What is the rental yield in The Bay?

No gross yield is published for The Bay as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 6 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Business Bay median is 6.6% gross.

How much does a 1 bedroom in The Bay cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.28M (1,587 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 The Bay selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in The Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 1,587 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 The Bay risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved -3.2% 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.

Does The Bay earn more short-term than long-let?

A night asks a median of AED 717, which models to 11.0% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

The Bay

A 1 bed in The Bay costs a median AED 1.28M and returns 11.0% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

1.28MAED

AED 1,587/sqft · -3.2% on a year

vs Business Bay: 20% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.36M

Price: AED 1.28M
DLD fee 4%: AED 51,200
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 26,880
Trustee: AED 4,200

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Is The Bay a good investment?Prices are slipping and lots of new supply is coming; no record of the yield and the rent trend

Does it pay a good rent?No Ejari lease registered here in 12 months, so any yield quoted is an estimateNo record
Are rents going up?No lease registered in 12 months, so no rent trend to readNo record
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,639/sqft a year ago, 1,587 now-3.2%Watch
How fast do fees pay back?AED 82,280 in fees to buy a 1 bed: DLD 4%, agent 2% plus VAT, trusteeAED 82,280
Can I sell easily?9 sales in 12 months (23 the year before)9
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 14% for buyers 3 years ago, before fees+14.0%Context

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

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The Bay prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.28M

Type	Median price	Gross yield	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed	AED 1.28M1,587/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	-3.2%	6
2 bed	AED 1.85M1,641/sqft		not yet let	not yet let	under 5 sales in a year	3

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: -3.2%
3 years: +13.3% · +4.3%/yr
vs area median: -20.1%
Rank by price per sqft: 80th of 121

Short-term income

1 bed · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 11.0%
Median nightly rate: AED 717
Net revenue: AED 141,267/yr
Listings seen: 5+

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No rental contracts are registered here yet, so there is no yield and the prices are launch pricing — a pre-handover building. Price growth from launch is not comparable with a let building's.

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 1,600 · before fees

3 years ago: 1,403; +14%; 182 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,473; +9%; 23 sales
Last 12 months: 1,600; today; 9 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.

9 resales in the last 12 months, against 93 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
29 Sept 2026	1 bed	781	AED 1,180,000	1,511
21 Sept 2026	1 bed	769	AED 1,210,000	1,574
15 Sept 2026	1 bed	781	AED 1,450,000	1,856
26 Aug 2026	1 bed	844	AED 1,350,000	1,600
14 May 2026	2 bed	1,204	AED 1,735,000	1,441
16 Apr 2026	2 bed	1,129	AED 1,950,000	1,728
3 Apr 2026	1 bed	844	AED 1,150,000	1,363
12 Jan 2026	2 bed	1,127	AED 1,850,000	1,641
5 Jan 2026	1 bed	1,182	AED 2,128,000	1,801

9 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around The Bay

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 bed5+ listings seen	7170.89/sqft	AED 141,267	—	—	11.0%
2 bed1+ listings seen	1,7441.55/sqft	AED 357,509	—	—	19.3%

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. The Bay places 103rd of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
99	Bay Square - 11Completed 2014	AED 1.05M	1,663+3.9%	8.6%	—	3
100	Aykon City-Tower BCompleted 2023 · off-plan 1,896/sqft	AED 970,988	1,650+3.1%	—	-0.4%	108
101	West Heights 6	AED 3.08M	1,620+1.2%	—	+12.3%	12
102	West Heights 3	AED 3.75M	1,612+0.8%	—	+9.7%	9
103	The Bay · this building	AED 1.45M	1,600	—	+8.6%	9
104	CourtCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,300/sqft	AED 850,000	1,599-0.1%	9.2%	+6.6%	9
105	West WharfCompleted 2013 · off-plan 1,570/sqft	AED 1.46M	1,583-1.0%	5.6%	-2.9%	10
106	Hamilton ResidencyCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,302/sqft	AED 980,000	1,567-2.0%	7.1%	+13.7%	15
107	MajestineCompleted 2018 · off-plan 2,006/sqft	AED 887,316	1,564-2.2%	7.9%	-6.0%	33

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against The Bay (AED 1,600/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, The Bay has registered sale prices 20% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 80th of 121 by price per square foot 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 The Bay

The Bay is an apartment building in Business Bay. 370 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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Drive times · typical

Downtown: 11 min · 3.8 km
DXB Airport: 13 min · 13 km
DIFC: 9 min · 6.5 km
Dubai Marina: 21 min · 23 km
Palm Jumeirah: 27 min · 27 km

Nearest, as registered

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

The Bay: AED 1,600 per sq ft, 22% below the median Business Bay 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

The BayAED 1,600
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.

Upcoming supply in Business Bay, by handover quarter

Nearby in Business Bay

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Prices per sq ft around The Bay, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · The Bay 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
6 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
No Ejari contract registered: not yet let
Read with care
Service charge
Not on file, so the yield is gross. Current approved budgets are in DLD's Service Charge Index (Mollak), by project.
Not on record
Project register
No project number on this building's record, so completion status and developer cannot be joined.
Not on record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 5 listings seen; the dial above changes every short-term figure on this page
Read with care
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 The Bay’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.

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Common questions

What is the rental yield in The Bay?: No gross yield is published for The Bay as of 2026-10-12: no rental contract is registered for it yet. In the last 12 months it had 6 registered sales and 0 new Ejari contracts; a published yield needs at least 5 new contracts and 3 sales. The Business Bay median is 6.6% gross.
How much does a 1 bedroom in The Bay cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.28M (1,587 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 The Bay selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in The Bay over the last 12 months have a median of 1,587 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 The Bay risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved -3.2% 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.
Does The Bay earn more short-term than long-let?: A night asks a median of AED 717, which models to 11.0% net at an assumed 70% occupancy for a self-managed unit, after platform fees, cleaning and utilities. Nightly rates are asking rates sampled across the next 12 months, not registered income.

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The Bay sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
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/the-bay-2
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “The Bay sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/the-bay-2

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