What rental yield do Dubai 3 bedroom apartments return?

The median building returns 5.6% gross, across 787 buildings in 71 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 3 bedroom apartments cost per square foot?

The median building sells at 2,078 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 3 bedroom apartments?

AED 210,000 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 +1.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 787 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.

Which Dubai area yields most?

Downtown Jebel Ali, where the median building returns 8.4% 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

3 bedroom apartments for sale in Dubai

787 buildings · 71 areas · 6,624 registered sales, last 12 months

The typical eligible building yields 5.6% gross and sells at AED 2,078/sqft — medians across 787 buildings in 71 areas, last 12 months of registered records.

Median gross yield

5.6%gross

≈ 18 yrs gross payback

Price per sqft: AED 2,078
12-month change: +1.2%
Sales, 12 months: 6,624
Buildings · areas: 787 · 71

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 (7.1%) and Palm Jumeirah least (4.5%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Sales, last 12 months
1	Dubai Creek Harbour	50	5.6%-0.1 pts	AED 4.15MAED 2,302/sqft	+1.9%	539
2	Dubai Islands	46	—	AED 5.64MAED 2,814/sqft	+0.3%	506
3	Business Bay	49	6.5%+0.9 pts	AED 4.17MAED 2,403/sqft	+10.1%	362
4	Dubai South	31	6.5%+0.9 pts	AED 2.49MAED 1,458/sqft	+3.8%	305
5	Dubailand Residence Complex	31	7.1%+1.5 pts	AED 2.07MAED 1,343/sqft	-3.2%	294
6	Downtown Dubai	39	4.9%-0.7 pts	AED 7.55MAED 3,698/sqft	+1.7%	292
7	Dubai Hills Estate	28	5.8%+0.2 pts	AED 4.38MAED 2,540/sqft	+4.5%	267
8	Dubai Marina	44	5.2%-0.4 pts	AED 3.91MAED 1,871/sqft	+2.5%	243
9	Palm Jumeirah	32	4.5%-1.2 pts	AED 8.34MAED 3,352/sqft	+1.4%	194
10	Al Furjan	26	6.4%+0.8 pts	AED 2.27MAED 1,288/sqft	0.0%	181
11	City of Arabia	15	—	AED 4.09MAED 2,022/sqft	-0.1%	143
12	Dubai Harbour	23	5.0%-0.6 pts	AED 9.44MAED 4,401/sqft	+0.3%	142
13	Jumeirah Village Circle	18	7.0%+1.4 pts	AED 2.17MAED 1,392/sqft	+4.6%	128
14	Dubai Media City	4	—	AED 5.94MAED 2,791/sqft	+31.3%	116
15	Town Square	24	6.5%+0.9 pts	AED 2.33MAED 1,380/sqft	+4.1%	115
16	City Walk	14	5.2%-0.4 pts	AED 7.31MAED 3,266/sqft	0.0%	115
17	Maritime City	10	—	AED 5.64MAED 2,918/sqft	+2.0%	109
18	Bukadra	12	—	AED 4.06MAED 2,413/sqft	+0.4%	107
19	Jumeirah Lake Towers	15	5.7%+0.1 pts	AED 3.78MAED 1,944/sqft	+3.8%	103
20	Wasl Gate	12	6.5%+0.8 pts	AED 2.92MAED 1,642/sqft	—	101
21	Jumeirah Beach Residence	20	5.3%-0.4 pts	AED 2.83MAED 1,490/sqft	-0.5%	100
22	Al Wasl	11	—	AED 12.05MAED 4,001/sqft	-2.6%	99
23	Jumeirah Islands	6	5.6%+0.0 pts	AED 4.17MAED 2,506/sqft	+19.2%	98
24	Sobha Hartland	9	5.6%-0.0 pts	AED 3.67MAED 2,117/sqft	+2.4%	97
25	Living Legends	8	7.2%+1.5 pts	AED 1.90MAED 1,033/sqft	+6.9%	96
26	Dubai Silicon Oasis	11	7.5%+1.9 pts	AED 2.23MAED 1,126/sqft	-7.3%	94
27	Al Kifaf	6	5.1%-0.5 pts	AED 4.13MAED 2,395/sqft	-0.7%	87
28	Dubai Production City	8	7.9%+2.3 pts	AED 1.99MAED 1,199/sqft	—	85
29	Motor City	10	7.5%+1.9 pts	AED 2.74MAED 1,243/sqft	-5.9%	84
30	Palm Jebel Ali	3	—	AED 7.73MAED 3,756/sqft	—	83
31	Dubai Design District	6	—	AED 7.79MAED 3,304/sqft	—	76
32	Downtown Jebel Ali	6	8.4%+2.8 pts	AED 1.96MAED 1,292/sqft	-3.0%	63
33	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	5	6.4%+0.8 pts	AED 3.43MAED 1,872/sqft	0.0%	63
34	Dubai Sports City	8	—	AED 2.23MAED 1,329/sqft	+3.6%	62
35	Majan	7	—	AED 2.22MAED 1,100/sqft	+0.3%	58
36	Umm Suqeim	5	5.3%-0.3 pts	AED 6.02MAED 2,886/sqft	-1.3%	57
37	Dubai Investment Park 1	5	—	AED 1.59MAED 940/sqft	—	56
38	Mina Rashid	8	—	AED 5.36MAED 2,818/sqft	-0.5%	54
39	Arjan	9	6.7%+1.0 pts	AED 2.38MAED 1,184/sqft	+4.1%	53
40	La Mer	7	4.6%-1.0 pts	AED 25.13MAED 7,094/sqft	+10.0%	51
41	Meydan	6	—	AED 5.11MAED 2,500/sqft	0.0%	46
42	World Trade Centre	3	—	AED 10.81MAED 5,612/sqft	-1.0%	45
43	International City	6	—	AED 1.55MAED 658/sqft	+6.5%	44
44	Expo City	5	—	AED 3.59MAED 2,025/sqft	-2.5%	44
45	The Greens	9	3.5%-2.2 pts	AED 3.95MAED 2,257/sqft	+2.5%	43
46	Jumeirah Village Triangle	5	—	AED 2.77MAED 1,454/sqft	—	43
47	Jumeirah	6	7.9%+2.3 pts	AED 36.88MAED 8,587/sqft	-1.6%	39
48	Ras Al Khor	3	—	AED 5.10MAED 2,346/sqft	0.0%	36
49	Zabeel	5	5.1%-0.6 pts	AED 4.67MAED 2,759/sqft	-1.9%	35
50	Wadi Al Safa 3	3	—	AED 3.67MAED 1,613/sqft	—	31
51	Dubai Science Park	1	—	AED 3.55MAED 1,369/sqft	+3.0%	31
52	Jaddaf Waterfront	6	5.7%+0.0 pts	AED 3.29MAED 1,757/sqft	+3.5%	30
53	Mirdif	4	5.6%-0.0 pts	AED 2.46MAED 1,319/sqft	-3.3%	30
54	Bluewaters Island	6	4.4%-1.2 pts	AED 12.38MAED 5,916/sqft	+59.3%	29
55	Falcon City of Wonders	4	—	AED 2.71MAED 1,571/sqft	+1.1%	28
56	DIFC	3	—	AED 6.86MAED 4,176/sqft	+0.6%	27
57	Al Barari	3	—	AED 7.21MAED 2,880/sqft	—	27
58	International City Phase 2	3	—	AED 1.30MAED 760/sqft	-0.4%	23
59	Meydan One	5	—	AED 4.73MAED 2,807/sqft	—	22
60	Al Barsha	2	—	AED 3.93MAED 1,743/sqft	+4.5%	18
61	District One	5	4.4%-1.2 pts	AED 4.00MAED 2,374/sqft	—	16
62	Sufouh Gardens	2	—	AED 3.71MAED 1,919/sqft	-2.7%	15
63	Al Qusais Industrial Area	1	—	AED 913,800AED 600/sqft	—	9
64	Liwan	2	—	AED 2.63MAED 1,170/sqft	—	8
65	Remraam	2	6.3%+0.7 pts	AED 2.05MAED 902/sqft	—	7
66	Rukan	1	—	AED 1.63MAED 1,155/sqft	+28.2%	5
67	Dubai Festival City	1	—	AED 4.00MAED 1,750/sqft	—	3
68	Jumeirah Garden City	1	—	AED 4.18MAED 2,144/sqft	—	3
69	DAMAC Hills	1	—	AED 3.87MAED 1,059/sqft	—	3
70	Jumeirah Golf Estates	1	6.4%+0.8 pts	AED 2.95MAED 1,641/sqft	—	3
71	Barsha Heights	1	—	AED 14.86MAED 2,612/sqft	—	3

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (5.6%) · Showing 20 of 71 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 3 bedroom apartments, all of DubaiMarina Pinnacle leads at 9.3% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield	Median rent
1	Marina PinnacleDubai Marina	9.3%	AED 1.83M	AED 170,000/yr
2	Silicon Gate 3Dubai Silicon Oasis	8.7%	AED 975,000	AED 85,000/yr
3	Sulafa TowerDubai Marina	8.7%	AED 1.90M	AED 165,000/yr
4	Binghatti HeightsJumeirah Village Circle	8.2%	AED 1.65M	AED 135,000/yr
5	Eden House The CanalJumeirah	7.9%	AED 12.00M	AED 950,000/yr
6	Peninsula OneBusiness Bay	7.9%	AED 4.30M	AED 340,000/yr
7	Paramount Tower Hotel & ResidencesBusiness Bay	7.6%	AED 3.00M	AED 227,500/yr
8	Oia ResidenceMotor City	7.5%	AED 2.32M	AED 175,000/yr
9	The V TowerDubailand Residence Complex	7.5%	AED 1.40M	AED 104,694/yr
10	Damac Maison Dubai Mall Street (The Signature)Downtown Dubai	7.2%	AED 2.50M	AED 180,000/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai 3 bedroom apartments return?: The median building returns 5.6% gross, across 787 buildings in 71 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 3 bedroom apartments cost per square foot?: The median building sells at 2,078 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 3 bedroom apartments?: AED 210,000 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 +1.2% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 787 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.
Which Dubai area yields most?: Downtown Jebel Ali, where the median building returns 8.4% 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 3 bedroom apartments sale record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 6,624 registered sales across 787 eligible buildings in 71 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/3-bedroom-apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Dubai 3 bedroom apartments for sale, by area.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/3-bedroom-apartments/dubai