What is the rental yield in West Wharf?

West Wharf returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 71,000 a year (12 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.01M (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.

How much does a studio in West Wharf cost?

The median registered sale price is AED 1.01M (1,570 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.

How does West Wharf compare with Business Bay?

Its 7.0% gross yield sits +0.2 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.

What is the registered annual rent for a studio in West Wharf?

The median new annual rent is AED 71,000, from 12 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.

Have registered rents in West Wharf risen or fallen?

The median new annual rent changed -6.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 12 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

West Wharf

Completed 2013
112 units
17 floors

A studio in West Wharf costs a median AED 1.01M, rents long-let for AED 71,000/yr (7.0% gross), and returns 8.9% short-term at the assumed 70% occupancy.

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Studio · typical price

1.01MAED

AED 1,570/sqft

Rent a year: AED 71,000
Gross yield: 7.0%
vs Business Bay: 34% below the median

Cost to buy, all inAED 1.08M

Price: AED 1.01M
DLD fee 4%: AED 40,500
Agent 2% + VAT: AED 21,263
Trustee: AED 4,200

Fees repaid by rent11 months

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Is West Wharf a good investment?Lots of new supply is coming

Does it pay a good rent?7.0% gross, before the service charge (not on file) (Dubai median 6.8%)7.0%Fair
Are rents going up?New studio leases: AED 76,000 a year ago, AED 71,000 now (pooled across the project)-6.6%
Are prices going up?All types: AED 1,630/sqft a year ago, 1,583 now-2.9%Fair
How fast do fees pay back?AED 65,963 in fees to buy a studio; rent covers it in 0.9 years0.9 yrs
Can I sell easily?10 sales in 12 months, 9% of the tower (22 the year before)10Fair
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 102% for buyers 5 years ago; up 1% for launch buyers, before fees+101.6%Context

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

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West Wharf prices and rents by unit typeA studio costs about AED 1.01M and rents for about AED 71,000 a year

Type	Median price	New rent	12-month change	Sales
Studio37 units · 602 sqft	AED 1.01M1,570/sqft	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 71,00012 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	4
1 bed40 units · 821 sqft	AED 1.48M1,664/sqft	5.7%-0.9 pts	AED 84,5006 contracts	under 5 sales in a year	3
2 bed16 units · 1,871 sqft	AED 2.28M1,383/sqft	pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	2
3 bed16 units · 2,455 sqft	AED 3.30M2,020/sqft	pooled rent, not per building	pooled rent, not per building	under 5 sales in a year	1

Appreciation, rental income and short-term detail, by unit type

Appreciation

Studio · price per sqft · Business Bay · area median AED 2,363/sqft

vs area median: -33.6%
Rank by price per sqft: 68th of 79
Off-plan price gain, 2009–2014: -4.0% · -0.3%/yr

Rental income

Studio · Business Bay

Gross yield: 7.0%
Median new rent: AED 71,000/yr
Yield vs area median: +0.2 pts
Yield vs Dubai (6.8%): +0.2 pts
Yield rank: 21st of 47
Renewal rent: AED 67,777/yr
New tenants pay vs sitting (11 renewals): +4.8%

Short-term income

Studio · 70% occupancy · 7-night stays · within 500 m

Modelled yield at 70% occupancy: 8.9%
Median nightly rate: AED 467
Net revenue: AED 90,005/yr
vs long-let rent: 1.3×
Listings seen: 7+

Read with care

Rental data covers the whole West Wharef Tower project, not this tower alone.
Thin sample — 4 sales in 12 months. Treat these figures as indicative.

Price history and sales

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

Median price paid, Studio, 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 1,583 · before fees

Launch, 2009–14: 1,561; +1%; 69 sales
5 years ago: 785; +102%; 5 sales
3 years ago: 1,140; +39%; 31 sales
Previous 12 months: 1,630; −3%; 22 sales
Last 12 months: 1,583; today; 10 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.

10 resales in the last 12 months, against 22 a year on average over 2023–2025.

Middle 80% of sales: 1,404 – 1,866 AED per sq ft, 10th to 90th percentile of 10

Date	Type	Sqft	Price
2 Sept 2026	Studio	559	AED 790,000	1,414
30 Jul 2026	3 bed	1,634	AED 3,300,000	2,020
30 Jul 2026	Studio	622	AED 1,150,000	1,849
23 Jun 2026	1 bed	821	AED 1,476,000	1,797
23 Jun 2026	1 bed	871	AED 1,450,000	1,664
17 Jun 2026	2 bed	1,449	AED 2,100,000	1,449
12 Feb 2026	1 bed	1,126	AED 1,700,000	1,510
7 Jan 2026	Studio	671	AED 995,000	1,483
8 Dec 2025	2 bed	1,871	AED 2,462,500	1,316
16 Oct 2025	Studio	622	AED 1,030,000	1,656

10 resales in the last 12 months.

Short-term rates around West Wharf

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
Studio500 m cluster · 7+ listings seen	4670.72/sqft	AED 90,005	AED 71,000	1.3×	8.9%
1 bed500 m cluster · 23+ listings seen	4900.55/sqft	AED 90,807	AED 84,500	1.1×	6.2%
2 bed500 m cluster · 3+ listings seen	9770.59/sqft	AED 183,260	AED 139,500	1.3×	—
3 bed500 m cluster · 3+ listings seen	1,3540.83/sqft	AED 264,927	AED 150,000	1.8×	—

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. West Wharf places 105th of 150; the nearest 8 are shown.

Rank	Building	Median price	Gross yield	12-month change	Sales
101	West Heights 6	AED 3.08M	1,620+2.3%	—	+12.3%	12
102	West Heights 3	AED 3.75M	1,612+1.8%	—	+9.7%	9
103	The Bay	AED 1.45M	1,600+1.0%	—	+8.6%	9
104	CourtCompleted 2021 · off-plan 1,300/sqft	AED 850,000	1,599+1.0%	9.2%	+6.6%	9
105	West Wharf · this buildingCompleted 2013 · off-plan 1,570/sqft	AED 1.46M	1,583	5.6%	-2.9%	10
106	Hamilton ResidencyCompleted 2010 · off-plan 1,302/sqft	AED 980,000	1,567-1.0%	7.1%	+13.7%	15
107	MajestineCompleted 2018 · off-plan 2,006/sqft	AED 887,316	1,564-1.2%	7.9%	-6.0%	33
108	MeranoCompleted 2020 · off-plan 1,604/sqft	AED 1.10M	1,557-1.7%	6.8%	-3.3%	37
109	77sCancelled · off-plan 1,541/sqft	AED 1.39M	1,541-2.7%	—	—	4

Rank 1 is the dearest per square foot. Differences are against West Wharf (AED 1,583/sqft); yields need a publishable price and are blank where the recorded prices are share transfers.

At studio, West Wharf has registered sale prices 34% below the Business Bay median price per square foot of 2,363 AED, across 79 eligible buildings. It ranks 68th of 79 by price per square foot and 21st 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.

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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 West Wharf

West Wharf is an apartment building completed in 2013 in Business Bay with 112 registered units. 182 sales are registered with the Dubai Land Department.

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The building, as registered

Floors: 17

Drive times · typical

Downtown: 73 min · 5.7 km
DXB Airport: 18 min · 18 km
DIFC: 9 min · 7.5 km
Dubai Marina: 19 min · 21 km
Palm Jumeirah: 26 min · 25 km

Nearest, as registered

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

West Wharf: AED 1,583 per sq ft, 23% below the median Business Bay building, and a 5.6% gross yield, below 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

West WharfAED 1,583
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

West WharfBusiness Bay median building

Business Bay5.6% 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 West Wharf, on the map

Pills show median sale price, AED. 119 buildings pinned from Google place records and Apple geocoding · West Wharf 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 · Studio
4 registered sales in 12 months; thin, a single deal moves the median
Read with care
Rental evidence · Studio
12 new and 11 renewal contracts in 12 months · rent source: project (pooled)
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
West Wharef Tower: recorded complete 2013-12-10 · register data to 2026-07-06
On record
Short-term assumption
Modelled at the published 70% occupancy on 7 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 studio 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 West Wharf’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: 4,502AED; 4.5% over 25 years
Monthly rent: 5,917AED; AED 71,000 a year
Cash needed at purchase: 281,588AED; 20% down plus AED 79,088 in fees

Owning costs AED 263,866 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 West Wharf?: West Wharf returns 7.0% gross: a median new-contract rent of AED 71,000 a year (12 Ejari contracts in 12 months) over a price benchmark of AED 1.01M (median of 4 sales in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026), before service charge, agency fees or vacant months.
How much does a studio in West Wharf cost?: The median registered sale price is AED 1.01M (1,570 AED/sqft), from 4 Dubai Land Department sales in the last 12 months. This is a price paid, not an asking price.
How does West Wharf compare with Business Bay?: Its 7.0% gross yield sits +0.2 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.
What is the registered annual rent for a studio in West Wharf?: The median new annual rent is AED 71,000, from 12 Ejari contracts in the trailing 12 months to 2026-10-12. These contracts cover the project, not this tower alone. Compare the same bedroom type; floor, view and condition can change an individual rent.
Have registered rents in West Wharf risen or fallen?: The median new annual rent changed -6.6% in the trailing 12 months against the previous 12, using 12 new Ejari contracts in the current period to 2026-10-12. Different homes can appear in the two periods; this is not the change on an individual tenancy.

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West Wharf sale record

Record type: Building-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12 · refreshed 2026-10-14
Evidence base: 4 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/west-wharf
Method: Definitions and calculations

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

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