What rental yield do Dubai apartments return?

The median building returns 6.8% gross, across 3,674 buildings in 92 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 apartments cost per square foot?

The median building sells at 1,560 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 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 +2.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 3,674 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.

Which Dubai area yields most?

Dubai Investment Park 1, where the median building returns 10.0% 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

What Dubai apartments actually sold for

3,674 buildings · 92 areas · 142,670 registered sales, last 12 months

The typical eligible building yields 6.8% gross and sells at AED 1,560/sqft — medians across 3,674 buildings in 92 areas, last 12 months of registered records.

Median gross yield

6.8%gross

≈ 15 yrs gross payback

Price per sqft: AED 1,560
12-month change: +2.6%
Sales, 12 months: 142,670
Buildings · areas: 3,674 · 92

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 10 busiest areas, Dubailand Residence Complex yields most (7.9%) and Dubai Islands least (3.6%)

#	Area	Buildings	Yield vs city	12-month change	Sales, last 12 months
1	Dubai South	157	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 925,086AED 1,399/sqft	+4.0%	13,519
2	Jumeirah Village Circle	352	7.5%+0.7 pts	AED 950,000AED 1,366/sqft	+0.3%	11,397
3	Dubailand Residence Complex	116	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 821,041AED 1,318/sqft	+0.7%	7,695
4	Business Bay	150	6.6%-0.2 pts	AED 1.75MAED 2,043/sqft	+1.7%	6,381
5	Majan	49	6.8%+0.1 pts	AED 1.06MAED 1,263/sqft	+1.7%	6,103
6	Dubai Islands	126	3.6%-3.2 pts	AED 2.66MAED 2,363/sqft	+0.3%	4,788
7	Jumeirah Village Triangle	63	7.5%+0.7 pts	AED 1.04MAED 1,471/sqft	+2.0%	4,116
8	Dubai Creek Harbour	104	5.3%-1.5 pts	AED 2.55MAED 2,299/sqft	+2.9%	3,945
9	City of Arabia	46	6.6%-0.1 pts	AED 1.44MAED 1,833/sqft	+1.6%	3,906
10	Motor City	65	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 1.15MAED 1,060/sqft	+4.2%	3,769
11	Arjan	100	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 845,000AED 1,382/sqft	+6.2%	3,745
12	Jumeirah Lake Towers	67	6.5%-0.3 pts	AED 1.52MAED 1,524/sqft	+4.6%	3,462
13	Dubai Production City	62	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 802,500AED 1,264/sqft	+7.4%	3,172
14	Downtown Jebel Ali	20	8.8%+2.0 pts	AED 597,250AED 1,653/sqft	+8.5%	3,060
15	Maritime City	28	3.0%-3.8 pts	AED 2.66MAED 2,775/sqft	+1.1%	2,985
16	Dubai Sports City	77	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 750,000AED 979/sqft	+6.0%	2,927
17	Downtown Dubai	116	5.2%-1.5 pts	AED 2.96MAED 2,446/sqft	+0.3%	2,689
18	Dubai Science Park	22	7.1%+0.3 pts	AED 1.04MAED 1,639/sqft	+2.9%	2,556
19	Bukadra	27	—	AED 1.95MAED 2,390/sqft	+0.7%	2,329
20	Dubai Hills Estate	85	5.8%-1.0 pts	AED 2.30MAED 2,382/sqft	+2.1%	2,274
21	Dubai Marina	134	5.4%-1.4 pts	AED 2.19MAED 1,898/sqft	+2.4%	2,247
22	Al Furjan	90	6.6%-0.2 pts	AED 1.40MAED 1,323/sqft	+3.8%	2,118
23	Dubai Silicon Oasis	73	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 745,000AED 957/sqft	+7.9%	2,033
24	Dubai Investment Park 2	44	7.8%+1.0 pts	AED 1.26MAED 1,458/sqft	0.0%	2,006
25	Meydan	36	4.8%-1.9 pts	AED 1.85MAED 1,919/sqft	+1.2%	1,999
26	Wasl Gate	31	6.3%-0.5 pts	AED 1.56MAED 1,452/sqft	+5.0%	1,960
27	DAMAC Lagoons	13	—	AED 1.40MAED 1,821/sqft	+1.7%	1,903
28	Town Square	56	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 1.28MAED 1,365/sqft	+7.0%	1,808
29	International City	197	8.6%+1.9 pts	AED 380,000AED 649/sqft	+6.7%	1,743
30	International City Phase 2	56	7.9%+1.2 pts	AED 592,926AED 1,057/sqft	+3.6%	1,505
31	Jumeirah Garden City	37	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 1.51MAED 2,202/sqft	+0.3%	1,499
32	Dubai Studio City	25	8.2%+1.5 pts	AED 760,000AED 1,510/sqft	+1.7%	1,488
33	DAMAC Hills	44	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 1.08MAED 1,309/sqft	+2.1%	1,448
34	Meydan One	66	7.8%+1.0 pts	AED 742,250AED 1,943/sqft	+0.2%	1,269
35	Dubai Investment Park 1	18	10.0%+3.3 pts	AED 850,000AED 1,100/sqft	+5.4%	1,241
36	Expo City	24	—	AED 2.40MAED 2,097/sqft	+0.3%	1,208
37	Discovery Gardens	78	6.3%-0.4 pts	AED 750,000AED 912/sqft	+5.4%	1,157
38	Sobha Hartland	32	6.3%-0.4 pts	AED 1.86MAED 2,001/sqft	+1.4%	1,144
39	Dubai Healthcare City Phase 2	20	6.4%-0.4 pts	AED 1.33MAED 1,969/sqft	+5.7%	1,135
40	Palm Jumeirah	93	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 4.95MAED 2,829/sqft	+1.5%	1,124
41	Jumeirah Islands	10	5.4%-1.4 pts	AED 2.95MAED 2,489/sqft	+17.3%	1,114
42	Liwan	49	8.6%+1.8 pts	AED 642,500AED 798/sqft	+7.8%	1,049
43	Dubai Industrial City	21	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 610,776AED 1,335/sqft	+1.0%	867
44	Al Jaddaf	5	—	AED 1.27MAED 2,197/sqft	—	817
45	Dubai Harbour	37	4.5%-2.2 pts	AED 4.80MAED 4,062/sqft	0.0%	799
46	City Walk	43	5.1%-1.7 pts	AED 3.68MAED 2,886/sqft	+1.2%	773
47	Jaddaf Waterfront	20	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 1.74MAED 1,779/sqft	+2.1%	624
48	Al Wasl	24	4.7%-2.1 pts	AED 5.57MAED 3,571/sqft	+5.0%	604
49	Ras Al Khor	8	—	AED 1.88MAED 2,305/sqft	+3.5%	566
50	Dubai Design District	8	—	AED 3.54MAED 3,042/sqft	+5.0%	560
51	Living Legends	10	6.5%-0.2 pts	AED 1.14MAED 970/sqft	+8.8%	516
52	Mina Rashid	28	4.0%-2.8 pts	AED 2.36MAED 2,279/sqft	+0.3%	511
53	The Greens	54	4.0%-2.8 pts	AED 2.00MAED 1,782/sqft	+9.2%	494
54	Jumeirah Beach Residence	30	3.9%-2.8 pts	AED 2.56MAED 1,617/sqft	+0.5%	457
55	Umm Suqeim	29	4.8%-2.0 pts	AED 3.00MAED 2,798/sqft	+5.8%	445
56	Dubai Media City	6	4.2%-2.6 pts	AED 4.35MAED 2,877/sqft	+5.1%	417
57	Palm Jebel Ali	3	—	AED 4.37MAED 3,498/sqft	—	417
58	Falcon City of Wonders	6	—	AED 1.65MAED 1,605/sqft	+1.3%	409
59	Al Kifaf	11	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 2.77MAED 2,039/sqft	+0.8%	346
60	District 11	17	6.2%-0.6 pts	AED 1.77MAED 1,800/sqft	0.0%	279
61	La Mer	28	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 3.31MAED 3,033/sqft	+1.6%	264
62	Remraam	47	7.7%+0.9 pts	AED 800,000AED 950/sqft	+5.5%	255
63	Sobha Sanctuary	3	—	AED 1.04MAED 1,930/sqft	—	254
64	Al Barari	10	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 5.61MAED 2,219/sqft	+3.3%	246
65	Zabeel	10	5.6%-1.2 pts	AED 3.10MAED 2,780/sqft	-1.9%	234
66	DIFC	5	2.2%-4.5 pts	AED 4.03MAED 3,866/sqft	-4.6%	231
67	DAMAC Hills 2	11	8.3%+1.5 pts	AED 660,000AED 1,270/sqft	+5.1%	208
68	Sufouh Gardens	6	8.3%+1.6 pts	AED 1.82MAED 1,653/sqft	+4.1%	198
69	World Trade Centre	3	—	AED 6.26MAED 4,926/sqft	+3.5%	186
70	Barsha Heights	12	5.9%-0.8 pts	AED 1.13MAED 1,718/sqft	+0.3%	172
71	District One	19	5.7%-1.0 pts	AED 1.82MAED 2,067/sqft	-3.3%	161
72	Wadi Al Safa 3	4	—	AED 2.03MAED 1,875/sqft	+14.1%	146
73	Mirdif	9	5.8%-0.9 pts	AED 1.88MAED 1,174/sqft	-1.3%	134
74	Al Quoz	9	7.6%+0.8 pts	AED 895,000AED 904/sqft	+12.9%	118
75	Al Barsha	3	3.4%-3.4 pts	AED 2.79MAED 1,800/sqft	+0.4%	105
76	Nad Al Sheba Gardens	7	5.4%-1.3 pts	AED 1.93MAED 1,766/sqft	-0.7%	98
77	Jumeirah	6	5.0%-1.8 pts	AED 30.28MAED 8,374/sqft	+1.4%	95
78	Jumeirah Golf Estates	7	5.5%-1.3 pts	AED 2.10MAED 1,532/sqft	+6.3%	94
79	Rukan	4	7.9%+1.2 pts	AED 667,500AED 1,142/sqft	+8.5%	93
80	Bluewaters Island	10	4.4%-2.3 pts	AED 9.28MAED 5,556/sqft	+2.5%	90
81	Al Qusais Industrial Area	2	9.5%+2.7 pts	AED 440,648AED 637/sqft	-1.2%	82
82	MAG City	9	6.0%-0.8 pts	AED 1.01MAED 1,757/sqft	+3.1%	66
83	Nad Al Hamar	2	—	AED 1.32MAED 1,129/sqft	-8.8%	59
84	Muhaisnah	10	—	AED 2.05MAED 1,360/sqft	+4.3%	46
85	Dubai Festival City	5	—	AED 2.45MAED 1,279/sqft	-0.5%	31
86	Uptown Mirdif	4	7.9%+1.1 pts	AED 1.06MAED 892/sqft	+6.1%	23
87	The World Islands	2	—	AED 2.17MAED 4,695/sqft	+4.7%	18
88	Al Waha	1	—	AED 1.33MAED 1,443/sqft	—	16
89	Dubai Waterfront	4	6.8%+0.0 pts	AED 742,500AED 783/sqft	—	15
90	Riggat Al Buteen	2	—	AED 1.26MAED 778/sqft	—	7
91	Oud Metha	1	—	AED 1.47MAED 1,425/sqft	-22.9%	5
92	Jumeirah Bay Island	1	3.8%-3.0 pts	AED 21.00MAED 10,837/sqft	—	3

Yield deltas are vs the Dubai median (6.8%) · Showing 20 of 92 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, all of DubaiAryene Greens leads at 17.6% gross

Full ranking

#	Building	Gross yield	Median rent
1	Aryene GreensArjan	17.6%	AED 547,000	AED 96,500/yr
2	Kyoto by ORO24Arjan	16.2%	AED 677,925	AED 110,000/yr
3	Mazaya 4Liwan	15.8%	AED 410,000	AED 65,000/yr
4	Zenith Tower A2Dubai Sports City	15.6%	AED 465,000	AED 72,500/yr
5	Linden ResidencesInternational City Phase 2	15.6%	AED 482,331	AED 75,000/yr
6	Samana Lake Views 2Dubai Production City	13.3%	AED 759,494	AED 101,200/yr
7	Amal TowerDubai Sports City	13.1%	AED 563,806	AED 74,000/yr
8	DEANSGATE by ADEMajan	12.5%	AED 640,000	AED 80,000/yr
9	Purvanchal Triana ResidencesJumeirah Garden City	12.3%	AED 832,500	AED 101,999/yr
10	Hera TowerDubai Sports City	12.2%	AED 642,000	AED 78,358/yr

From buildings with their own registered rental contracts.

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Common questions

What rental yield do Dubai apartments return?: The median building returns 6.8% gross, across 3,674 buildings in 92 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 apartments cost per square foot?: The median building sells at 1,560 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 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 +2.6% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 3,674 buildings; individual areas and towers move further in both directions. Data to 2026-10-12.
Which Dubai area yields most?: Dubai Investment Park 1, where the median building returns 10.0% 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 apartments sale record, by area

Record type: City-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 142,670 registered sales across 3,674 eligible buildings in 92 areas
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /sale/apartments/dubai
Method: Definitions and calculations

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