What is the rental yield in Mayfair Residency?

Mayfair Residency returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 68,000 a year (65 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 987,500 (median of 18 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Mayfair Residency cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 987,500 (1,449 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Mayfair Residency selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Mayfair Residency over the last 12 months have a median of 1,449 AED/sqft, across 18 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 Mayfair Residency risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -1.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Mayfair Residency compare with Business Bay?

Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.3 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.6%, 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.

Mayfair Residency

Completed 2011
213 units
19 floors
Master developer Deyaar Development

A 1 bed in Mayfair Residency costs a median AED 987,500, rents long-let for AED 68,000/yr (6.9% gross), and returns 11.1% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

987,500AED

AED 1,449/sqft · -1.1% on a year

Rent a year: AED 68,000
Yield after service charge: 5.8%
vs Business Bay: 27% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.05M

Price: AED 987,500
DLD fee 4%: AED 39,500
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 20,738
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent14 months

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Is Mayfair Residency a good investment?Rents are slipping and lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?6.9% gross, 5.8% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)6.9%Fair
Is it easy to let?53% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Business Bay building manages 41%53%Fair
Business Bay median 41% · top tenth from 69%Mayfair Residency · 53%
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; Mayfair Residency is at 53%.
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 71,900 a year ago, AED 68,000 now-5.4%Watch
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,465/sqft a year ago, 1,449 now-1.1%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 64,438 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?20 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (22 the year before)20Fair
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
Did earlier buyers gain?Up 65% for buyers 5 years ago; up 11% for launch buyers, before fees+65.3%Context

Readings use published thresholds · 1 bed figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026

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Mayfair Residency prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 987,500 and rents for about AED 68,000 a year

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed198 units · 633 sqft	AED 987,5001,449/sqftlaunch 1,315 +10.2%		6.9%+0.3 pts	AED 68,00065 contracts	-1.1%	18
3 bed15 units · 1,244 sqft	AED 2.10M1,615/sqft		under 5 contracts	under 5 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	2

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

1 bed · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 1,985/sqft

12-month change: -1.1%
3 years: +30.6% · +9.3%/yr
5 years: +63.5% · +10.3%/yr
vs area median: -27.0%
Rank by price per sqft: 93rd of 121
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2010: +10.4% · +0.6%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Business Bay

Gross yield: 6.9%
Median new rent: AED 68,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.3 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.1 pts
Yield rank: 25th of 76
Renewal rent: AED 68,250/yr

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 11.1%
Median nightly rate: AED 560
Net revenue: AED 109,471/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.6×
Listings seen: 2+

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, 1 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.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,464 · before fees

Launch, 2009–10: 1,317; +11%; 126 sales
5 years ago: 886; +65%; 8 sales
3 years ago: 1,117; +31%; 22 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,465; 0%; 22 sales
Last 12 months: 1,464; today; 20 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.

20 resales in the last 12 months, against 21 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
3 Sept 2026	1 bed	298	AED 400,000	1,343
12 Aug 2026	1 bed	317	AED 450,000	1,422
12 Aug 2026	1 bed	324	AED 450,000	1,387
12 Aug 2026	1 bed	376	AED 500,000	1,330
12 Aug 2026	1 bed	416	AED 540,199	1,298
14 May 2026	3 bed	1,238	AED 2,200,000	1,777
23 Apr 2026	1 bed	644	AED 950,000	1,476
26 Mar 2026	3 bed	1,377	AED 2,000,000	1,453
13 Mar 2026	1 bed	623	AED 1,000,000	1,606
11 Mar 2026	1 bed	614	AED 1,250,000	2,037

20 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Mayfair Residency

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

Occupancy assumption70%

Type	Nightly, AED	Net revenue at 70%	Long-let rent	Uplift	Net yield
1 bed2+ listings seen	5600.82/sqft	AED 109,471	AED 68,000	1.6×	11.1%

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. Mayfair Residency places 123rd of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Highest rental yields in Business Bay →

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
119	West Heights 1	AED 2.20M	1,488+1.6%	—	+3.6%	30
120	Safeer Tower 2Completed 2017 · off-plan 1,695/sqft	AED 750,000	1,487+1.5%	7.5%	+15.1%	15
121	West Heights 4	AED 2.19M	1,482+1.2%	—	+6.8%	20
122	Millennium Binghatti Residences Business BayCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,252/sqft	AED 1.23M	1,477+0.8%	7.3%	-2.8%	18
123	Mayfair Residency · this buildingCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,315/sqft	AED 1.00M	1,464	6.9%	0.0%	20
124	Ag TowerCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,418/sqft	AED 891,000	1,446-1.3%	7.9%	-3.8%	39
125	Vezul Residence	AED 1.47M	1,435-2.0%	—	-2.8%	11
126	Executive Bay-ACompleted 2014 · off-plan 1,235/sqft	AED 995,000	1,432-2.2%	7.6%	+4.4%	13
127	East Heights 1	AED 3.05M	1,426-2.6%	—	+6.2%	10

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Mayfair Residency (AED 1,464/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Mayfair Residency has registered sale prices 27% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 93rd of 121 by price per square foot and 25th of 76 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 Mayfair Residency

Mayfair Residency is an apartment building completed in 2011 by Deyaar Development in Business Bay with 213 registered units. 196 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 16.26/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 19
Master developer: Deyaar Development

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 13 min · 5.2 km
DXB Airport: 15 min · 15 km
DIFC: 10 min · 10 km
Dubai Marina: 19 min · 20 km
Palm Jumeirah: 25 min · 25 km

Nearest, as registered

Metro: Business Bay Metro Station
Mall: Dubai Mall
Landmark: Downtown Dubai

Mayfair Residency: AED 1,464 per sq ft, 28% below the median Business Bay building, and a 6.9% gross yield, above the area's median building

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

Mayfair ResidencyAED 1,464
Business Bay, readyAED 1,869
Business Bay, off-planAED 2,685
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

Mayfair ResidencyBusiness Bay median building

Business Bay6.9% 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

Nearby in Business Bay

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Prices per sq ft around Mayfair Residency, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Mayfair Residency is the inverted pinOpen in Apple Maps

Peninsula Four

Business Bay · 215 sales, 12 months

2.04M

AED, resale median · 2,517/sqft

Al Habtoor Tower

Business Bay · 205 sales, 12 months

3.44M

AED, resale median · 2,733/sqft

Peninsula Three

Business Bay · 164 sales, 12 months

1.74M

AED, resale median · 2,656/sqft

Regalia By Deyaar

Business Bay · 105 sales, 12 months

1.28M

AED, resale median · 1,782/sqft

Before you decide

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

Sales and rents to
2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
On record
Sales evidence · 1 bed
18 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
65 new and 41 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
On record
Service charge
AED 16.26/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.8% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Mayfair Residency: recorded complete 2011-01-12 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Developer
Deyaar Development · delivery record
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 2 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
Building record
DLD building record · data to 2026-10-13
On record
Costs not included
4% DLD transfer fee, agency fee, mortgage, vacancy, furnishing. Every yield is gross.
Not in the yield

Rent or buy

What owning a 1 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 Mayfair Residency’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of 2026-09-17. Change any figure.

Purchase price, AED

Annual rent, AED

Down payment, %

Residency

More assumptions

Interest rate, % a year

Term, years

Horizon, years

Annual service charge, AED

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: 4,391AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,667AED; AED 68,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 274,813AED; 20% down plus AED 77,313 in fees

Owning costs AED 250,552 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 Mayfair Residency?: Mayfair Residency returns 6.9% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 68,000 a year (65 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 987,500 (median of 18 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Mayfair Residency cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 987,500 (1,449 AED/sqft), from 18 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Mayfair Residency selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Mayfair Residency over the last 12 months have a median of 1,449 AED/sqft, across 18 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 Mayfair Residency risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -1.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 18 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Mayfair Residency compare with Business Bay?: Its 6.9% gross yield sits +0.3 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.6%, 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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