Upside Living

1. Does it pay a good rent?5.5% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)5.5%Watch
2. Is it easy to let?69% of units signed a yearly lease in 12 months; the typical Business Bay building manages 41%69%Strength

   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; Upside Living is at 69%.

3. Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 99,000 a year ago, AED 82,500 now-16.7%Watch
4. Are prices going up?Studio: AED 2,967/sqft a year ago, 3,082 now+3.9%Strength
5. How fast do fees pay back?AED 96,182 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 1.2 years1.2 yrs
6. Can I sell easily?45 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (122 the year before)45Fair
7. 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
8. Did earlier buyers gain?Up 8% for buyers 3 years ago, before fees+7.9%Context

45 resales in the last 12 months, against 176 a year on average over 2023–2025.

At studio, Upside Living has registered sale prices 30% above the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,363 AED, across 79 eligible buildings. It ranks 11th of 79 by price per square foot and 46th of 47 by gross yield in Business Bay.

• Sales and rents to
  2026-10-12 — Dubai Land Department and Ejari, trailing 12 months
  On record
• Sales evidence · Studio
  37 registered sales in 12 months
  On record
• Rental evidence · Studio
  209 new and 71 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: this building
  On record
• 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
  UPSIDE Living: recorded complete 2023-02-28 · register data to 2026-07-06
  On record
• Short-term assumption
  Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 3 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

What is the rental yield in Upside Living?

Upside Living returns 5.5% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 82,500 a year (209 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.51M (median of 37 sales in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in Upside Living cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.51M (3,082 AED/sqft), from 37 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

What are apartments in Upside Living selling for right now?

Registered sales of ready units in Upside Living over the last 12 months have a median of 3,082 AED/sqft, across 37 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 Upside Living risen or fallen?

Median price per square foot moved +3.9% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it, on 37 sales with a price per square foot. On a sample this size, read the direction rather than the exact figure.

How does Upside Living compare with Business Bay?

Its 5.5% gross yield sits -1.4 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.