more, half less. Data to 2026-10-12.
What do Dubai 1 bedroom apartments cost per square foot?: The median building sells at 1,519 AED/sqft, from registered Dubai Land Department sales over the last 12 months. Data to 2026-10-12.
What is the median rent for Dubai 1 bedroom apartments?: AED 75,000 a year for the median building, from registered new Ejari contracts — renewals are a separate contract group and are reported separately on each building. Data to 2026-10-12.
Are Dubai apartment prices rising?: The median building moved +2.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 2,631 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.
Which Dubai area yields most?: Dubai Investment Park 2, where the median building returns 10.9% gross. Every area's median, building count and evidence count is in the table on this page; a top row is an outlier by construction.

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 12 Oct 2026.

Dubai 1 bedroom apartments sale record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 57,453 registered sales across 2,631 eligible buildings in 88 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai 1 bedroom apartments for sale, by area.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/1-bedroom-apartments/dubai