Prive by DAMAC (A)
A studio in Prive by DAMAC (A) costs a median AED 990,000, rents long-let for AED 69,000/yr (7.0% gross), and returns 10.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.
Studio · typical price
990,000AED
AED 2,359/sqft · -4.1% on a year
- Rent a year
- AED 69,000
- Yield after service charge
- 5.8%
- vs Business Bay
- 0% below the median
Cost to buy, all inAED 1.05M
- Price
- AED 990,000
- DLD fee 4%
- AED 39,600
- Agent 2% + VAT
- AED 20,790
- Trustee
- AED 4,200
Fees repaid by net rent14 months
Is Prive by DAMAC (A) a good investment?Prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming
- Does it pay a good rent?7.0% gross, 5.8% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.0%Fair
- Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 75,000 a year ago, AED 69,000 now (pooled across the project)-8.0%
- Are prices going up?Studio: AED 2,459/sqft a year ago, 2,359 now-4.1%Watch
- How fast do fees pay back?AED 64,590 in fees to buy a studio; net rent covers it in 1.1 years1.1 yrsFair
- Can I sell easily?42 sales in 12 months (53 the year before)42
- 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 31% for buyers 5 years ago; up 0% for launch buyers, before fees+31.2%Context
Readings use published thresholds · studio figures, the most traded type · Data to 12 Oct 2026
Prive by DAMAC (A) prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 990,000 and rents for about AED 69,000 a year
Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit typeAppreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type
Appreciation
Studio · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 2,363/sqft
- 12-month change
- -4.1%
- 3 years
- +1.9% · +0.6%/yr
- 5 years
- +34.0% · +6.0%/yr
- vs area median
- -0.2%
- Rank by price per sqft
- 41st of 79
- Off-plan price gain, 2013–2019
- +3.5% · +0.3%/yr
Rental income
Studio · Business Bay
- Gross yield
- 7.0%
- Median new rent
- AED 69,000/yr
- Yield vs area median
- +0.1 pts
- Yield vs Dubai (6.8%)
- +0.2 pts
- Yield rank
- 22nd of 47
- Renewal rent
- AED 72,000/yr
- New tenants pay vs sitting (137 renewals)
- -4.2%
Short-term income
Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays
- Median nightly rate
- AED 512
- Net revenue
- AED 103,501/yr
- vs long-let rent
- 1.5×
- Listings seen
- 9+
Read with care
- Rental data covers the whole Prive by DAMAC project, not this tower alone.
Price history and sales
As filed with the Land Department — data to 2026-10-12.
Chart data, Studio: Oct 2013, AED 998,616; latest, Sep 2026, AED 980,000; peak, Apr 2016, AED 1,141,800.
Did earlier buyers gain?
Median paid per sqft, all types, against today’s 2,285 · before fees
- Launch, 2013–19
- 2,279
- 0%
- 269 sales
- 5 years ago
- 1,742
- +31%
- 56 sales
- 3 years ago
- 2,247
- +2%
- 108 sales
- Previous 12 months
- 2,358
- −3%
- 53 sales
- Last 12 months
- 2,285
- today
- 42 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.
42 resales in the last 12 months, against 84 a year on average over 2023–2025.
42 resales in the last 12 months.
Short-term rates around Prive by DAMAC (A)
Median nightly rate on Airbnb for a 7-night stay, priced across the coming year.
Nightly rate through the yearNightly 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. Prive by DAMAC (A) places 61st of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.
Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against Prive by DAMAC (A) (AED 2,285/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.
At studio, Prive by DAMAC (A) has registered sale prices 0% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,363 AED, across 79 eligible buildings. It ranks 41st of 79 by price per square foot and 22nd of 47 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.
Explore sales activityPlanned 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.
Explore planned supplySupply 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 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.
The Prive by DAMAC towers
2 towers in Prive by DAMAC, at the bedroom type above.
Ejari files Prive by DAMAC’s leases under the project, not a tower, so every tower share one rent: the project figure above, counted once. Prices are each tower’s own registered sales.
Business Bay: every development at this typeBusiness Bay: every development at this type
Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.
About Prive by DAMAC (A)
Prive by DAMAC (A) is an apartment building completed in 2019 in Business Bay. 548 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.
The building, as registered
- Service charge
- AED 28.53/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Drive times · typical
- Downtown
- 10 min · 3.4 km
- DXB Airport
- 14 min · 14 km
- DIFC
- 10 min · 7.3 km
- Dubai Marina
- 21 min · 23 km
- Palm Jumeirah
- 27 min · 27 km
Nearest, as registered
- Metro
- Business Bay Metro Station
- Mall
- Dubai Mall
- Landmark
- Downtown Dubai
Prive by DAMAC (A): AED 2,285 per sq ft, 12% above the median Business Bay building, and a 7.2% 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
- Prive by DAMAC (A)AED 2,285
- Business Bay, readyAED 1,869
- Business Bay, off-planAED 2,685
- Dubai, readyAED 1,421
Gross yield against the area's buildings
Axis: gross yield, % of price
Prive by DAMAC (A)Business Bay median building
- Business Bay7.2% vs 6.6%
Nearby in Business Bay
Prices per sq ft around Prive by DAMAC (A), on the mapPrices per sq ft around Prive by DAMAC (A), on the map
Prive by DAMAC (B)
Business Bay · 49 sales, 12 months
1.05M
AED, resale median · 2,228/sqft
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
Before you decide
The facts that can change the return, each with the date it rests on.
- Sales and rents toOn record
- Sales evidence · StudioOn record
- Rental evidence · StudioRead with care
- Service chargeAED 28.53/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.8% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.On record
- Project registerOn record
- Short-term assumptionRead with care
- Costs not includedNot in the yield
Rent or buy
What owning a studio 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
Prefilled from Prive by DAMAC (A)’s median sale price and annual rent, with the fees and growth rates listed in the breakdown as of . Change any figure.
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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
- 4,402AED
- 4.5% over 25 years
- Monthly rent
- 5,750AED
- AED 69,000 a year
- Cash needed at purchase
- 275,490AED
- 20% down plus AED 77,490 in fees
Owning costs AED 255,599 less than renting over 5 years, once the sale is counted.
Buying overtakes renting in year 2.
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Common questions
- What is the rental yield in Prive by DAMAC (A)?
- Prive by DAMAC (A) returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 69,000 a year (327 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 990,000 (median of 35 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
- How much does a studio in Prive by DAMAC (A) cost?
- The median registered sale price is AED 990,000 (2,359 AED/sqft), from 35 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
- What are apartments in Prive by DAMAC (A) selling for right now?
- Registered sales of ready units in Prive by DAMAC (A) over the last 12 months have a median of 2,359 AED/sqft, across 35 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 Prive by DAMAC (A) risen or fallen?
- Median price per square foot moved -4.1% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 35 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
- How does Prive by DAMAC (A) compare with Business Bay?
- Its 7.0% gross yield sits +0.1 pts against the Business Bay median of 6.8%, 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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Prive by DAMAC (A) sale record
- Record type
- Building-level property market record
- Data date
- · refreshed
- Evidence base
- 35 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/prive-by-damac-a
Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “Prive by DAMAC (A) sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/prive-by-damac-a
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