What is the rental yield in U-Bora Tower 1?

U-Bora Tower 1 returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 87,000 a year (43 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.24M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a 1 bedroom in U-Bora Tower 1 cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.24M (1,228 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in U-Bora Tower 1 selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in U-Bora Tower 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,228 AED/sqft, across 11 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 U-Bora Tower 1 risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +4.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does U-Bora Tower 1 compare with Business Bay?

Its 7.0% gross yield sits +0.4 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.

U-Bora Tower 1

Completed 2011
53 floors

A 1 bed in U-Bora Tower 1 costs a median AED 1.24M, rents long-let for AED 87,000/yr (7.0% gross), and returns 7.5% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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1 bed · typical price

1.24MAED

AED 1,228/sqft · +4.0% on a year

Rent a year: AED 87,000
Yield after service charge: 5.5%
vs Business Bay: 38% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.31M

Price: AED 1.24M
DLD fee 4%: AED 49,400
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 25,935
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by net rent14 months

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Is U-Bora Tower 1 a good investment?Prices rising; lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?7.0% gross, 5.5% after the service charge (Dubai median 6.8%)7.0%Fair
Are rents going up?New 1 bed leases: AED 90,000 a year ago, AED 87,000 now (pooled across the project)-3.3%
Are prices going up?1 bed: AED 1,182/sqft a year ago, 1,228 now+4.0%Strength
How fast do fees pay back?AED 79,535 in fees to buy a 1 bed; net rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrsFair
Can I sell easily?16 sales in 12 months, 7% of the tower (35 the year before)16Fair
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, before fees+64.7%Context

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

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U-Bora Tower 1 prices and rents by unit typeA one-bed costs about AED 1.24M and rents for about AED 87,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
1 bed131 units · 988 sqft	AED 1.24M1,228/sqft	7.0%+0.4 pts	AED 87,00043 contracts	+4.0%	11
2 bed88 units · 1,586 sqft	AED 2.27M1,213/sqft	6.6%+0.3 pts	AED 150,00014 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
3 bed6 units · 2,446 sqft	AED 2.90M1,277/sqft	under 3 sales	not published	under 5 sales in a year	1

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: +4.0%
3 years: +30.1% · +9.2%/yr
5 years: +64.8% · +10.5%/yr
vs area median: -38.1%
Rank by price per sqft: 115th of 121
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2009: -4.4% · -0.3%/yr

Rental income

1 bed · Business Bay

Gross yield: 7.0%
Median new rent: AED 87,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.4 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.3 pts
Yield rank: 20th of 76
Renewal rent: AED 84,000/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (22 renewals): +3.6%

Short-term income

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

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 7.5%
Median nightly rate: AED 510
Net revenue: AED 93,137/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.1×
Listings seen: 31+

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Rental data covers the whole U-Bora Towers 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 1,228 · before fees

5 years ago: 746; +65%; 11 sales
3 years ago: 973; +26%; 22 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,203; +2%; 35 sales
Last 12 months: 1,228; today; 16 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.

16 resales in the last 12 months, against 29 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
27 Aug 2026	1 bed	1,038	AED 1,100,000	1,060
10 Aug 2026	1 bed	1,003	AED 1,150,000	1,147
29 Jul 2026	1 bed	930	AED 1,250,000	1,344
12 May 2026	2 bed	3,499	AED 2,240,000	640
1 May 2026	1 bed	988	AED 1,125,000	1,139
31 Mar 2026	2 bed	1,683	AED 2,300,000	1,367
18 Mar 2026	1 bed	1,001	AED 1,250,000	1,249
19 Feb 2026	2 bed	1,564	AED 1,875,000	1,199
4 Feb 2026	1 bed	1,038	AED 1,275,000	1,228
13 Jan 2026	1 bed	1,056	AED 1,310,000	1,240

16 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around U-Bora Tower 1

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 bed500 m cluster · 31+ listings seen	5100.51/sqft	AED 93,137	AED 87,000	1.1×	7.5%
2 bed500 m cluster · 8+ listings seen	1,0010.53/sqft	AED 184,729	AED 150,000	1.2×	8.1%
3 bed500 m cluster · 5+ listings seen	1,1450.50/sqft	AED 209,005	AED 180,000	1.2×	—

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. U-Bora Tower 1 places 148th of 150; the nearest 6 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
144	Ontario TowerCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,080/sqft	AED 1.07M	1,277+4.0%	7.3%	+6.7%	32
145	Capital Bay BCompleted 2014 · off-plan 1,695/sqft	AED 740,000	1,273+3.7%	8.1%	+6.2%	25
146	Park CentralCompleted 2013 · off-plan 1,222/sqft	AED 1.10M	1,239+0.9%	6.5%	+8.5%	19
147	Bay Square - 13Completed 2014	AED 1.92M	1,238+0.8%	4.7%	—	3
148	U-Bora Tower 1 · this buildingCompleted 2011 · off-plan 1,340/sqft	AED 1.25M	1,228	7.2%	+2.0%	16
149	Bay Square - 08Completed 2014	AED 1.48M	1,190-3.1%	6.1%	—	7
150	Park LaneCompleted 2016 · off-plan 2,100/sqft	AED 352,500	1,186-3.4%	—	—	4

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against U-Bora Tower 1 (AED 1,228/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At 1 bed, U-Bora Tower 1 has registered sale prices 38% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 1,985 AED, across 121 eligible buildings. It ranks 115th of 121 by price per square foot and 20th 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 U-Bora Tower 1

U-Bora Tower 1 is an apartment building completed in 2011 in Business Bay. 185 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Service charge: AED 19.31/sqft a year · 2026 budget
Floors: 53

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 12 min · 6.8 km
DXB Airport: 16 min · 15 km
DIFC: 9 min · 10 km
Dubai Marina: 18 min · 20 km
Palm Jumeirah: 24 min · 24 km

Nearest, as registered

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

U-Bora Tower 1: AED 1,228 per sq ft, 40% below 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

U-Bora Tower 1AED 1,228
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

U-Bora Tower 1Business Bay median building

Business Bay7.2% 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 U-Bora Tower 1, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · U-Bora Tower 1 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
11 registered sales in 12 months
On record
Rental evidence · 1 bed
43 new and 22 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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Service charge
AED 19.31/sqft a year, 2026 owners-association budget; 5.5% yield after it. Confirm against the latest invoice.
On record
Project register
U-Bora Towers: recorded complete 2011-01-20 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 31 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 U-Bora Tower 1’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: 5,492AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 7,250AED; AED 87,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 341,885AED; 20% down plus AED 94,885 in fees

Owning costs AED 325,548 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 U-Bora Tower 1?: U-Bora Tower 1 returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 87,000 a year (43 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.24M (median of 11 sales in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a 1 bedroom in U-Bora Tower 1 cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.24M (1,228 AED/sqft), from 11 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
What are apartments in U-Bora Tower 1 selling for right now?: Registered sales of ready units in U-Bora Tower 1 over the last 12 months have a median of 1,228 AED/sqft, across 11 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 U-Bora Tower 1 risen or fallen?: Median price per square foot moved +4.0% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 11 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.
How does U-Bora Tower 1 compare with Business Bay?: Its 7.0% gross yield sits +0.4 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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U-Bora Tower 1 sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 11 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/u-bora-tower-1
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “U-Bora Tower 1 sale prices and yield.” Business Bay, Dubai. Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/sale/apartments/dubai/business-bay/u-bora-tower-1

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