What is the rental yield in Merano?

Merano returns 7.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 75,000 a year (197 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.06M (median of 25 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in Merano cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.06M (1,584 AED/sqft), from 25 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Merano selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Merano over the last 12 months have a median of 1,584 AED/sqft, across 25 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 Merano risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -0.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 25 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Merano compare with Business Bay?

Its 7.1% gross yield sits +0.5 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.

Merano

Completed 2020
576 units
29 floors
8 lifts
756 parking bays
1 pool

A 1 bed in Merano costs a median AED 1.06M, rents long-let for AED 75,000/yr (7.1% gross), and returns 11.4% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

1.06MAED

AED 1,584/sqft · -0.1% on a year

Rent a year: AED 75,000
Yield after service charge: 5.6%
vs Business Bay: 20% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.13M

Price: AED 1.06M
DLD fee 4%: AED 42,400
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 22,260
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent14 months

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Is Merano a good investment?Lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?7.1% gross, 5.6% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.1%Fair
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 80,000 a year ago, AED 75,000 now (pooled across the project)-6.3%
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,585/sqft a year ago, 1,584 now-0.1%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 68,860 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?37 sales in 12 months, 6% of the tower (66 the year before)37Fair
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 26% for buyers 5 years ago; launch buyers still 3% down, before fees+25.7%Context

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

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Merano prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.06M and rents for about AED 75,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio83 units · 334 sqft	AED 532,0001,397/sqft	pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	1
1 bed398 units · 668 sqft	AED 1.06M1,584/sqftlaunch 1,599 -1.0%	7.1%+0.5 pts	AED 75,000197 contracts	-0.1%	25
2 bed84 units · 956 sqft	AED 1.38M1,549/sqftlaunch 1,588 -2.5%	7.3%+0.9 pts	AED 100,00038 contracts	+3.2%	11

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: -0.1%
3 years: +5.7% · +1.9%/yr
5 years: +30.1% · +5.4%/yr
vs area median: -20.2%
Rank by price per sqft: 81st of 121
Off-plan price gain, 2016–2020: -1.2% · -0.1%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Business Bay

Gross yield: 7.1%
Median new rent: AED 75,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.5 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.3 pts
Yield rank: 18th of 76
Renewal rent: AED 76,000/yr

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 11.4%
Median nightly rate: AED 614
Net revenue: AED 121,334/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.6×
Listings seen: 4+

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Rental data covers the whole Merano Tower project, not this tower alone.

Price history and sales

As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.

Median price paid, 1 bed, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is the number of records each month.

Did earlier buyers gain?

Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 1,557 · before fees

Launch, 2016–20: 1,600; −3%; 239 sales
5 years ago: 1,238; +26%; 76 sales
3 years ago: 1,507; +3%; 51 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,609; −3%; 66 sales
Last 12 months: 1,557; today; 37 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.

37 resales in the last 12 months, against 60 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
1 Oct 2026	1 bed	668	AED 1,040,000	1,557
28 Sept 2026	1 bed	668	AED 1,000,000	1,497
28 Sept 2026	1 bed	670	AED 1,000,000	1,493
21 Sept 2026	1 bed	668	AED 990,000	1,482
9 Sept 2026	1 bed	668	AED 1,100,000	1,646
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	753	AED 1,100,000	1,461
17 Aug 2026	2 bed	969	AED 1,220,000	1,259
27 Jul 2026	1 bed	670	AED 965,000	1,441
9 Jul 2026	2 bed	956	AED 1,200,000	1,255
3 Jul 2026	1 bed	670	AED 924,900	1,381

37 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around Merano

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
Studio2+ listings seen	5871.54/sqft	AED 120,344	AED 60,000	2.0×	—
1 bed4+ listings seen	6140.92/sqft	AED 121,334	AED 75,000	1.6×	11.4%
2 bed3+ listings seen	8160.92/sqft	AED 161,226	AED 100,000	1.6×	11.7%

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. Merano places 108th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
104	CourtCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,300/sqft	AED 850,000	1,599+2.7%	9.2%	+6.6%	9
105	West WharfCompleted 2013 · off-plan 1,570/sqft	AED 1.46M	1,583+1.7%	5.6%	-2.9%	10
106	Hamilton ResidencyCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,302/sqft	AED 980,000	1,567+0.7%	7.1%	+13.7%	15
107	MajestineCompleted 2018 · off-plan 2,006/sqft	AED 887,316	1,564+0.5%	7.9%	-6.0%	33
108	Merano · this buildingCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,604/sqft	AED 1.10M	1,557	6.8%	-3.3%	37
109	77sCancelled · off-plan 1,541/sqft	AED 1.39M	1,541-1.0%	—	—	4
110	Atria RaCompleted 2018 · off-plan 1,668/sqft	AED 2.33M	1,539-1.2%	5.4%	-1.0%	12
111	West Bay Tower77% · Q1 2024 · off-plan 1,267/sqft	AED 1.94M	1,528-1.8%	—	+28.6%	28
112	DAMAC Towers by Paramount (A)Completed 2018 · off-plan 2,206/sqft	AED 2.00M	1,522-2.2%	6.0%	-4.8%	41

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Merano (AED 1,557/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, Merano has registered sale prices 20% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 81st of 121 by price per square foot and 18th 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 Merano

Merano is an apartment building completed in 2020 in Business Bay with 576 registered units. 832 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 22.71/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 29
Lifts: 8
Parking bays: 756
Pools: 1

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 9 min · 2.9 km
DXB Airport: 15 min · 17 km
DIFC: 7 min · 6.3 km
Dubai Marina: 18 min · 20 km
Palm Jumeirah: 25 min · 24 km

Nearest, as registered

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

Merano: AED 1,557 per sq ft, 24% below the median Business Bay building, and a 6.8% 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

MeranoAED 1,557
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

MeranoBusiness Bay median building

Business Bay6.8% 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 Merano, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · Merano 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
25 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
197 new and 109 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
AED 22.71/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.6% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
Merano Tower: recorded complete 2020-02-27 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 4 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 Merano’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: 4,713AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 6,250AED; AED 75,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 294,460AED; 20% down plus AED 82,460 in fees

Owning costs AED 280,133 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 Merano?: Merano returns 7.1% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 75,000 a year (197 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.06M (median of 25 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in Merano cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.06M (1,584 AED/sqft), from 25 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in Merano selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in Merano over the last 12 months have a median of 1,584 AED/sqft, across 25 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 Merano risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -0.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 25 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does Merano compare with Business Bay?: Its 7.1% gross yield sits +0.5 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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Merano sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 25 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/merano
Method: Definitions and calculations

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

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