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A 2 bed in Century costs a median AED 1.70M, rents long-let for AED 113,500/yr (6.7% gross), and returns 10.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

Satellite view of Century, Business Bay, Dubai, centred on its registered pin. Apple Maps.
Satellite view of the registered pin · Apple Maps

2 bed · typical price

1.70MAED

AED 1,451/sqft · -18.0% on a year

Rent a year
AED 113,500
Gross yield
6.7%
vs Business Bay
30% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.81M
Price
AED 1.70M
DLD fee 4%
AED 68,000
Agent 2% + VAT
AED 35,700
Trustee
AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent11 months

Against this building’s registered sales of the same type.

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Is Century a good investment?Few units are let, prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming; no record of the rent trend

  1. Does it pay a good rent?6.7% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)6.7%Fair
  2. Is it easy to let?32% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Business Bay building manages 41%32%Watch
    Business Bay median 41% · top tenth from 69%Century · 32%

    Across 82 Business Bay buildings with 40 or more units, the median signed annual leases on 41% of units in 12 months and the top tenth on 69% or more; Century is at 32%.

  3. Are rents going up?Too few new leases on both sides of the year to measure a changeNo record
  4. Are prices going up?2 bed: AED 1,770/sqft a year ago, 1,451 now-18.0%Watch
  5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 107,900 in fees to buy a 2 bed; rent covers it in 1.0 years1.0 yrs
  6. Can I sell easily?13 sales in 12 months, 6% of the tower (39 the year before)13Fair
  7. Is a lot being built nearby?11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today. A further 2,730 are past their planned date. Business Bay supply by year →64%Watch
  8. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 1% for launch buyers, before fees+0.9%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 2 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Century prices and rents by unit typeA two-bed costs about AED 1.70M and rents for about AED 113,500 a year

TypeMedian priceGross yieldNew rent12-month changeSales
Studio84 units · 403 sqftAED 880,0002,195/sqft5.7%-1.1 ptsAED 50,00033 contractsunder 5 sales in a year4
1 bed84 units · 758 sqftAED 1.44M2,027/sqft5.5%-1.1 ptsAED 80,00026 contractsunder 5 sales in a year3
2 bed44 units · 1,172 sqftAED 1.70M1,451/sqftlaunch 1,750 -17.1%6.7%+0.3 ptsAED 113,5008 contracts-18.0%6
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

2 bed · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 2,061/sqft

vs area median
-29.6%
Rank by price per sqft
87th of 102

Rental income

2 bed · Business Bay

Median new rent
AED 113,500/yr
Yield vs area median
+0.3 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
-0.1 pts
Yield rank
14th of 51

Short-term income

2 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Median nightly rate
AED 946
Net revenue
AED 184,589/yr
vs long-let rent
1.6×
Listings seen
14+

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)

Median price paid, 2 bed, as a rolling 3-month median, with the rent on new leases on the same basis. The band along the bottom is the number of sales each month.

Chart data, 2 bed: Jul 2024, AED 1,888,007; latest, Sep 2026, AED 1,712,500; peak, Apr 2025, AED 2,040,027. Rent on new leases: Jul 2026, AED 112,500 a year; latest, Oct 2026, AED 113,000.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,909 · before fees

Launch, 2024–26
1,891
+1%
Previous 12 months
1,894
+1%
Last 12 months
1,909
today

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.

11 resales in the last 12 months, against 106 a year on average over 2024–2025.

DateTypeSqftPriceAED/sqft
8 Sept 20262 bed1,172AED 1,750,0001,494
7 Sept 20262 bed1,121AED 1,800,0001,606
17 Aug 20262 bed1,172AED 1,650,0001,408
17 Aug 20262 bed1,172AED 1,650,0001,408
13 Aug 20261 bed751AED 1,574,7312,098
10 Aug 20262 bed1,172AED 1,650,0001,407
4 Aug 20261 bed712AED 1,360,0001,909
31 Jul 20262 bed1,172AED 2,052,0031,752
8 Jul 2026Studio406AED 880,0002,170
21 May 2026Studio396AED 883,3392,228

11 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Century

Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.

70%
TypeNightly, AEDNet revenue at 70%Long-let rentUpliftNet yield
Studio500 m cluster · 2+ listings seen5271.31/sqftAED 106,946AED 50,0002.1×12.2%
1 bed3+ listings seen8911.25/sqftAED 180,417AED 80,0002.3×12.5%
2 bed500 m cluster · 14+ listings seen9460.81/sqftAED 184,589AED 113,5001.6×10.9%

Rows marked 500 m cluster widen to the surrounding listings because the building itself had too few of that type.

Nightly rate through the year

Comparables in Business Bay

Every Business Bay building with a page, ranked by price per sqft over the same 12 months, all unit types. Century places 84th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

RankBuildingMedian priceAED/sqftGross yield12-month changeSales
80Paramount Tower Hotel & ResidencesCompleted 2022 · off-plan 1,749/sqftAED 2.37M2,009+5.2%6.4%+3.9%36
81Marquise Square TowerCompleted 2019 · off-plan 1,760/sqftAED 1.18M1,993+4.4%7.4%-4.3%23
82Atria SaCompleted 2018 · off-plan 2,262/sqftAED 2.15M1,976+3.5%5.8%+12.9%6
83The Sterling West HouseCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,860/sqftAED 2.05M1,964+2.9%6.6%-10.5%27
84Century · this buildingCompleted 2026 · off-plan 1,894/sqftAED 1.57M1,9094.4%+0.8%13
85West Heights 5AED 4.17M1,896-0.7%—+12.6%11
86Residence-110AED 2.20M1,862-2.5%—+1.1%9
87Onda by Kasco21% · Q3 2027 · off-plan 1,971/sqftAED 2.30M1,836-3.9%—-10.3%70
88Bayz TowerCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,622/sqftAED 800,0001,821-4.6%7.9%+3.0%35

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Century (AED 1,909/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 2 bed, Century has registered sale prices 30% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,061 AED, across 102 eligible buildings. It ranks 87th of 102 by price per square foot and 14th of 51 by gross yield in Business Bay.

Market context in Business Bay

Registered sales activity

2,705 ready apartment sales in the 12 months to 2026-10-12.

+5.4% in median AED/sqft versus the preceding year, supported by 2,705 current and 3,581 prior price observations.

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Planned apartment projects

10,312 known registered units across 12 pending projects planned within one year of the 2026-07-06 register.

10 projects had already passed their planned date; 6 have unknown timing.

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Supply against leasing, and same-building moves

11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 131 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Business Bay with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.1%.

The pooled median moved +5.4%: 5.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 79% of 124 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.6%.

How these are counted
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Direct 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 Century

Century is an apartment building completed in 2026 by A M B S in Business Bay. 224 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

Pinned from Google's place record for the registered name.Open in Google Maps

The building, as registered

Floors
28
Lifts
4
Parking bays
243
Pools
1
Master developer
A M B S

Drive times · typical

Downtown
12 min · 4.2 km
DXB Airport
14 min · 14 km
DIFC
9 min · 7.0 km
Dubai Marina
19 min · 23 km
Palm Jumeirah
26 min · 27 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro
Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall Metro Station
Mall
Dubai Mall
Landmark
Downtown Dubai

Century: AED 1,909 per sq ft, 7% below the median Business Bay building, and a 4.4% gross yield, in the bottom tenth of the area

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

  1. CenturyAED 1,909
  2. Business Bay, readyAED 1,869
  3. Business Bay, off-planAED 2,685
  4. Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Dark: this building. Grey: the area's ready and off-plan medians, and Dubai's ready median. Source: DLD registered sales.

Gross yield against the area's buildings

Axis: gross yield, % of price

CenturyBusiness Bay median building

  1. Business Bay4.4% vs 6.6%
Line: the 10th to 90th percentile of 87 buildings in Business Bay. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Upcoming supply in Business Bay, by handover quarter

Prices per sq ft around Century, on the map
Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Century is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Before you decide

The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.

Rent or buy

What owning a 2 bed here costs against renting it, at stated assumptions you can change.

Monthly cost of owning against renting, with your own deposit and rate

Prefilled from Century’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.

Residency
More assumptions

The site does not hold this building’s service charge; type yours to include it. Residency sets the default down payment: typical bank floor, not a rule.

Monthly mortgage
7,559AED
4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent
9,458AED
AED 113,500 a year
Cash needed at purchase
467,900AED
20% down plus AED 127,900 in fees

Owning costs AED 417,609 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.

Buying overtakes renting in year 2.

Cumulative cost by year: renting (solid) against owning net of a sale that year (dashed), at the assumptions above.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in Century?
Century returns 6.7% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 113,500 a year (8 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.70M (median of 6 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 2 bedroom in Century cost?
The median registered sale price is AED 1.70M (1,451 AED/sqft), from 6 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Century selling for right now?
Registered sales of ready units in Century over the last 12 months have a median of 1,451 AED/sqft, across 6 sales. That uses the same trailing year as the rent and yield figures, requires at least five sales, and excludes off-plan. Floor, view and condition move a specific unit's price around it.
Have prices in Century risen or fallen?
Median price per square foot moved -18.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 6 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Century compare with Business Bay?
Its 6.7% gross yield sits +0.3 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.3%, computed the same way at the same bedroom grain. Gross yield divides the median annual rent from new registered Ejari contracts starting in the last 12 months by the median price of the building's registered sales in the last 12 months (at least 3 sales) for the same bedroom type, with ready and off-plan sales counted alike.

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Century sale record

Record type
Building-level property market record
Data date
· refreshed
Evidence base
6 registered sales in the last 12 months for the default unit type
Sources
Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts; public Airbnb search results for forward short-term rates
Canonical record
/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/century
Method
Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Century sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/century

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