API - Barsha Residential Tower
- Under construction · 88% built · handover Q4 2025, overdue
- 20 floors
- 8 lifts
- 350 parking bays
- 1 pool
A 3 bed in API - Barsha Residential Tower costs a median AED 3.40M and rents long-let for AED 150,000/yr.
3 bed · typical price
3.40MAED
AED 1,687/sqft · +4.5% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 150,000
Cost to buy, all inAED 3.61M
- Price
- AED 3.40M
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 136,102
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 71,454
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by rent17 months
Is API - Barsha Residential Tower a good investment?Prices rising, easy to sell and little new supply nearby; few units are let; no record of the yield and the rent trend
- Does it pay a good rent?Too few leases or sales to divide one by the otherNo record
- Is it easy to let?24 yearly leases, new and renewed, across 110 units in 12 months22%Watch
- Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
- Are prices going up?3 bed: AED 1,614/sqft a year ago, 1,687 now+4.5%Strength
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 211,756 in fees to buy a 3 bed; rent covers it in 1.4 years1.4 yrs
- Can I sell easily?19 sales in 12 months, 17% of the tower (67 the year before)19Strength
- Is a lot being built nearby?234 apartments are planned in Al Barsha from 2026 to 2028, equal to 2% of the 13,331 homes let there today. A further 110 are past their planned date. Al Barsha supply by year →2%Strength
- Did earlier buyers gain?Up 4% for launch buyers, before fees+4.0%Context
Readings use published thresholds · 3 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
API - Barsha Residential Tower prices and rents by unit typeA three-bed costs about AED 3.40M and rents for about AED 150,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
3 bed · price per sqft · Al Barsha
- 12-month change
- +4.5%
Rental income
3 bed · Al Barsha
- Median new rent
- AED 150,000/yr
- Renewal rent
- AED 124,957/yr
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Sale price, AED (right axis) Rent on new leases, AED a year (left axis)
Chart data, 3 bed: Apr 2025, AED 3,230,033; latest, Jun 2026, AED 3,100,000; peak, Dec 2025, AED 3,480,012. Rent on new leases: Nov 2015, AED 145,000 a year; latest, Mar 2026, AED 150,000.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,803 · before fees
- Launch, 2025–26
- 1,734
- +4%
- 82 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 1,724
- +5%
- 67 sales
- Last 12 months
- 1,803
- today
- 19 sales
The change is what a buyer at each median would be up or down at today’s median. A shift in the unit mix can move a median without any unit changing price.
No resales match the last 12 months. Try another transaction type, bedroom type or period.
Market context in Al Barsha
Registered sales activity
27 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.
-3.8% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 27 current and 23 prior price observations.
Explore sales activityPlanned apartment projects
234 known registered units across 1 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.
1 projects had already passed their planned date; 0 have unknown timing.
Explore planned supplySupply against leasing, and same-building moves
234 apartments are planned in Al Barsha from 2026 to 2028, equal to 2% of the 13,331 homes let there today.
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.
About API - Barsha Residential Tower
API - Barsha Residential Tower is an under-construction (88% built) apartment building in Al Barsha. 86 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Floors
- 20
- Lifts
- 8
- Parking bays
- 350
- Pools
- 1
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 16 min · 14 km
- DXB Airport
- 21 min · 28 km
- DIFC
- 12 min · 17 km
- Dubai Marina
- 12 min · 8.2 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 18 min · 12 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Sharaf Dg Metro Station
- Mall
- Mall of the Emirates
- Landmark
- Burj Al Arab
API - Barsha Residential Tower: AED 1,803 per sq ft, 52% above Al Barsha's ready median
The building's own figures against its area's registered market, last twelve months.
Price per sq ft
Median registered sale price, AED per sq ft, last 12 months
- API - Barsha Residential TowerAED 1,803
- Al Barsha, readyAED 1,184
- Al Barsha, off-planAED 1,800
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Nearby in Al Barsha
Prices per sq ft around API - Barsha Residential Tower, on the mapPrices per sq ft around API - Barsha Residential Tower, on the map
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · 3 bedOn record
- Rental evidence · 3 bedRead with care
- Service chargeNot on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.Not on record
- Project registerRead with care
- Building recordOn record
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a 3 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.
Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rateMonthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate
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- Monthly mortgage
- 15,130AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 12,500AED
- AED 150,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 929,293AED
- 20% down plus AED 248,781 in fees
Owning costs AED 433,351 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 3.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in API - Barsha Residential Tower?
- No gross yield is published for API - Barsha Residential Tower as of 2026-10-12: fewer than 5 new Ejari contracts were registered in the last 12 months. In the last 12 months it had 11 registered sales and 1 new Ejari contract; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales.
- How much does a 3 bedroom in API - Barsha Residential Tower cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 3.40M (1,687 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- Have prices in API - Barsha Residential Tower risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved +4.5% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- What is the registered annual rent for a 3 bedroom in API - Barsha Residential Tower?
- The median new annual rent is AED 150,000, from 1 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.
- How many apartments change hands in API - Barsha Residential Tower?
- 11 sales were registered with the Dubai Land Department in the last 12 months, alongside 1 Ejari rental contracts. Every median on this page rests on those counts.
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API - Barsha Residential Tower sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 11 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
- Sources
- Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
- Canonical record
- /sale/apartments/dubai/al-barsha/api-barsha-residential-tower
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “API - Barsha Residential Tower sale prices and yield.” Al Barsha, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/al-barsha/api-barsha-residential-tower
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